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Meanwhile in the West Bank, Every Israeli Soldier ‘Does Whatever He Wants’
In July alone, the Israeli army conducted over 1,300 raids on Palestinian neighborhoods. Residents endure constant harassments, knowing every soldier acts with impunity, and no one will intervene. ‘We see that every soldier behaves like a commander, doing whatever he wants, with no fear of higher rank’
Hunger That Defeats Language
I fear hunger more than death, for it takes you in slow, devouring waves until you become a disintegrating shadow, unable even to scream.
Will anyone read this?
Will anyone believe that a writer could no longer write because he had nothing to eat?
Will anyone care that, in a corner of the world, people are starving so completely that their souls are silenced?
Perhaps not.
But I wrote this – despite everything.
To say that writing is possible.
Only if the body is allowed to survive.
By Husam Maarouf
Palestinian child seeking aid tortured in Israeli military detention camp
Omar Nizar Mahmoud Asfour, 16. Photo courtesy of the Asfour family.
We return our IMO medals in an ethical protest
The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) suspended Russia in 2022 but readmitted it in 2025 instead of suspending Israel in addition. In this article, I explain how this moral decline of the IMO proceeded from 2022 to 2025, and I emphasize its severe negative consequences for the mathematical olympiad community. By Melih Ucer.
Gaza’s sick children wait in torturous limbo for medical evacuations
For some the only hope is treatment abroad, but not all survive the long, desperate wait for Israel’s approval
Science4Peace Forum engages in support for the Palestinian people: The red line has been crossed – this horror must stop NOW!
As a result of Israel’s deliberate starving of the civilians in Gaza and further war crimes and crimes against humanity, Science4Peace now calls to stop any cooperation with scientific institutions and international corporations involved in Israel’s wars. Its recent declaration (see below) makes this point unmistakably clear and demands the immediate end to the war against Gaza and the end of Gaza’s siege to allow the transport of all urgently necessary live-saving means into the enclave.
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing.
MSF’s report ‘This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing’ draws on medical data, patient testimonies and first-hand medical witnessing to demonstrate that what has been branded as “aid distribution” is in fact a system of institutionalised starvation and dehumanisation. MSF calls for an immediate cessation of the GHF distribution mechanism and urges states and private donors to refrain from funding what is essentially a death trap.
Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril
Deadly Attacks on Schools-Turned-Shelters Show Vulnerability of Displaced People