Editor’s Note: I don’t know how to weigh the considerable danger of a second Trump presidency against the genocide of infants in Gaza. Genocide can’t be just another issue about which each presidential candidate has a position (“She’s good on infrastructure, the economy and the environment, but bad on genocide, so her positions are…
How much money did each of us Americans personally contribute to murdering people in Gaza this year? Jon Schwarz of the Intercept came up with a crude estimate of $150. He rightfully says that what is so horrifying about this figure is that it is relatively small, small enough that most of us can afford…
Sounds like an extermination campaign (AKA genocide}: American Surgeon Who Volunteered in Gaza Says IDF Snipers Shoot Toddlers ‘No toddler gets shot twice by mistake,’ said Dr. Mark Perlmutter by Dave DeCamp July 22, 2024 at 5:30 pm ET Categories News An American surgeon who volunteered in Gaza told “CBS Sunday Morning” in an…
From Jacobin: “With elections looming and the Democratic base overwhelmingly opposed to Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, Joe Biden seems at times to be feeling the heat and talking peace. On May 31, he claimed that Israel had agreed to a “permanent cease-fire.” But Biden was immediately rebuffed when Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
by Don Pelton For most of my life there has been only one Holocaust, but since the beginning of the current genocide in Gaza (which nominally began on October 7, 2023 but actually began decades ago) I’ve tried to hold two Holocausts in my mind … but hold them how? I don’t believe I’ll…