Palestinian statehood is not a political bargaining chip
Schuyler Mitchell
Truthout / August 2, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement on July 29 that the U.K. will formally recognize a Palestinian state was...
[another stateless people] Bipartisan US push tries to label democratic African government [of Western...
Stephen Zunes
Truthout / August 2, 2025
The UN treats the Polisario as the legitimate representative of the Western Sahara people. The US is now vilifying...
Hamas claims it will keep fighting in Gaza unless a Palestinian state is established
Alexander Butler
The Independent / August 2, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state if certain conditions were not met...
In Gaza, we’ve resorted to drinking salty water just to keep ourselves from fainting
Hassan Herzallah
Mondoweiss / August 2, 2025
We drink salt and water to stay standing, to keep ourselves from going dizzy and collapsing. This is what...
Cracks appear in MAGA’s pro-Israel front
Rafi Schwartz
The Week / August 1, 2025
As the world watches a humanitarian crisis unfold across Gaza, some of Israel's most staunchly conservative defenders have...
Israeli liberals grapple with the G-word
Ori Goldberg
New Lines Magazine / August 1, 2025
After months of blanket denial across society, some are now acknowledging that their government’s policies are causing...
At least 91 killed seeking aid in Gaza as US envoy Steve Witkoff visits...
William Christou
The Guardian / August 1, 2025
Crowds of hungry people waiting for humanitarian aid at Zikim crossing shot at by Israeli soldiers.
Jerusalem – At...
Israel’s meltdown over western recognition of Palestinian statehood reveals its deepest fears
Mouin Rabbani
Middle East Eye / August 1, 2025
It took a genocide for western governments to reconsider their appeasement of Israel, now the two-state fig-leaf...
The killing of Awdah Hathaleen by a West Bank Jewish settler
Carolina Pedrazzi
Drop Site News / August 1, 2025
Israeli authorities are refusing to release the body of the beloved Palestinian activist while the Jewish settler...
U.S. and Europe play games with a Palestinian state while Israel starves Gaza
Mitchell Plitnick
Mondoweiss / August 1, 2025
France, Great Britain, and Canada's recognition of a Palestinian state might matter someday. But, as usual, the Palestinians won't...
