Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Barry Shephard, published on Socialist Action, July 24, 2022 President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, with a short three-hour stop off with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas sandwiched in between, began in Israel. An article in the New York Times from Jerusalem said, “A year and a half after Donald J. Trump left the White House,[…]
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by Philip Weiss, published on Mondoweiss, July 22, 2022 Apartheid in Israel, potentially, Genocide in Gaza, accepted in the Middle East and the West as just a fact of life that shouldn’t interfere with business as usual. I’ve just been reading that reports on what it cost Egypt to enter an alliance with Israel and the United States. It’s a[…]
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by Samidoun Prisoner Network, published on Workers World, July 16, 2022 The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, to liberate[…]
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by Philip Weiss, published on Mondoweiss, May 31, 2022 Recent events in Israel have left many American Jews despairing about their community’s adherence to Zionism. The wanton killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh… the mobs of Jewish youths crying “Death to Arabs” in Jerusalem… Jewish government officials threatening Palestinians with “another Nakba” and spouting hateful replacement theory about Arabs… And[…]
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by Maureen Clare Murphy, published on Electronic Intifada, May 20, 2022 Israel announced that it was not going to launch a criminal investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, despite all but admitting that a soldier shot and killed her. On Thursday, the Israeli military said it had “identified a soldier’s rifle that may have killed” the iconic[…]
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From Samidoun, May 14, 2022 As we commemorate 74 years of ongoing Nakba targeting the Palestinian people, inside all of occupied Palestine and everywhere in exile and diaspora, we also recall and celebrate 74 years of ongoing Palestinian resistance, revolution and struggle to liberate Palestine and confront imperialism, Zionism and reaction. In homes, community centers and the streets of cities,[…]
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by Theo Horesh, published on Mondoweiss, May 14, 2022 Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the neck, just above her bullet proof vest, and just under her helmet, in the West Bank city of Jenin. The precise placement of the shot suggests the killing was intentional. She was a reporter for Al Jazeera and an American citizen. Hence,[…]
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by Ahmed Abu Artima, published on Mondoweiss, May 12, 2022 On Wednesday May 11th, 2022, Israeli occupation forces killed veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin Camp while she was reporting on an Israeli aggression there. Journalist Shatha Hanaysha who was with Abu Akleh when she was shot shared what she saw: “We were a group of journalists all[…]
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by Yumna Patel, published on Mondoweiss, May 6, 2022 This issue is getting a lot of interest but we cannot forget that Palestinians lost more than 50% of their original country at the time of the Nakba due to Israeli aggression; Palestinians are losing their homes all over the west bank so settlers can occupy areas they want; Palestinians in[…]
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by Yumna Patel, published on Mondoweiss, April 17. 2022 Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday and attacked Palestinian worshipers at the site in order to facilitate Jewish tours of the site for the Passover holiday. The raids on the compound on Sunday were the second in 48 hours, and featured heavily armed Israeli police officers beating Palestinians[…]
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