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  • Public Universities and Gaza

    A tenured political science professor at Indiana University was suspended from the university, potentially as retaliation for his criticism of the administration’s immediate response to October 7. Sinno’s suspension reflects the climate at public universities across the country. A law was passed this spring by the Republican supermajority in the Indiana state legislature, effectively abolishing tenure by subjecting tenured faculty at public universities to tenure review every five years. 

  • Opposing Israel’s Dangerous Gamble Before It’s Too Late

    Israel’s failure to comply with international treaties and humanitarian law signal an acute need for other countries to organize weapons embargoes, cease trade deals, and provide support for civilian peacekeepers to bring about a permanent ceasefire.

  • Sinwar Named Leader of Hamas After Beirut and Tehran Attacks

    It is widely expected that Iran and Hezbollah will retaliate against Israel. The State Department has refused to acknowledge that Iran has a right to defend itself.

  • AIPAC Misinformation Targets Cori Bush

    “On the ground in St.Louis the amount of money being poured in to smear Rep. Bush and misinform voters is astonishing”

  • The Pregnancy Police

    A new book, The Pregnancy Police, details how pregnant Americans have faced arrest and prosecution for supposed crimes against fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses since long before the overturning of Roe v. Wade. 

  • Israel’s Assassinations, Torture and Rape

    Sharon Zhang reported on Monday at Truthout: “Israel Bombs Girls’ School in Gaza, Killing 30 and Wounding Over 100.” And on Tuesday: “Israeli Militants Riot Over Investigation Into Torture of Palestinian Prisoner.” “The detained soldiers have reportedly been charged with the sexual abuse of a Palestinian man who suffered injuries to his anus so severe that he was unable to walk. … In the Israeli Knesset on Monday, meanwhile, lawmakers debated whether or not sexual abuse was a legitimate tactic for Israeli soldiers. … At least 35 Palestinians have died in Sde Teiman as a result of abuses that appear…

  • “No Harbour for Genocide” Campaign Targeting “Ships of Death” Bound for Israel

    The Guardian reports: “Tanker carrying jet fuel for Israel must not dock in Gibraltar, say MPs.” Activists from Morocco, Gibraltar and Spain are collaborating at the Strait of Gibraltar, in coordination with a broad international coalition including Disrupt Power, Global Energy Embargo for Palestine, the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, Progressive International, La Vía Campesina, and numerous other groups, to prevent the tanker Overseas Santorini from delivering military grade jet fuel to Israel. The campaign, called “No Harbour for Genocide,” has already succeeded in forcing the tanker to reroute, and aims to create a people’s blockade throughout the…

  • Public Souring on Project 2025

    New polling finds that 54 percent of Americans are familiar with Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation proposal that aims to fundamentally reshape the U.S. federal government and consolidate executive power if a Republican wins the 2024 presidential election.

  • Israeli Military Destroys Palestinian Water Facilities as Poliovirus Found in Gaza

    Drop Site News reports in “The IDF Just Destroyed a Key Rafah Water Facility Rachel Corrie Spent Her Last Month of Life Defending” about a video showing the “calculated demolition of a chief water facility in Rafah. The video, in three parts, shows Israeli soldiers planting explosives inside and around the water pumps of a facility in the occupied city. The video — which is captioned in Hebrew, ‘Destruction of the Tal Sultan water reservoir in honor of Shabbat’ — ends with footage of the water facility being blown up. The soundtrack is a song produced by soldiers of the…

  • Hezbollah Denies Killing Arabs on Golan Heights

    “Hezbollah denies responsibility for attack in occupied Golan Heights, but Israeli officials insist on retaliation”

  • It’s not a “Peace Plan” — It’s a Threatening Ultimatum

    “Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Gaza is not a peace plan but an ultimatum, reminiscent of Nazi Luftwaffe’s Albert Kesselring’s ultimatum to Rotterdam in 1940 — surrender or we obliterate you. A civilized world cannot accept this. The media is complicit in the scam.“

  • U.S. Vets on Flotilla Approaching Gaza

    There are several U.S. veterans on the Sumud Flotilla, which is approaching Gaza with humanitarian aid. See on XandInstagram.  Spain and other countries have dispatched navy vessels to support the Flotilla. The Flotilla just reported: “Turkish navy vessels spotted alongside the Global Sumud Flotilla — the circle of protection is growing.”

  • Trump Administration Continues to Spout Autism Misinformation

    In the past week, the Trump administration spread two pieces of pseudoscience related to autism: first, that acetaminophen use during pregnancy can cause autism, and second, that a prescription supplement called leucovorin (folinic acid) can benefit autistic children.

  • Change in Vaccines for Children

    The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted last week to restrict access to the combined measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccine for low-income children under the age of four. Vaccines for Children, a program that provides low-cost or free vaccines for children who are uninsured or on Medicaid, will no longer provide the MMRV…

  • Colombia Acting at U.N. to Overcome U.S. Veto on Gaza Genocide

    In a sweeping speech, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday: “First of all, we must stop this genocide in Gaza.” He added that it “cannot be stopped by words alone.” Petro outlined actions including economic sanctions and a protection force using the General Assembly’s Uniting for Peace process to overcome the U.S.…

  • StopGenocide.com UN Livestream Challenges “Two State” Rhetoric Normalizing Genocide

    StopGenocide.com will be carrying a livestream of the U.N. meetings that begin at 9 a.m. ET Tuesday, featuring real-time critical analysis. The organizers scrutinize not just the U.S. and Israeli governments, but others as well for using rhetoric to effectively normalize genocide. The U.N. Secretary General refuses to use the term “genocide” in spite of the recent findings of the U.N.…

  • U.N. Meetings: A Critical Look at StopGenocide.com

    StopGenocide.com will be carrying a livestream of the U.N. meetings which begin tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. ET featuring real-time critical analysis, especially noting how various countries have enabled or been complicit in Israel’s Gaza genocide. The U.S. government cast its sixth veto against a ceasefire last week, but the General Assembly can use Uniting for Peace to overcome that and take…

  • Overcoming the US Veto

    “For the sixth time, the US has vetoed a ceasefire in the Gaza genocide, underscoring once again the grave threat to the world posed by the US-Israel axis. The violent, racist, and lawless rampage of the axis is leaving a trail of murder and destruction across Western Asia and the wider world, corrupting governments and…

  • Equating Jews and Israel Assessed as a “Propaganda Technique”

    “Equating Israel with all Jews and Israel’s future with theirs is an effort to sanctify Israel and shield it from criticism by brandishing the charge of antisemitism,” Norman Solomon wrote in The Guardian this week. He added: “By insisting that it is the embodiment of Jews all over the world, the state of Israel seeks…

  • Live, From New York: LifelineForPalestine.com

    Thursday marks the one year deadline given by the UN General Assembly for Israel to end its illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Major multinational grassroots organizations will hold a rally and march “demanding the UNGA take immediate action to stop the genocide now.” It will be livestreamed beginning at noon at LifelineForPalestine.com. 

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