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Archiving Gaza: The Race to Save Evidence of War Crimes
LILA HASSAN, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 04, 2025
Israel’s secret plan to transfer Palestinians more than 50 years ago
Amer Sultan, Middle East Monitor, February 2, 2025
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‘We’ll Own It’: Trump Floats US Takeover of Gaza after Ethnically Cleansing Palestinians
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Feb 04, 2025
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The United States Has a Moral and Legal Obligation to Rebuild Gaza and Protect Its People
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
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Wisconsin Coalition For Justice In Palestine Looks Beyond The Ceasefire
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jan 24, 2025
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Haggai Matar, executive director of +972 Magazine
Israel Invades Jenin Days After Signing Gaza “Ceasefire”
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS AND MARIAM BARGHOUTI, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 21, 2025
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Jared Kushner’s New Investments in Israeli Settlements
FREDDY BREWSTER & KATYA SCHWENK, THE LEVER, JAN 16, 2025
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A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine
TARIQ KENNEY-SHAWA, THE NATION, JANUARY 16, 2025. The Best Analysis of the Gaza Ceasefire.
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This is a fragile ceasefire. We must ensure it holds.
Jewish Voice for Peace, January 17, 2025
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What you need to know about the Gaza cease-fire deal
MICHAEL MERRYMAN-LOTZE, AFSC, JAN 17, 2025
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On the Ceasefire in Gaza and the Road Ahead
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), Jan 15, 2025. After 465 days of Israel’s genocidal…
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‘We kill civilians and count them as terrorists’: Israeli reservists recount Gaza service
With Tel Aviv focused on expanding its occupation of southern Syria, Israeli soldiers say the…
The War in Gaza Is Far Worse Than You Thought
The Airwars report shows a rate of civilian slaughter “incomparable with any 21st century air campaign.…
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Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria…
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2024.12.13: West Bank Update from Cassandra Dixon on WORT
WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Report from the West Bank, Then an Update on Syria…
GAZA IN CONTEXT Series: The Colonial History that Shaped the Modern Middle East
OnlineJan 5, 12, 26 and Feb 2, 2024 2:00 – 3:30 pm CT Massachusetts Peace…
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ADC Statement on Syria and Continued Israeli Aggression
Israel’s recent escalation in Syria is emblematic of its broader strategy to reshape the Middle…
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An analysis of the escalating forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank since…
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