Beirut, Lebanon – Two-year-old Ayham Ali Mohammad sat on his grandfather’s lap eating a banana across the street from Rafik Hariri Hospital in Jnah, on Beirut’s southern periphery. Two days earlier, on October 22, an Israeli air attack had hit the Syrian toddler’s home, burying him under the rubble andContinue Reading
There is a “strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas” of northern Gaza, according to a committee of global food security experts, as Israeli forces press on with a major offensive in the area. “Immediate action, within days not weeks, is required from all actors who are directly takingContinue Reading
Iran will respond to Israel. According to the United States press, the Islamic Republic is preparing an attack against its number one enemy in which it will use more powerful warheads and “other advanced weapons” not used in its two previous bombings in April and October of this year. OnContinue Reading
The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and another that will likely scale back aid distribution across war-ravaged Gaza. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, includingContinue Reading
According to AP, among the damaged buildings is the Iranian military base in Parchinwhere the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suspects that Iran has tested high explosives in the past that could detonate a nuclear weapon. LOOK: Russia deployed North Korean soldiers to the combat zone in Ukraine: This isContinue Reading
Former President Donald Trump hammered home an anti-immigration issue in his closing argument pitch to voters on October 27 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. But before Trump spoke, the event made headlines for a series of racist jokes by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. He called Puerto Rico an “islandContinue Reading
The struggle to survive continues in northern Gaza as Israel’s devastating siege and bombing of the area enters its 23rd day. An Oxfam official told Al Jazeera on Sunday Israel is using starvation as a weapon in its genocide against the Palestinians and that the United Kingdom-based NGO was unableContinue Reading
Dura, Occupied West Bank – Ziad Abu Helaiel – political activist and social reformer – was best known for his defiant phrase “Bihimmish!” (“doesn’t matter”, in Arabic). The phrase was delivered brazenly, dismissively even, to Israeli soldiers who were trying to scare him as he stood in their way, oftenContinue Reading
Washington, D.C. – One advertisement says: “Kamala Harris stands with Israel.” The other proclaims that the “two-faced” vice president and Democratic candidate “is campaigning for Palestine and trying to get away with it.” Those contradictory messages have aired in the weeks leading up to a close presidential election in theContinue Reading
Beirut, Lebanon – On October 14, Israel killed 22 people in the northern Lebanese village of Aitou in an air attack. Israel claimed it struck a “Hezbollah target” but the attack on a predominantly Christian town has made many wonder if Israel is expanding its war to chase down HezbollahContinue Reading
