Brett Wilkins

October 25, 2023

As the death toll from Israel’s relentless and indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza approached 5,800 Palestinians—including over 2,300 children—a group of around 40 faith leaders calling for an immediate cease-fire led a Tuesday afternoon pray-in at the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faith leaders and activists […]

Conflicts of Interest

October 25, 2023

On COI #489, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest news from the war on Gaza. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.

JP Sottile

October 25, 2023

I wonder if there’s a number that demarcates the upper limit of acceptable civilian casualties in Gaza. Is it ten thousand? Twenty thousand? Thirty thousand? And how about dead children? How many children is Israel free to kill in trade for the children killed by Hamas, and how many non-combatants total can it kill in […]

Mike Ferner

October 25, 2023

On October 12, Veterans For Peace issued this statement about the conflict between Hamas and Israel, in which we condemned the horrific violence on both sides, particularly the killing of civilians. We added our voice to the many calls for a ceasefire and negotiations toward a political solution because there is no military one. Since […]

Roger D. Harris

October 24, 2023

As people got off work on Thursday evening, October 19, the street in front of the Federal Building in San Francisco swelled with a spirited crowd chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” An ocean of demonstrators stopped traffic as Homeland Security police looked on and a helicopter hovered overhead. With […]

Walt Zlotow

October 24, 2023

Over 5,000 dead, mostly civilians, from 2 weeks of relentless Israeli bombing, turning much of the 139 square miles of Gaza into rubble, is a genocidal act of ethnic cleansing. It is designed to diminish, if not eliminate the 2.3 million Gazans. The many who have died from lack of food, water, medicine and electricity, […]

William Astore

October 24, 2023

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Here’s a typical quick summary of the dire situation in Gaza from CNN Monday AM: The US is seeking to delay an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza amid calls to free more hostages held there by Hamas and allow aid into the besieged enclave. A senior Israeli official told CNN […]

Brett Wilkins

October 23, 2023

As Israel’s assault on Gaza continued Friday with 4,100 Palestinians—including over 1,600 children—killed and at least 13,000 others wounded by relentless bombardment that’s destroyed or damaged nearly a third of the besieged strip’s homes, Amnesty International shared “damning evidence of war crimes as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families.” Amnesty interviewed survivors and eyewitnesses, analyzed […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

October 23, 2023

From today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: The Biden Administration is demanding that Congress authorize a massive $105 billion to continue the war on Russia, to join Israel’s war on Gaza, and to irritate China with weapons to Taiwan. Is this election season…or world war three? Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

Greg Mitchell

October 23, 2023

Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. Continuing a series begun earlier this week, as we look back 61 years this week to the gravest nuclear crisis of our era, involving JFK, Castro, and Soviet missiles in Cuba. The below is an excerpt from my 2016 bestseller, The Tunnels: Escapes […]