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Israel’s War on Gaza

For Palestinians Who Just Left Gaza, Witnessing the War From Afar Evokes Helplessness and Grief

Lila Hassan, Ahmed Alsammak

“You are seeing in front of your eyes that your family is suffering and might be killed, but you can’t do anything about it.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib D-Mich., left, and Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., embrace during a vigil alongside state legislators and faith leaders currently on hunger strike outside the White House to demand that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Israel’s War on Gaza

AIPAC Donor Urges Jewish Republicans to Switch Parties to Vote Against Jamaal Bowman in Primary

Bowman’s opponent, George Latimer, was recruited by AIPAC as part of the group’s $100 million campaign against progressive Israel critics.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) (L) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) rallying hundreds of young climate activists in Lafayette Square on the north side of the White House to demand that U.S. President Joe Biden work to make the Green New Deal into law on June 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Sunrise Movement, the 'No Climate, No Deal' marchers demanded a meeting with Biden to insist on an 'infrastructure package that truly invests in job creation and acts to combat the climate crisis.' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Rise and Rollout of AOC’s Green New Deal

The Green New Deal sputtered on launch yet still made it into global orbit. Left policymakers can learn from the experience.

WASHINGTON, DC March 7, 2022: Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) exit the West Wing following a meeting to discuss shared policy priorities at the White House on March 7, 2022. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Centrist Ohio Democrat Quietly Removes Name From Letter Calling for Gaza Ceasefire

Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a march on the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, in Brooklyn, New York on May 25, 2021.

Deconstructed

“The Squad,” Part 2: From Obama to Bernie, a Crisis and a Crossroads

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a town hall at Refuge City Church, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette via AP)

DeSantis Lawyer Can’t Name a Single Policy That Led to Reform Prosecutor’s Suspension

NEW YORK - JUNE 17: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and guest Jon Stewart during Monday's June 17, 2019 show. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)

Voices

Jon Stewart for Celebrity President. This Is Not a Joke!

Podcasts

Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a march on the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, in Brooklyn, New York on May 25, 2021.

Deconstructed

“The Squad,” Part 2: From Obama to Bernie, a Crisis and a Crossroads

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, about Medicare for All. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Deconstructed

“The Squad,” Part 1: The Rise and (First) Fall of Bernie

Voices

JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 1: (NO U.S. TABLOID SALES) U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the King David Hotel September 1, 1975 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

Voices

On Top of Everything Else, Henry Kissinger Prevented Peace in the Middle East

GAZA CITY, GAZA - NOVEMBER 28: Gazans displaced due to Israeli attacks move towards the southern Gaza Strip through roads determined by the Israeli army as 'safe passage corridor' in Gaza City, Gaza on November 28, 2023. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Voices

All the Times Israel Has Rejected Peace With Palestinians

Politics

BARCELONA CATALONIA, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 15: A poster of activist Assange during a rally for Julian Assange's freedom on International Julian Assange Solidarity Day, Sept. 15, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Computer scientist and activist Julian Assange is charged in the U.S. with 18 counts of espionage and computer intrusion after WikiLeaks exposed alleged U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, which if convicted would carry a sentence of up to 175 years in prison. Assange has been held for nearly 13 years in the UK's high-security Berlmarsh prison, despite not having been convicted of any crime. (Photo By David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Julian Assange Could Face Extradition to the U.S. by Early 2024

As U.S.-Funded Wars Rage in Israel and Ukraine, Pentagon Watchdog Warns of Military Failures

Daniel Boguslaw

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., arrives for votes as Congress returns to work in crisis mode with only a few days to go before a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Sen. Paul has said he will not support funding for Ukraine in a continuing resolution to fund the government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul Wants to End Undeclared War in Syria

House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Ranking Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill Nov. 29, 2023. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Politics With Ryan Grim

AOC Was Offered $100,000 by AIPAC to “Start the Conversation.” She Turned Them Down.

Justice

NYPD Accused of Fabricating Domestic Violence Survivor’s Murder Confession

Police Officers from the 41st Precinct in the Bronx, NY investigate the scene where police shot and killed a suspect who fired at police on May 13, 2022. Plain clothes officers were investigating a separate case when they encountered a group in a dispute and an armed suspect fired at police officers, police returned fire striking the gunman fives times, the gunman died at a nearby hospital. (Photo by Steve Sanchez/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

NYPD Paid Out $30 Million in Misconduct Cases Before Litigation in First Nine Months of 2023

WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 01: Police take security measures as students of American University attend a campus protest against ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza in Washington, D.C., United States on November 01, 2023. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

American University Called on the FBI to Investigate Defaced Posters

NEW HAVEN, CT - NOVEMBER 18: Yale Bulldogs students protests for Palestine during the game as the Harvard Crimson take on the Yale Bulldogs on November 18, 2023 at the Yale Bowl, Class of 1954 Field in New Haven, CT (Photo by Williams Paul/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Harvard Law Review Editors Vote to Kill Article About Genocide in Gaza

Natasha Lennard

National Security

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 05: Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks during a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) conference November 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. The commission held a conference on "Strength Through Innovation: The Future of A.I. and U.S. National Security." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Henry Kissinger, Top U.S. Diplomat Responsible for Millions of Deaths, Dies at 100

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Donald Trump's lawyers are expecting the former president to be indicted as soon as Thursday over attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the matter. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

India Accidentally Hired a DEA Agent to Kill Sikh American Activist, Federal Prosecutors Say

Murtaza Hussain

Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund (CTEF) program divests 21 vehicles to BG Sherzad with the Ministry of Peshmerga valued at $5.3 million at Erbil Air Base, Iraq on August 11, 2021. The CTEF program supports Iraqi Counter Terrorism Headquarters with the equipment to enhance their fight against hostile forces. (U.S. Army photo by SFC Ernest Henderson)

Missiles and Drones Among Weapons Stolen From U.S. in Iraq and Syria

US President Joe Biden during a meeting to accelerate efforts to counter the flow of fentanyl into the United States in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. The Biden administration's decision to remove a Chinese organization from a sanctions list as part of a deal to combat the fentanyl crisis marks an unusual concession to Beijing's complaints over US trade restrictions. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Israel’s War on Gaza

Joe Biden Moves to Lift Nearly Every Restriction on Israel’s Access to U.S. Weapons Stockpile

Ken Klippenstein

World

NBC NEWS -- "Sadat's Visit to Israel: Henry Kissinger & Edwin Newman Discussion" -- Aired 1977 -- Pictured: (l-r) NBC News' Edwin Newman, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger -- Photo by: NBC Newswire

Members of Israel’s Ruling Likud Party Once Planned to Assassinate Henry Kissinger

Daniel Boguslaw

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 17: Pro-Palestinian activists hold a rally at Union Station on November 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. The group of activists attempted to shutdown Union Station as they called for a cease fire in the Israel-Hamas war. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

With Ceasefire Calls Growing, Israeli Military Launches Closed-Door “PR Blitz” on Capitol Hill

Ken Klippenstein, Daniel Boguslaw

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: Chairman U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) arrives for a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on unions on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. Union leader testified before the Committee at a hearing titled, "Standing Up Against Corporate Greed: How Unions are Improving the Lives of Working Families." (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Bernie Sanders May Push Vote on Conditioning Aid to Israel in Coming Weeks

Daniel Boguslaw

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 7: A kidnapped poster for hostages kidnapped on October 7 by Hamas in Israel is torn and covered with an anti_Israel sticker, November 7, 2023, in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

How to Read the Israeli “Kidnapped” Posters

Technology

Facebook Approved an Israeli Ad Calling for Assassination of Pro-Palestine Activist

A masked witness leaves the military court in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, during the trial against six soldiers accused of crimes against humanity and violating orders, on September 15, 2023. Six soldiers, including two officers of the elite Republican Guard, faced a military tribunal over the killing of nearly 50 people in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in Goma. Congolese soldiers had on August 30, 2023 stopped a religious sect from holding a demonstration against United Nations peacekeepers in the city. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images)

Online Atrocity Database Exposed Thousands of Vulnerable People in Congo

Robert Flummerfelt, Nick Turse

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Julio Corro, right, helps a passenger navigate one of the new facial recognition kiosks at a United Airlines gate before boarding a flight to Tokyo, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. The Trump administration intends to require that American citizens boarding international flights submit to face scans, something Congress has not explicitly approved and privacy advocates consider an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LexisNexis Sold Powerful Spy Tools to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Israel’s War on Gaza

Google Activists Circulated Internal Petition on Israel Ties. Only the Muslim Got a Call from HR.

Environment

Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing

Amy Westervelt, Matthew Green

The Norlite hazardous waste-burning plant in Cohoes, New York, seen on October 1st, 2023. (Photo: Rebecca Redelmeier)

New Yorkers Voted to Put Environmental Rights in Their Constitution — but the Attorney General Is Fighting Back

Rebecca Redelmeier

Seal Beach, CA - December 13: Plastic bottles and other trash is piled up along the bank of the San Gabriel River just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean in Seal Beach on Tuesday morning, December 13, 2022. Recent heavy rains have sent trash flowing down the river from many miles inland. (Photo by Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Unproven “Advanced Recycling” Facilities Have Received Millions in Public Subsidies

Schuyler Mitchell

NEW HAVEN, CT - OCTOBER 08: Yale Professor William Nordhaus speaks during a press conference after winning the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences at Yale University on October 8, 2018 in New Haven, Connecticut. Professor Nordhaus' research has been focused on the economics of climate change, economic growth and natural resources. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Voices

When Idiot Savants Do Climate Economics

Christopher Ketcham