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Israelis are finally revolting against Netanyahu — for agreeing to the U.S. ceasefire with Iran

Israeli protesters during an judicial overall protests outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 20, 2023. (Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa via ZUMA Press/APA Images)The entire Israeli political spectrum is united in blasting Netanyahu for not continuing to attack Iran, and Israeli society agrees. The reason, to put it simply, is that Israelis are war junkies.

The only Palestinian children’s rights organization closes following years-long Israeli campaign against it

Defense for Children International - Palestine's office door outside Ramallah after Israeli forces conducted a raid and declared the organization closed on August 18, 2022. (Photo credit: AFP / Abbas Momani)“After 35 years of defending Palestinian children’s rights, we are not able to overcome operational challenges resulting from Israel’s targeted criminalization of Palestinian human rights organizations,” said DCI-P General Director Khaled Quzmar.

The Iran war will end only when the U.S. finally decides to rein in Israel

Donald Trump is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after disembarking Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)As the shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran holds, only Israel has an incentive to continue fighting, as Netanyahu is widely seen as having lost the war. If there is to be a durable end to this war, the U.S. will be forced to rein in Israel. 

Military aid to Israel emerges as the latest political litmus test for Democrats

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at Zohran Mamdani's inauguration. Jan 2026. (Wikimedia)Last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she would vote against any military aid to Israel, even weapons deemed "defensive." As support for Israel craters across the U.S., the issue of military aid has become the latest litmus test for Democrats.

As U.S. and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, Israel launches ‘massacre’ in Lebanon, threatening entire deal

Destruction following heavy Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern Dahiya suburb, March 7, 2026. (Photo: © Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/APA Images)Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, Israel launched a massive bombing campaign across Lebanon, killing hundreds of people and threatening to derail the U.S.-Iranian ceasefire before it even begins.

Supporters say Wisconsin mosque president was detained over Israel criticism

Salah Sarsour (Islamic Society of Milwaukee)Wisconsin resident Salah Sarsour was detained by ICE on March 30. The Trump administration is accusing him of lying on his Green Card application. But those close to him say he's a 'political prisoner' being targeted for his criticism of Israel.

The Democratic Party debate over Hasan Piker is really a fight over Palestine’s new place in U.S. politics

Hasan Piker (Screenshot: HasanAbi / YouTube)The moral panic over Hasan Piker's involvement with the Democratic Party is really about Palestine's growing influence in U.S. politics. While Israel supporters might want to ban him and Palestine from the discourse, they've already lost the fight.

How the neoconservative influence over U.S. war-making paved the way for Trump’s war crimes in Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump oversees the war on Iran from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, March 1, 2026. (Photo: White House/Daniel Torok/Flickr)Donald Trump’s naked threats to target Iran’s civilian infrastructure are the culmination of a strand of neoconservative thought that has defined U.S. war-making over three decades, from the Iraq war to Obama’s drone campaigns to the Gaza genocide.

BDS victories: Washington State divests from Caterpillar, capital city, Olympia, blocks investment in apartheid

Activists participate in an Advocacy Day at the Washington state capitol, organized by Washington for Peace and Justice and Jewish Voice for Peace Seattle, in February 2026. Advocates from around the state attended, including PASS and the Rachel Corrie Foundation.Twenty-three years after Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar bulldozer in Gaza, two divestment successes in her home state of Washington have brought her some measure of justice.

A brief history of the Israeli nuclear program, the open secret at the heart of the Iran war

Negev Nuclear Research Center at Dimona, photographed by American reconnaissance satellite KH-4 CORONA on November 11, 1968. (Image: Wikimedia)Israel’s nuclear weapons program was secretly developed with financial and diplomatic support from the West. Its nuclear arsenal, estimated at over 90 warheads, remains a leading driver of conflict across the region.

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