Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
Image: Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against a U.S. decision to cut aid, outside its offices, in Gaza City, on Aug. 02 2018. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajour/ APA Images) If there Are No Refugees, There Will Be No One to Return: Understanding Trump’s War on UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees by Marilyn[…]
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by As’ad AbuKhalil, originally published on Consortium News, August 22, 2018 In the last few decades, public opinion in the West has shifted from the early, post- World War II period. Support for Israel has declined while support for the Palestinians has increased. This shift has been particularly pronounced among youth, especially those who are liberals or leftists. The view[…]
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Gaza Strip – May 15 – Israeli Soldiers are shooting civilians in their legs. But they have killed many. Others are in critical condition. Hospitals are swamped with over 3,000 patients. Gaza Strip – May 15, Reuters by Aida Winfred, originally published on Mondoweiss A BBC report published July 20, 2018 accepts the framing of killing of Palestinian civilians as a “defense[…]
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“For 70 years Israel has been the biggest purveyor of war and chaos in what colonizers termed as the “Middle East.” by Brandon Do, originally published on Black Agenda Report, August 8, 2018 May 15th, 2018, referred to as Nakba Day by the Palestinian people, marked the 70th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of over 700,000 Palestinians from their homeland[…]
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Palestinian journalist clash with Israeli soldiers, Middle East Monitor, October 19, 2017 by Yumna Patel, originally published on Mondoweiss In the middle of the night, just before dawn, Israeli forces raided a village in the central West Bank to arrest a Palestinian — a daily occurrence in the occupied Palestinian territory. The target of Monday’s raid on the village of[…]
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by Ann Wright, originally posted on Consortium News, August 9, 2018 U.S. Navy Signalman Joe Meadors was standing watch on deck of the USS Liberty off the coast of Gaza on June 8, 1967 when a 90-minute aerial and sea attack by Israel against the ship killed 34 U.S. sailors and wounded 174 . Meadors watched as the Israeli military[…]
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Freedom Flotilla Coalition Statement 4 August, 2018 00:05am CEST At 20:06 (CEST) we lost contact with the sailing vessel Freedom, sailing under a Swedish flag, which is on a mission to break the illegal Israeli blockade of the Palestinian people of Gaza. We have reason to presume that the Israeli Occupation Forces has now begun to attack it and that it[…]
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By Susan Abulhawa posted to Workers World, July 25, 2018 Roughly 80 years after Nazi Germany enacted what became known as the Nuremberg Laws in September 1935, Israeli lawmakers in July codified a new Jewish supremacy law, which effectively mirrors the Nazi-era legislation of ethnoreligious stratification of German citizenry. Rights exclusive to Jewish citizens Dubbed the “nation state” law, its[…]
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Editor’s Note: In 2009, the first Conference of the United National Antiwar Coalition accomplished one very major goal. Palestine was, for the first time, given the full support of our broad spectrum of member organizations. Now, 9 years later, the people of Palestine continue to be oppressed beyond imagination. The world continues to allow these atrocities, and even to support[…]
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by Sam Ordóñez, originally published on Workers World Heroic demonstrations against the Israeli occupation of Gaza continued on April 28 for the fifth week. Every Friday since March 30, the Great March of Return has brought thousands of demonstrators, armed only with their unbreakable resolve, to the militarized fence surrounding the Palestinian enclave. The demonstrations are scheduled to continue until[…]
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