DNC Votes Down “Overwhelming Popular Position” Calling for Arms Ban to Israel
The weapons ban resolution was put forward by a first-time DNC member to represent the views of younger party members.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Israel’s 2023 bombings and invasion of the Gaza Strip have cost thousands of Palestinian lives and displaced countless others. But the war didn’t start with Hamas’s October 7 attack. The Intercept’s coverage delves into Israel’s occupation, how the U.S. government enables its repression, and the free speech fight over pro-Palestine activism at home.
Chilling Dissent
Egyptian Officials in New York Beat Two Gaza Protesters on Video. The NYPD Arrested the Protesters.
The protesters’ parents said the officials beat their sons with chains at Egypt’s U.N. mission. The NYPD arrested the brothers for assault.
Voices
Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza
Human rights groups have stressed that it’s safer to provide aid by land. Israel is killing Palestinians by dropping it from the sky.
Voices
Bari Weiss’s Free Press Wants You to Know Some Kids Being Starved by Israel Were Already Sick
The site did an “investigation” into preexisting conditions in starving kids in Gaza — the same logic that would have you believe typhus killed Anne Frank.
Voices
Inside Gaza’s Only Catholic Church, One Month After Israel’s Attack
A reporter in Gaza finds a Catholic community grieving their family members killed by Israeli bombs, but still worshipping together.
DNC Leadership Pressured Gen Z Member to Kill Resolution on Banning Arms to Israel
Democrats say they need enthusiasm among young voters. They aren’t listening to what Gen Z wants.
New U.S. Report on Israel's Human Rights Abuses Is 91 Percent Shorter
Clocking in at nine whole pages — down from 103 in 2024 — the new State Department human rights report is “functionally useless.”
Voices
Anas al-Sharif Was My Friend. Here’s Why Israel Feared Him So Much.
I met Anas during an Israeli siege of a hospital. He grew to be my mentor — and my friend.
The Intercept Briefing
“A Purely Manmade Famine”: How Israel Is Starving Gaza
The International Rescue Committee’s Bob Kitchen unpacks how Israel’s war and aid restrictions, not food shortage, are driving Gaza’s hunger crisis.
Team Leader at Gaza Aid Distribution Sites Belongs to Anti-“Jihad” Motorcycle Club, Has Crusader Tattoos
Johnny “Taz” Mulford, who works for a security contractor in Gaza, has tattoos of Crusader-style crosses that have been co-opted by the far right.