Hostages freed from Gaza discover personal lives shattered by Hamas

Tia Goldenberg AP  /  February 14, 2025 RAMAT GAN, Israel – After 484 days of captivity in Gaza, Keith Siegel had many questions. Was his 97-year-old...

Trump’s EPA kills grant to climate nonprofit over its support for Palestine

Akela Lacy The Intercept  /  February 14, 2025 In a tweet announcing his attack on the Climate Justice Alliance, EPA head Lee Zeldin linked it to...

The Gaza genocide and the unravelling of US hegemony

Nasim Ahmed Middle East Monitor  /  February 14, 2025 Israel’s war on Gaza has shattered whatever illusions remained about the strength of US hegemony in the...

The perils of universities’ unscholarly Antisemitism reports

Peter Beinart Jewish Currents  /  February 14, 2025 By relying on pro-Israel organizations’ analysis of antisemitism—rather than recruiting the scholars on their own campuses—university antisemitism task...

Senior Hamas leader says Israeli ceasefire violations aim to continue genocide through other means

Tareq S. Hajjaj Mondoweiss  /  February 14, 2025 Hamas politburo member Ismail Radwan tells Mondoweiss that Israel's violation of the ceasefire's humanitarian protocols "attempts to achieve...

Giving peace a chance in Ukraine is good – why not Gaza too ?

Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies Common Dreams  /  February 14, 2025 Those of us anxious to see peace in Ukraine should applaud President Trump’s initiative...

Israel tortures Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, extends arbitrary detention

Nora Barrows-Friedman The Electronic Intifada  /  February 14, 2025 Since the 19 January ceasefire in Gaza, Israel has violated the ceasefire in a myriad of ways,...

Gossiping with my teta in a tent of shadows

Eman Eid The Electronic Intifada  /  February 14, 2025 The seemingly endless nights in Gaza were too long filled with the disturbing symphony of war: drones...

The Hind Rajab Foundation: pursuing Israeli soldiers worldwide for Gaza war crimes

Sondos Asem Middle East Eye  /  February 14, 2025 Organisation's president Dyab Abou Jahjah says it has over 8,000 pieces of evidence against Israelis who it...

The Gaza ceasefire and Palestine’s future

Yumna Patel Mondoweiss  /  February 14, 2025 Yara Hawari and Abdaljwad Omar discuss Israel’s attempts to sabotage the fragile ceasefire, emerging questions about post-war governance in...