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Visit 11 days after Hamas attack puts US president centre-stage in global affairs at key momentJoe Biden arrives in Israel on Wednesday on a high-stakes visit overshadowed by catastrophe even before Air Force One touched down at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport.Eleven days after the Hamas attack that killed at least 1,400 Israelis, the US president faced the already tricky task of providing solace to a grief-stricken nation while attempting to persuade its leaders to prevent humanitarian crisis and even regional conflict. Continue reading...

From deals on electric cars to investment in solar panels, there is room for all sides in the global green industrial revolutionOur polarised world is failing to tackle the climate crisis at the required speed. The only way to reverse this catastrophic situation is to get the three largest historical emitters - the US, Europe and China - to join forces, directly or indirectly, to accelerate the global shift to green energy.After months of rising tensions, the possible visit to Washington of the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, later this month could pave the way for a highly anticipated but still unscheduled summit between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, and kickstart a reset.Simone Tagliapietra is a senior fellow at the Brussels-based thinktank Bruegel Continue reading...

No set of crimes justifies another. To succumb to this principle would mean a never-ending cycle of violenceFor almost 4,000 years, some governments have insisted that if wars must be fought, there should be rules. The first known code, by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, laid down the principle on which all subsequent laws of war have been based: to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak". Needless to say, he possessed some expertise in oppressing the weak. From inception, such laws have amounted to victors' justice, enforced by but not against the dominant powers. But this neither renders them worthless nor suggests that we shouldn't attempt to hold powerful governments to account.During its assault, on Black Saturday, Hamas broke numerous laws of war, starting with its rocket fire into Israel, which made no attempt to discriminate between military and civilian targets, breaking article 13 of protocol II of the Geneva conventions. Its fighters murdered, tortured and raped, breaking common article 3 of the Geneva conventions and articles 27 and 32 of the fourth convention. They also engaged in pillage and terrorism (33, fourth convention) and the taking of hostages (34, fourth, and article 8 of the Rome statute). Hamas clearly intends to use these hostages as bargaining chips, exacerbating the crime. Continue reading...

Pentagon cites more than 180 incidents of aggression against US aircraft over the East and South China seasThe US has accused China of orchestrating a concerted" campaign of dangerous and provocative air force manoeuvres against US military planes in international airspace, warning it could spark an inadvertent conflict between them.The Pentagon said aggressive tactics by Chinese aircraft had threatened US planes flying over the East and South China Sea regions, tallying more than 180 such incidents since autumn 2021. Continue reading...

Authorities find more bodies after initial report of 115 two weeks ago, when owners were evicted and police investigated foul odorThe remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from about 115 reported when the bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday.The remains were found by authorities responding to a report of a foul odor at the Return to Nature funeral home inside a decrepit building in the small town of Penrose, Colorado. Continue reading...

Jury found Siraj ibn Wahhaj and three others guilty of a range of charges including kidnapping resulting in deathJurors on Tuesday delivered split verdicts in a case that stemmed from the search for a three-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia and was found dead hundreds of miles away at a squalid compound in northern New Mexico.Four members of the family were on trial. Three were found guilty on federal kidnapping charges. Two were convicted on related terrorism charges. The boy's father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, was one of the two people found guilty of terrorism-related charges. Continue reading...

After Jim Jordan failed to win the gavel on Tuesday, the House gears up for a second round of voting on WednesdayThe US representative Jim Jordan faced strong opposition to his House speakership bid Tuesday as 20 Republicans voted against him on a first ballot. The chamber adjourned for the day as the Ohio Republican worked to flip some of his detractors his way.It's the second time in this Congress that the House has faced multiple rounds of voting for speaker, following the protracted struggle in January when Kevin McCarthy won the gavel on the 15th attempt. Continue reading...

Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have been killed in little over a week, and the risk of the violence spreading is immenseIn the wake of the carnage wrought by Hamas in southern Israel, killing at least 1,300 people; with bombs still raining upon Gaza, having killed more than 3,000; and with 199 children and adults still held hostage, the horror is increased by the prospect of this violence begetting more.The US hopes two aircraft carrier groups in the eastern Mediterranean, non-stop shuttle diplomacy by the secretary of state and a presidential visit to Israel will see off the twin spectres of even greater humanitarian disaster in Gaza and regional catastrophe. Yet hours before Joe Biden's trip to the Middle East came reports that hundreds had died in a blast on a Gaza hospital. Jordan has already cancelled its summit with him. While visiting Israel sends the message that the US is a staunch ally, and may offer Benjamin Netanyahu a political lifeline, it was intended to rein him in, as well as Hezbollah and Iran. The US had reportedly agreed to the trip only after Israel agreed to move on humanitarian aid and safe areas for civilians to avoid the bombing. Continue reading...

Twenty Republicans oppose hard-right congressman in first round of voting following historic ouster of Kevin McCarthyThe House of Representatives was unable to elect a new speaker on Tuesday, as the hard-right congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio struggled to win the gavel following the historic ouster of the Republican Kevin McCarthy earlier this month.In the first round of voting, 20 Republicans opposed Jordan, while 200 Republicans supported the judiciary committee chair. The result left Jordan far short of winning the speakership, given that he can only afford four defections within his conference and still capture the gavel. All 212 House Democrats supported Hakeem Jeffries of New York, giving the Democratic leader more votes than Jordan. Continue reading...

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Former president planned a return to coincide with Michael Cohen's testimony, which has been delayed until next weekFormer president Donald Trump returned to a New York court on Tuesday to watch and deplore the civil fraud trial that threatens to disrupt his real estate businesses, but he got no face-to-face encounter - for now - with the star witness against him.After attending the trial's first three days earlier this month, Trump initially planned a return to coincide with testimony by Michael Cohen, his one-time attorney turned outspoken foe. But Cohen's testimony was delayed until at least next week, with Cohen citing a health problem. Continue reading...

Actor's case in connection with fatal film shooting in 2021 will reportedly be brought before grand jury in mid-NovemberNew Mexico prosecutors intend to recharge actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal 2021 Rust shooting, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter.Baldwin's case will be brought before a grand jury in mid-November, the report added. Continue reading...

Former MI6 officer's witness statement criticises reckless' publication of testimony about ex-president's Russia linksDonald Trump's decision to declassify evidence given by a former British spy about the former US president's alleged links with Russia led to the disappearance of two Russian sources, according to a court document.Christopher Steele, who used to run MI6's Russia desk, compiled the notorious Steele dossier" investigating Trump's connections to Russia. In a witness statement released on Tuesday, Steele said publication of his testimony to the Mueller investigation on the matter, originally classified secret, was an egregious and reckless act" that served no purpose other than to expose me and Orbis [Steele's company], our sources and our methods". Continue reading...

Justice department launches inquiry after numerous reports' that Trenton officers conducted stops and arrests with no good reason'A New Jersey police department is under investigation for excessive use of force, unlawful stop and searches, and other possible federal violations.On Tuesday, the justice department announced its investigation into the Trenton police department and the city of Trenton, New Jersey. Continue reading...

Brothers Tou Sue Vang, 32, Andrew Vang, 28, and mother Monica Moua, 58, accused of being part of national network of thieves, dealers, and processors'Three members of a California family pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy for their role in a ring that shipped $600m worth of stolen catalytic converters from California to New Jersey, federal prosecutors said.Brothers Tou Sue Vang, 32, and Andrew Vang, 28, along with their mother, Monica Moua, 58, were part of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors" who provided the stolen auto anti-smog devices to a metal refinery for more than $600m, according to a statement from the US attorney's office. Continue reading...

All eyes are on the Republican - but Jordan has a long history of controversial views that many of his own party members aren't aligned withAs the House gears up to vote for its new speaker, all eyes are on Jim Jordan, a founder of the hard-right Freedom caucus. But while the Ohio congressman and his allies say they will have the votes soon, Jordan also has a long history of controversial views that many of his own party members and constituents are not aligned with.Here are some of the key things to know about Jordan as a politician - and a look into how he might act in the role of speaker. Continue reading...

I fear there will be terrible slaughter in Gaza, and leaders in the UK and the US seem willing to aid and sanction itImagine being in Sderot, Israel, and hearing Hamas rockets land near your home. You're scared; you instantly take mental stock of your family members' location. Then you hear gunfire. Screaming. You recognise a scream. A few minutes later you're holding your daughter's corpse. She's still warm and will be for a while yet, but she is dead. A Hamas bullet severed her subclavian artery, and that was that. You pray out loud, essentially singing, to trade places with her. It doesn't work. She is dead. You are alive. You want to die. You won't.Can you kill anyone to fix this? Who? Where are they? Do you bring your other children with you to do it? Or do you get a babysitter for your other kids so you can go and try to kill them? Is your babysitter alive? If you can't kill your child's murderer specifically, is there someone else you could kill? Would it feel good then and there, like working out or taking a shit? If so, how long would it take for the feeling to dissipate? Continue reading...

Mounting evidence shows even moderate exercise can be a valuable companion to cancer treatmentDon't take it personally, doctor, but it has been a dreadful experience."I tell her that far from taking offence, I am sympathetic because in the 15 months since her cancer diagnosis, she has weathered surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, not to mention hospitalisations and hiccups. This, on top of the psychological suffering and the spillover effect on the whole family that no healthcare system ever fully mitigates.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

Man, 71, charged with murder over death of Wadea Al-Fayoume as Council on American Islamic Relations says bigotry must stop'A top official at the Council on American Islamic Relations (Cair) National has warned of a potential rise in violence against Muslims and Palestinians in the US following the hate-crime murder of a six-year-old boy in Illinois and the conflict between Israel and Hamas.Edward Ahmed Mitchell, Cair's deputy director and a civil rights attorney, called the stabbing of Wadea Al-Fayoume and his mother in their home one of the worst-case scenarios". Continue reading...

Leonard Cure, 53, exonerated after being wrongly convicted of robbing a drug store in 2003, killed after traffic stop in GeorgiaA Black man who spent 16 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a violent crime was shot and killed by police in Georgia on Monday.Leonard Cure, 53, was killed after a sheriff's deputy pulled him over in south-eastern Georgia's Camden county early on Monday morning. The Georgia bureau of investigation (GBI) is examining the shooting. Continue reading...

Bank's board reportedly concerned at attention received by chief executive, who moonlights as DJ D-SolThe music has stopped for the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, amid reports that the US investment bank's board was concerned his DJing sideline would distract him from his main job.Solomon has formally hung up his headphones on high-profile gigs and has not performed publicly in more than a year, the bank said. Continue reading...

Joran van der Sloot, convicted in Peru over separate 2010 killing, expected to reverse not guilty plea over death of US teen in 2005The chief suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance is expected to plead guilty on Wedneday and reveal details about her death to resolve a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen's mother.A federal judge set a plea and sentencing hearing for Joran van der Sloot in Birmingham, Alabama. He had previously entered a plea of not guilty in the case. Continue reading...

Nearly fifty years after the federal government pushed for looser rules, cities across the country are considering a changeFor the past 50 years, red-blooded Americans have enjoyed a freedom the Founding Fathers hardly dreamed of: the ability to turn right on a red light. But with pedestrian fatalities at a four-decade high, a movement is afoot to change that.This month, San Francisco supervisors unanimously voiced support for a ban on right-on-red. Last year, the practice was banned in Cambridge, Massachusetts. New York has long barred it, Denver could soon, and Washington DC has taken steps toward a ban. Seattle, meanwhile, has made no-right-on-red the city's default" policy at new traffic signals. A growing media chorus agrees it's time for change. Continue reading...

Former president in speech in Iowa says he would immediately begin ideological screening' for all immigrantsDoubling down on the hardline immigration policies that have long animated his base, Donald Trump on Monday vowed to bar refugees from Gaza and immediately expand his first-term Muslim travel ban if he wins a second term following the deadly attack on Israel last week.Speaking to supporters in Iowa, the former president said that if he returns to the Oval Office, he will immediately begin ideological screening" for all immigrants and bar those who sympathize with Hamas and Muslim extremists. The war between Israel and Hamas has sparked what is now the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides, with more than 4,000 dead. Continue reading...

Contender for House speaker, described as political terrorist' by John Boehner, also linked to Ohio State sexual abuse scandalJim Jordan, the Ohio congressman who is seeking to become House speaker, is a prominent celebrity on the far right of US politics - and a magnet for controversy who a former speaker from his own party once called a political terrorist".Jordan, 59, was elected to Congress in 2006 from a conservative, rural district of Ohio. A high school and college wrestling champion, he made his mark on the House as a founder of the hard-right Freedom caucus, helping oust two speakers, John Boehner and Paul Ryan, who were not deemed sufficiently extreme. Continue reading...

To survive Russia's neo-imperialism, Europe's democracies must find a balance between their desire for peace and their own defenceIn 2003, the philosophers Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida published a joint article in Germany's and France's leading newspapers. In it, they criticised the American invasion of Iraq and called on Europeans to assume a reflexive distance from themselves", in particular their imperialism and colonialism.The pair's criticism of George W Bush's imperialism was justified; and their suggestion that Europe could lead the world towards a post-imperial future was a nice idea. Today, however, confronted with Russia's genocidal invasion of Ukraine, the question is whether such a post-imperial world can be achieved through the means that the two philosophers proposed.Volodymyr Yermolenko is a Ukrainian philosopher, journalist and writer. He is the president of PEN Ukraine. Continue reading...

One can be opposed to Hamas, as I am, and to the indiscriminate bombing and ethnic cleansing of Gaza, as I amWhat are you doing to stop the imminent ethnic cleansing of Gaza? This is a serious question. If ever there was a time to stand up for the rights of an oppressed people, this is it. And yet, in many places in the western world, you can't. It's literally been outlawed. How is this even possible?As I'm writing this, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied territories, is pleading with the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, to demand Israel stop its killing. The delay in calling on Israel to cease taking revenge on millions of Palestinian civilians," she wrote on X (formerly Twitter), is intensifying the descent into [the] abyss." Continue reading...

New recordings raise questions about archbishop's response to accusations against VM Wheeler, attorney and church benefactorMore than 10 months after he pleaded guilty to child molestation and after his victim received a substantial financial settlement, the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans has at last acknowledged that deacon VM Wheeler was a credibly accused child molester.Wheeler, a prominent attorney and church benefactor who died this spring, was ordained in 2018 by the New Orleans archbishop, Gregory Aymond. Over the next four years, Wheeler would be accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy in the early 2000s, suspended from ministry, arrested on suspicion of raping the child, charged with aggravated sexual battery, accused in a lawsuit of trying to pay the victim $400,000 to stop working with police, and - in December 2022 - plead guilty to indecent behavior with a juvenile. Continue reading...

Thanks to psychics and Hollywood actors, she's never wanted for work - and she'll be a real vision in Netflix's prestige' dramaThere is spine-tingling supernatural news from The Crown, a TV show that takes itself considerably more seriously than the actual royal family. This has never been a programme that wears the prestige TV" label as lightly as have other jewels of the era, preferring instead to drag it like a 10-tonne weight into every scene while some of the finest actors of their generations pretend to be things like sad about the news", or Princess Anne". Giggling away with a drink and a packet of crisps, I often wonder if I am its only disloyal subject. Surely not? For a long time I couldn't really believe anyone took it seriously and assumed it must be in on the joke of itself - a Nicolas Cage of a show, if you will.I can't quite decide whether this position has been bolstered or undermined by the high-camp news that the forthcoming final series is to feature the ghost of Princess Diana. According to reports - and it's not out yet, so usual caveats - the ghost appears to both Prince Charles and the late Queen. The Queen sees her while planning the funeral arrangements and starts crying, having been told she taught us what it means to be British". To Charles, who has apparently been shown sobbing over her body in a Paris morgue, Diana's ghost reportedly says: Thank you for how you were in the hospital. So raw, broken - and handsome." Oooh. I'll take that with me. You know I loved you so much. So deeply, so painfully too. That's over now. It will be easier for everyone with me gone." Can this genuinely be the dialogue? I certainly hope so.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

US says it has reached agreement with Israeli government on provision of humanitarian relief for people in Gaza. Plus, how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of AmericansGood morning.Joe Biden will travel to Israel tomorrow after the US said it had reached agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu's government on the provision of humanitarian relief and safe areas to the more than 2 million people in Gaza under fire, and in urgent need of water, food and medical help.How many people have evacuated from northern Gaza? 600,000 Gazans have been evacuated from the Gaza City area, following warnings from Israel's military on Friday, according to Israel Defence Forces spokesperson Jonathan Conricus. In a daily update, Conricus said more than 600,000 people had been evacuated from the Gaza City area, but that 100,000 people still had not left.Why are food, water and power running out in Gaza? Israel's strict blockade has cut off vital resources and left the territory facing a humanitarian disaster. Power is off, clean water is scarce, and the last fuel for hospital emergency generators could expire, leaving Gaza facing a humanitarian crisis.Who was the suspect? The suspect, a 45-year-old Tunisian calling himself Abdesalem Al Guilani, claimed in a video on social media that he was a fighter for Allah. The Belgian justice minister, Vincent Van Quickenborne, said he had sought asylum in Belgium in November 2019 and was known to police in connection with people-smuggling and illegal residence in Belgium. His asylum application was rejected, it has been reported. Continue reading...

It is easy to blame Bollywood and the media for unrealistic expectations of beauty - but there are deeper social factors at workWhen Indian actor Aishwarya Rai, once Miss World, walked the runway at Paris fashion week for L'Oreal this month, the online space and many Indian newspapers exploded with comments about her weight.People took to social media to say she had let herself go", that she shouldn't have worn this or that, that she should have taken better care of herself. She faced similar comments about her baby weight" soon after giving birth to her daughter 12 years ago. Continue reading...

The UK has suddenly gone from summer heat to shivering cold and across the land the annual arguments have begunMy dad had one weird pocket of chauvinism in an otherwise solid worldview, which was that men and women did not, and could not, like the same films. My sister once told him that she couldn't imagine going out with someone with a completely different taste in cinema, and he said: In that case, you are destined to marry someone who lies to keep you happy, and there are worse people you could end up married to."Take out the nonsense gender essentialism - indeed, gender altogether - and films, substitute any couple" and central heating", and I'm pretty much with him. There is no such thing as a couple who wants their house the same temperature, and there are definitely couples who lie to keep each other happy.Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Already UK extremists are seizing on images of pro-Palestinian rallies across Europe. In this time of crisis we should cherish our diversityIt is many years since I heard Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, sung. But the haunting sound of British Jews singing it inside a synagogue at the weekend stopped me in my tracks. Not everyone on the video clip that popped up on my phone seemed to know all the words. But perhaps that partly reflects who is seeking the comfort of collective worship in these frightened days.Secular Jewish friends who once barely thought about their Jewish identity talk of feeling jolted into doing so now, while profound differences of opinion over the current Israeli government are momentarily bridged. The terrorists who murdered and abducted teenagers at a peace rave, or idealists drawn to live in kibbutzim near Gaza because of their support for cross-border peace projects, didn't care after all how they voted or what they believed.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

As family and friends attended the six-year-old's funeral, elected officials, including Joe Biden, condemned the brutal attackCrowds of mourners in a Palestinian Chicago suburb paid respects on Monday to a six-year-old Muslim boy killed in an alleged anti-Islamic hate crime, hours after authorities revealed new details about the evidence used to charge the family's landlord with stabbing the child and his mother.Wadea Al-Fayoume, who had recently had a birthday, died on Saturday after being stabbed dozens of times in a brutal attack that drew condemnation from local elected officials to the White House. Authorities said the family's landlord, Joseph Czuba, was upset over the Israel-Hamas war and attacked them after the boy's mother proposed they pray for peace". Continue reading...

Lawsuit claims Maurice Monk's death represents unconscionable failure' of staff at Santa Rita jail, one of the largest jails in countryNearly two years ago, Maurice Monk, unable to afford his $2,500 bond, sat in a California jail for 34 days. He had missed a court appearance following an argument with a bus driver.Before he entered Santa Rita jail in Alameda county, Monk had regularly taken prescription medication for high blood pressure, diabetes and schizophrenia. During a previous time at Santa Rita months before his death, he had received his prescriptions as usual. Continue reading...

At least 30 people reportedly arrested, with protestors accusing Israeli government of planning genocideLeftwing US Jewish groups gathered outside the White House on Monday to urge the Biden administration to pressure Israel into dropping its plans for a military invasion of Gaza and instead declare an immediate ceasefire.Accusing Benjamin Netanyahu's government of planning genocide", several hundred volunteers from campaign groups IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace chanted slogans, carried placards and sang ancient Jewish songs in protest of what they said was an immoral response to the deadly assault on 7 October by the Palestinian group Hamas that killed at least 1,400 Israelis. Continue reading...

Thirteen lawmakers call on Biden administration to facilitate de-escalation and send humanitarian aid into GazaA group of prominent progressive US lawmakers introduced a resolution on Monday calling for a ceasefire in the fast-escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas that has resulted in a death toll in the thousands, as fears grow that the war could spiral into a wider regional conflict.The two-page resolution, brought by 13 Democratic members of Congress, urges the Biden administration to immediately call for and facilitate de-escalation and a ceasefire to urgently end the current violence" as well as to promptly send and facilitate the entry of humanitarian assistance into Gaza". Continue reading...

Nishad Singh testifies at Sam Bankman-Fried trial about millions spent by failed crypto exchange on celebrity partnershipsThe jury at Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial on Monday saw a photograph of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder with the singer Katy Perry and the actor Orlando Bloom at the 2022 NFL Super Bowl, as prosecutors sought to bolster their case that the failed crypto mogul squandered customer money on efforts to boost his stature.Prosecutors displayed the image as Nishad Singh, FTX's former director of engineering, testified about how the company spent hundreds of millions of dollars on celebrity partnerships and marketing in early 2022, months before the exchange declared bankruptcy amid a wave of customer withdrawals. Continue reading...

New statistics for 2022 show decrease in violent offenses and rise in hate crime incidents, a majority of which targeted Black peopleData from the FBI's annual crime report shows an overall dip in US violent crime, but a stark increase in hate crimes.The new statistics from the federal agency, released on Monday, show that in 2022, violent offenses decreased to pre-pandemic levels. Continue reading...

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Congressman Colin Allred raises $10.9m - $2m more than Cruz - towards effort to unseat Texas RepublicanThe Texas Republican senator Ted Cruz spent time last weekend hobnobbing with Liz Truss, the shortest-serving British prime minister - but news closer to home suggested he might have reason to fear for his own job security.As reported by the Dallas Morning News and the Texas Tribune, the Democratic congressman Colin Allred, Cruz's most likely opponent for re-election next year, reported $10.9m raised since declaring his candidacy in May. Continue reading...

The most profound ethical obligation in this time of carnage is to act to end complicityAt times of carnage, herd-like agitation and tribal polarization, many may dismiss ethical principles as a nuisance or an intellectual luxury. I cannot and shall not. I desire nothing more than seeing an end to all violence in Palestine and everywhere else, and this is precisely why I am committed to struggling against the root causes of violence: oppression and injustice.I have dear friends and colleagues in the Gaza prison camp", as former British Prime Minister David Cameron once called it, a modern-day ghetto whose 2.3 million residents are predominantly refugees descending from communities that faced massacres and planned ethnic cleansing during the 1948 Nakba. Israel's illegal 16-year blockade, aided by the US, Europe and the Egyptian regime, has turned Gaza into an unliveable" zone, according to the United Nations, where the healthcare system is near collapse; almost all the water is undrinkable; around 60% of children are anaemic; and many children suffer from stunted growth due to malnutrition. The heart-wrenching stories of death, destruction, and displacement that my friends are currently sharing with me make me simultaneously sad and indignant. But above all they motivate me to contribute even more to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, that I co-founded in 2005, as my modest contribution to our liberation struggle.Omar Barghouti is a founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement Continue reading...

President's re-election campaign joins rightwing social media platform mostly because we thought it would be very funny'Joe Biden's 2024 re-election campaign has joined Truth Social, a rightwing social media platform created by the Republican former president Donald Trump.Using the handle @BidenHQ, the account says it is a project of Biden-Harris 2024" and includes a banner image that says the malarkey ends here", referencing the president's signature colloquialism. Continue reading...

Arizona State University investigates potential hate crime against David Boyles after video shows harassment by Turning Point USAArizona State University is investigating a potential hate crime against one of its staff after members of Turning Point USA followed and harassed the professor, then shoved him to the ground.Video footage posted by Turning Point, a rightwing youth organization known for its aggressive tactics, shows a cameraman and another person questioning David Boyles, an English instructor and the co-founder of Drag Story Hour Arizona, last Wednesday after Boyles taught a class on LGBTQ+ youth in pop culture and politics. Continue reading...