Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Washington’s imposition of sanctions and travel restrictions on the ICC Prosecutor, judges, and deputy prosecutors due to their work on cases involving US and Israeli officials is a blatant interference in the independence of international justice

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. 7 March 2025. (Bence Árpási via Alamy) "The United...

AI is a bubble. Everybody knows it’s a bubble. The market is running on magical thinking... The House of Ellison is on the Brink: Everything the world’s briefly richest man built is failing at once.

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"Ellison’s devotion to Israel is the least hidden thing about him. He made the largest single gift in the history of Friends of the IDF...

"UNRWA acts decisively whenever staff misconduct is identified, while all employees are regularly screened, trained and required to comply with UN standards... Israel receives the names of all UNRWA staff twice a year for security screening"... "Nobody has the infrastructure, the experience, the skillset or the staff to be able to do what we do now on behalf of Palestine refugees," Christian Saunders said. "That doesn't mean UNRWA needs to exist forever. As soon as there is a recognised Palestinian administration able to assume these responsibilities, UNRWA should hand over those services. Until then, we have a mandate and an obligation to ensure that Palestine refugees have access to these critical services."

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UNRWA, established in 1949, now serves around six million registered Palestine refugees, with approximately 2.6 million people currently ...

Gaza remains unsafe for civilians as Israeli attacks continue, including on schools and canvas classrooms

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© UNRWA/Ashraf Amra A boy runs through the destroyed streets of Gaza. (file) UN...
Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Jordan is convening an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the Arab and Islamic world over what it says is an “imminent” threat of an Israeli takeover of the most important Muslim site in Jerusalem, with the potential to “trigger a religious conflict”. The meeting on Wednesday – and the Jordanian warning – follow an escalating pattern of government-backed incursions by Jewish religious extremists on the compound around al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock, in violation of a status quo treaty overseen by Jordan’s Hashemite monarchy, by which only Muslims can pray at the site. On 23 July, more than 2,000 Israelis from the religious right – mostly settlers led by the national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir – stormed the area...

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On 23 July, more than 2,000 Israelis from the religious right stormed the area. Photograph: Ilia Yefimovich/AFP/Getty Images Jordan Jerusal...

After visits by US ambassador Mike Huckabee to the nearby Israeli settlement of Shilo, Palestinian Americans in Turmus Ayya have witnessed a terrifying rise in attacks... Abandoned by the US: Palestinian Americans trapped in a surge of Israeli settler violence

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Ashraf Rabi on the farm where he breeds Arabian horses in Turmus Ayya. He is worried that settlers attacking the village could harm his ho...
Monday, August 3, 2026

Dear America- WE THE PEOPLE are being forced to fund weapons, escalating war, hate, and hypocrisy everywhere.

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A popular 2026 WE CAN DO IT American MEME that honors all workers- including those who helped win World World II & end the Nazi Holocaus...

"An incompetent and gullible Trump is plainly responsible for yielding to Israeli pressure and dragging the US into the latest war." The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump

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Illustration: Jordan Bohannon/The Guardian/Getty Images/White House Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most po...