Stopping Israel’s war in Gaza
International Crisis Group / March 21, 2025
On 18 March, Israel resumed bombing Gaza, upending a two-month ceasefire. Returning to war promises little but more death and destruction. The U.S. should insist on restoring the truce and endorse the Arab League plan for Gaza as the basis for a more...
Palestinian rights are human rights
M. Reza Behnam
CounterPunch / March 21, 2025
“Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights.
Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.”
– Bob Marley, Jamaican composer and Reggae pioneer
Human rights are rooted in the ancient ideas of civility, equality and justice. The term is used frequently, but less often...
Trump’s hypocrisy: peacemaker in Ukraine, genocide enabler in Gaza
Jamal Kanj
CounterPunch / March 21, 2025
Earlier this month I wrote that Benjamin Netanyahu’s resumption of the war of genocide in Gaza was never a matter of “if”, but “when.” The early morning massacres of over 1000 injured or murdered civilians on March 18 and 19 was described as an...
Israel’s most explicit statement of genocidal intent – by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz
Caitlin Johnstone
Consortium News / March 20, 2025
The Israeli defense minister is simply following Trump’s position and reiterating what everyone who isn’t a blinkered partisan hack knew Trump was saying two weeks ago.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has published an explicit statement of genocidal intent toward the people of Gaza, threatening...
Israeli troops advance in Gaza to retake part of a corridor dividing north from...
Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel & Samy Magdy
AP / March 20, 2025
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Israel said Wednesday its troops retook part of a corridor that bisects Gaza, and its defense minister warned that attacks would intensify until Hamas frees dozens of hostages and gives up control of the...
‘Not Syria or anywhere else’: Gaza’s Palestinians reject rumours of another country for displacement
Sally Ibrahim
The New Arab / March 20, 2025
Trump's plan, echoing the 1948 Nakba, has drawn strong condemnation from all Palestinian factions, who argue it seeks to entirely erase the Palestinian cause.
Gaza – Recent news of former US President Donald Trump's plan to resettle displaced Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to...
Dozens killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaza overnight, Palestinian medics say
Shweta Sharma
The Independent / March 20, 2025
At least 40 dead in latest strikes, according to hospitals, as Israel begins new ground offensive.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight, local health officials said on Thursday.
The series of strikes on Thursday morning struck...
Israeli strikes across Gaza hit multiple homes, killing at least 85 Palestinians
Wafaa Shurafa & Samy Magdy
AP / March 20, 2025
DEIR-AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Israeli strikes killed at least 85 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday, according to local health officials. Hours later, Hamas fired three rockets at Israel without causing casualties, in the first such attack since...
Israel sends troops into Gaza as it intensifies pressure over ceasefire deal
Bel Trew
The Independent / March 20, 2025
Tel Aviv issues ‘final warning’ to Gaza residents to hand over hostages and eliminate Hamas or face devastation.
Israel has launched a ground incursion into central Gaza, shattering hopes of a renewed truce, as the country’s defence minister warned they would step up attacks...
Israel’s hellish attack on the Palestinians on 18 March
Vijay Prashad
CounterPunch / March 20, 2025
On 18 March 2025, Israel unilaterally broke the ceasefire agreement and bombed several sites in Gaza. It is estimated that at least 400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, died by Israeli bombs. Journalists in Gaza report that of those dead, 174 are children. Once more, entire...
