News Releases

  • Is Israel Using Nuclear Blackmail Against the U.S.?

    Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said over the weekend: “If (Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front — Tehran will burn.”      Steinbach said: “This is clearly a nuclear threat. Israel has a nuclear weapons arsenal of 90-400 nuclear warheads, though discussion of it has been avoided as it has made many false claims about Iraq, Iran and nuclear weapons.


  • Trump’s Intensified Militarism

    The U.S. Army estimates the cost of President Trump’s military parade last Saturday at as much as $45 million, including $16 million to repair damage done to city streets by heavy military equipment. The National Priorities Project writes about 10 things the government could have funded instead of the military parade. 


  • As Israel Attacks Iran, U.S. Vets Warn of Past Deceits as they March to Gaza

    Former UN official Craig Mokhiber stated: “The Israeli regime is now attacking Iran, in a blatant act of aggression. The world must unite to isolate and contain the Israeli regime, which, drunk with U.S.-guaranteed impunity, armed to the teeth by the West, and driven by a deeply racist and fundamentally violent ideology, is leaving a blood-soaked trail of genocide, occupation, aggression, and destruction across the region. The Israeli apartheid regime must be stopped before it drags the entire world into darkness.”


  • “No Kings Day”

    On June 14, organizers anticipate that 1,800 local demonstrations around the United States will challenge President Trump’s autocratic policies while a military parade in Washington marks his birthday. June 14 is also Flag Day and the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary celebration. The campaign is calling for demonstrators to carry American flags at “No Kings Day” marches. 


  • Gaza: UN Vote Today; Israel Cuts off Internet

    Today the UN General Assembly votes on a Uniting for Peace resolution on Gaza that reportedly: “Demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire. … Strongly condemns any use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare. … Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, immediately end the blockade. … Stresses the need for accountability in order to ensure Israel’s respect of international law obligations, and in this regard calls upon all Member States to individually and collectively take all measures necessary, in line with international law and the Charter of the United Nations, to ensure compliance by Israel with its obligations.”


  • Mental Health Misinformation

    Investigative reporting by The Guardian found that more than half of the top 100 mental health TikTok accounts contain misinformation. Experts established that 52 out of 100 videos about trauma, neurodivergence, anxiety, depression, and severe mental illness contained misinformation. 


  • Israel-Backed Gangs with Ties to ISIS Kill Palestinians Seeking Aid

    “Israeli forces and an Israeli-backed gang fired on Palestinians near an aid distribution point in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Monday, killing 14 people, The Associated Press has reported. The report cited witnesses to the massacre who said gunfire came from a gang led by Yasser Abu Shabab, a criminal who has been involved in looting aid trucks. It was just recently revealed that Israel has been arming the gang, which has members who have ties to ISIS.”


  • Militarized Police Often Train in Israel

    “Thousands of law enforcement officials have traveled to Israel to learn new repression strategies and surveillance techniques from the Israel National Police, Israel Defense Forces, and the Shin Bet, who inflict violence, crowd control, and surveillance onto Palestinians.”


  • Israel Attacks Gaza Aid Boat, U.N. Action “Long Overdue”

    “The Israeli regime has just attacked and commandeered the humanitarian ship #Madleen, in blatant violation of international law.” Mokhiber lists a litany of other illegal acts by Israel and states: “The UN has a duty to respond to threats to international peace and security and to defend human rights. Expel, isolate, embargo, and sanction the regime now. #UnitingForPeace.”


  • CUNY Hunger Strikers: Divest from Israel

    Eight CUNY (City University of New York) students, staff, and faculty, began their “hunger strike on the steps of the CUNY Graduate Center demanding the university divest” from Israel ten days ago. See their most recent news release. The group states: “The hunger strike, which has occupied the main entrance to the CUNY Graduate Center building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan now for over a week, has become a bustling community of political education and mutual aid


  • “America First Global Health Strategy”

    The State Department’s new America First Global Health Strategy and reorganization of foreign assistance “fundamentally change the structure and goals of U.S. foreign aid in a way that marginalizes children,” writes an advocate for international children’s issues and global health. The shift moves foreign assistance toward a focus on serving the U.S.’s “national security” interests.…

  • Israel Continuing to Block Aid to Gaza

    Dr. Sidhwa said: “Israel continues to block approximately half of healthcare workers with Emergency Medical Teams. No reason for the denials is given.”

  • UNSC Reported to Back Trump Plan, Palestinians Outraged

    “The U.S. is pushing for a vote on the U.N. Security Council by Monday on the U.S.-Israel colonial land grab in Gaza. The U.S. draft would ignore the findings of the International Court of Justice and U.N. human rights bodies, violate key provisions of international law, reward and normalize the perpetrators of the genocide, punish…

  • U.S. and Israel Trying to Consolidate “Land Grab in Gaza” Using U.N.

    “The co-perpetrators of the genocide are seeking U.N. authorization to take over the lives of the survivors and normalize the status of the perpetrators. Russia and China must stand firm against this abomination, and the UNGA must move now under Uniting for Peace to provide protection for Palestine and accountability for the Israeli regime.”  

  • Epstein’s Work with Israel: New Revelations

    “Jeffrey Epstein used his political network and financial resources to help broker a security cooperation agreement between the governments of Israel and Mongolia, according to a trove of leaked emails from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. This new set of emails between Barak and Epstein has largely been ignored by the mainstream press, but…

  • Scientists Speak About Federal Agencies

    For Nature, Virginia Gewin spoke to 19 current and formal federal agency scientists at the EPA, CDC, NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Institutes of Health. Her article serves as a resource documenting the kind of work that federal agency scientists have historically done and are no…

  • The “Magic Mistake” and “Enemy of the Sun”

    The book has a forward by Greg Thomas who teaches Black Studies and Literature at Howard University and discovered the misattribution, calling it “a magic mistake of revolutionary solidarity and kinship.”

  • “Covid Misinformation Star” Robert Malone

    Robert Malone is a household name in the anti-vaccine movement. The New York Times has called him a “Covid misinformation star.” A medical doctor and infectious disease researcher, Malone is a frequent guest on conservative podcast shows and is well-known for spreading misinformation about the safety and efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines. Throughout the pandemic, Malone…

  • Gaza Shelter Aid Blocked as Winter Nears: “The International Community Must Act Now”

    “More than three weeks into the ceasefire, Gaza should be receiving a surge of shelter materials, but only a fraction of what is needed has entered. The international community must act now to secure swift and unimpeded access.”

  • Slower Genocide, Rape Victim Fears for Life, Israel’s Potemkin Village Plans for “East Gaza”

    Shehada highlights that Israel continues airstrikes and attacks in the remaining area of Gaza, (West Gaza), and still prevents delivery of crucial humanitarian relief, including food, medicine and the desperately needed tents, prefab homes and construction materials which will be even more necessary during the winter months. The genocide continues at a slower pace.

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