Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Lifeline Is Still Being Strangled - 10.28.2025

The so-called ceasefire in Gaza has become a excessively cruel illusion. Humanitarian groups now warn that Israel is allowing only a fraction of the promised aid to enter—barely enough to sustain life, let alone rebuild it. The deal that was meant to halt the suffering has instead become a tool to prolong it by other means.

Every truck delayed, every pallet of food or medicine blocked, is a death sentence for civilians trapped in a humanitarian nightmare. The world cannot call this “peace” when children still drink contaminated water, hospitals operate without anesthesia, and families scavenge for scraps amid rubble.
If Israel continues to weaponize aid, and the U.S. and its allies remain complicit through silence or half-measures, then the ceasefire is nothing more than a public relations cover for collective punishment. True peace cannot be brokered through starvation.

It is time for the international community—especially Washington—to demand not words, but deeds: the immediate, unfettered flow of humanitarian aid and the end of policies that treat basic human survival as a bargaining chip. Anything less makes us all complicit. 

The Humanity Beneath the Rubble: Conversations Amid Gaza’s Ceasefire Illusion - 10.27.2025

Jeremy Scahill’s powerful analysis of Gaza’s so-called “ceasefire” exposes a bitter truth — there can be no genuine peace built on the dehumanization of an entire people. His call to confront Israel’s long-standing doctrine of portraying Palestinians as less than human demands moral reckoning. When journalists and policymakers treat Palestinian suffering as collateral damage rather than as the agony of human beings, they perpetuate the very violence they claim to condemn.

Scahill’s insistence on dialogue — even with Hamas — is not appeasement but a recognition that durable peace requires understanding the adversary’s motivations, grievances, and humanity. Demonization breeds endless war; conversation, however difficult, opens the door to resolution.

The tragedy of Gaza is not only the mass destruction but the numbing of conscience it reveals in much of the world. If we truly believe in universal human rights, we must demand that every life — Israeli or Palestinian — be valued equally. Anything less is complicity.

Echoes of Conscience: Bearing Witness Amid Gaza’s Ruins - 10.27.2025

Jeremy Scahill’s powerful analysis of Gaza’s so-called “ceasefire” exposes a bitter truth — there can be no genuine peace built on the dehumanization of an entire people. His call to confront Israel’s long-standing doctrine of portraying Palestinians as less than human demands moral reckoning. When journalists and policymakers treat Palestinian suffering as collateral damage rather than as the agony of human beings, they perpetuate the very violence they claim to condemn.
Scahill’s insistence on dialogue — even with Hamas — is not appeasement but a recognition that durable peace requires understanding the adversary’s motivations, grievances, and humanity. Demonization breeds endless war; conversation, however difficult, opens the door to resolution.

The tragedy of Gaza is not only the mass destruction but the numbing of conscience it reveals in much of the world. If we truly believe in universal human rights, we must demand that every life — Israeli or Palestinian — be valued equally. Anything less is complicity.

The Wrecking Ball at the White House - 10.26.2025

The White House — once the shining symbol of American democracy — now stands figuratively in ruins. The wrecking ball has swung hard, not just against the walls of an institution, but against the very ideals that built it. Once a home to courage, humility, and public service, it is being replaced by a garish ballroom — a shrine to wealth and self-glorification.

This wrecking ball is not a relic of a gilded age, but a cruel new symbol of reverse Robin Hood — giving to the ultra-rich while taking from the poor. Millions now rely on food pantries to survive in the shadow of opulence. The spiritual heart of America — once guided by compassion, justice, and shared purpose — has been replaced by a hollow faith in greed.

Perhaps the Native peoples were right: “White man speaks with forked tongue.” What was promised as greatness has become a monument to excess — a tragic testimony to the demolition of our democracy.

Maga Imploding - 10.25.2025

The recent revelations of deepening fractures within the MAGA coalition — from disputes over the suppressed Epstein files to internal conflicts about healthcare and exposure of racist group texts — reveal a movement rotting from within. What once claimed to be a populist force for “draining the swamp” has instead become a swamp of moral decay, hypocrisy, and corruption.

The refusal to release the full Epstein network files is not just political cowardice — it is complicity in shielding powerful predators. At the same time, MAGA’s internal divisions over basic human needs like healthcare underscore how little compassion remains in its ideology. The racist text exchanges circulating among some of its operatives only confirm what many Americans already feared: that hate and self-interest, not justice or reform, drive much of this movement.

It’s time for honest conservatives and independents alike to reject this toxic extremism and demand transparency, accountability, and decency in public life.

Palestinian Holocaust - 10.24.2025

Germany paid massive reparations to Holocaust victims; Western nations must do the same for the victims of crimes committed against the Palestinian people and immediately recognize the creation of a Palestinian state.

The world must act now. Gaza lies in ruins, and its people face starvation, disease, and despair. We demand immediate, unrestricted access for foreign reporters and humanitarian agencies, and that all emergency aid — food, water, shelter, and medicine — be placed under the direct control of U.N. agencies to ensure impartial, rapid, and transparent distribution.
Countries whose weapons, funding, and political cover enabled this destruction — including the United States, Britain, and EU states — must accept responsibility: fund the urgent reconstruction and compensate Gaza’s people. Those who stood silent or enabled violence must not be allowed to profit from rebuilding. Jared Kushner, his allies, and others connected to policy and profiteering must be banned from benefiting from any rehabilitation contracts or funds tied to Gaza.

We demand an immediate end to Israeli terrorism in the West Bank and full protection for Palestinian civilians. Prime Minister Netanyahu, who faces serious corruption charges, has forfeited any claim to moral authority and must be held accountable. Justice and reconstruction cannot wait. God sees all — violations of human law and human dignity will not go unanswered.

Congressional Inquiry Needed into Epstein–Maxwell Network and Suppression of Files - 10.23.2025

Dear Members of Congress,

The revelations from “Nobody’s Girl”, the posthumous memoir of a young woman victimized by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, demand an immediate and transparent congressional investigation. The author, who later took her own life, describes being trafficked and sexually abused at 17 by powerful figures, including Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew, and other political elites whose identities remain shielded.

Why was Maxwell granted favorable treatment within the U.S. justice system? Who authorized it? And who continues to block the release of Epstein’s complete files, which could expose the full scope of his criminal network? Reports suggest disturbing ties between Epstein’s circle, foreign officials, and influential U.S. figures.

Justice requires sunlight. Congress must compel the unsealing of all Epstein-related records and ensure that no official—past or present—remains above the law. The victims and the public deserve the truth. 

Uphold ICJ Order — End the Use of Starvation as a Weapon of War - 10.23.2025

The recent ruling by the International Court of Justice — ordering Israel to immediately restore access to U.N.-led aid agencies in Gaza — underscores the moral and legal urgency of the crisis. The deliberate obstruction of food, water, and medical aid to a trapped civilian population constitutes the use of starvation as a weapon of war, a grave violation of international law and basic human decency.

For months, the people of Gaza have faced mass hunger, disease, and despair under relentless bombardment and siege. Hospitals have collapsed, and children are dying not from combat, but from preventable starvation. The ICJ’s order must not be ignored or delayed. All nations, especially those providing military or diplomatic support to Israel, have a duty to enforce compliance and ensure immediate humanitarian access.

Silence and inaction make us complicit. Justice and humanity demand an end to collective punishment now.

When Aid Becomes Control: The Collapse of U.S. Humanitarian Credibility in Gaza - 10.23.2025

The report, “Operations of Much-Criticized U.S. Aid Group Unravel,” exposes a deeply troubling failure of both ethics and policy in the delivery of U.S.-funded humanitarian aid to Gaza. When aid distribution becomes militarized and stripped of neutrality, it ceases to be humanitarian—it becomes an instrument of control and humiliation. The unraveling of this controversial operation is not simply a logistical setback; it is a moral indictment of an approach that prioritizes optics and politics over human life.

The fact that USAID’s own analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft underscores how baseless and damaging the justifications for this militarized model have been. Civilians are starving, aid workers are endangered, and the United States risks being complicit in deepening Gaza’s suffering.

True humanitarian relief must be unconditional, civilian-led, and coordinated through neutral agencies, not private contractors or security forces. The United States must immediately review and reform its Gaza aid strategy to uphold the most basic humanitarian principles.

“60 Minutes” has lost its former journalistic excellence - 10.23.2025

This is not a war — it is mass murder and starvation on an unimaginable scale. Gaza has been reduced to rubble, with nearly 100 percent of its buildings destroyed, including hospitals, schools, and entire neighborhoods — all bombed with weapons supplied by the U.S. and EU. To call this “war” is to deny reality: it is a campaign of extermination against a trapped civilian population.

What makes this even more disturbing was the recent 60 Minutes segment. A program I once admired for its courage and integrity instead asked a shamefully soft question to Jared Kushner and the U.S. special envoy — whether Israel had engaged in genocide. Both predictably said “no,” despite never having set foot in Gaza or the West Bank. Their denials insult the dead and mock international law.

The evidence of mass killings, forced starvation, and total destruction is overwhelming. The world must stop pretending otherwise. This is not defense — it is a war crime unfolding in real time. 

Stop Enabling War Crimes — Enforce an Immediate Ceasefire - 10.22.2025

Ignoring President Trump’s call for a ceasefire, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli military continue their brutal assault on the people of Gaza — an unrelenting campaign of mass starvation and mass murder. Entire families are being wiped out. Hospitals, schools, and refugee shelters lie in ruins. Children are dying not only from bombs but from hunger and thirst, victims of a deliberate policy that defies every moral and legal boundary.

To ignore these atrocities is to be complicit in them. Words are not enough. The United States must immediately suspend all weapons transfers and military aid to Israel until it fully complies with international law and ceases its attacks on civilians. The world is watching whether America stands with justice or with war criminals. 

The cries of Gaza’s children will echo through history. Let your actions speak for peace — not complicity. 

An Afghan woman sings in defiant of harsh anti-God rule, Taliban rule - 10.21.2025

(in the spirit of Afghan folk melody)

Verse 1:

They took the drums, they took the dance,
But not the song within my heart.
The mountains echo freedom’s chance,
No chain can tear my soul apart.

Chorus:

My voice will not be silenced,
Though shadows block the sky,
For every girl in darkness,
I’ll raise my song and cry.

Verse 2:

They closed the books, they locked the doors,
But dreams still bloom in every mind.
From every tear, a river roars,
The dawn of truth we’ll find.
Chorus (repeat):
My voice will not be silenced,
Though shadows block the sky,
For every girl in darkness,
I’ll raise my song and cry.

A Week of Terror: Israeli Settler Violence Escalates in the West Bank - 10.21.2025

Israeli settler terrorism, in the occupied West Bank. According to the United Nations humanitarian affairs office, there have been 71 documented attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property in just one week. Among the latest victims is a 55-year-old Palestinian woman who was beaten unconscious by a masked settler wielding a club while tending to her olive grove in Turmus Aya. She now suffers from a brain hemorrhage and remains hospitalized.

Independent journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who captured footage of the incident, described the attack as resembling a “lynch mob.” These violent assaults, carried out with near impunity, continue to terrorize Palestinian civilians during the olive harvest season—a vital source of livelihood and cultural heritage.

Additionally, Palestinians are mourning the loss of 10-year-old Muhammad al-Hallaq, who was fatally shot by Israeli soldiers while playing soccer in his village near Hebron. Such acts demand urgent international accountability and protection for Palestinian civilians.

Netanyahu’s Ceasefire Betrayal: Starvation and Slaughter in Gaza - 10.21.2025

I write to express my deep outrage and condemnation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flagrant violations of the agreed ceasefire in Gaza. His government’s continued military aggression and deliberate obstruction of humanitarian aid have resulted in the systematic killing and starvation of the Palestinian population. These actions constitute not only a grave breach of international law but also a moral atrocity that has created one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time.

Entire families are being wiped out, and millions are facing famine due to the intentional withholding of food, medicine, and vital resources. Such acts cannot be justified under any pretext of security or defense. They amount to collective punishment and ethnic persecution.

I call upon the international community, human rights organizations, and world leaders to take immediate and decisive action to end these atrocities, hold Netanyahu and his government accountable, and ensure the urgent delivery of aid to the suffering people of Palestine. Silence in the face of such brutality is complicity.

Netanyahu & IDF mocks Trump Peace Plan - 10.20.2025

I write with deep concern regarding the recent escalation in Gaza, where Israeli military action has reportedly resulted in the deaths of dozens of civilians. Equally troubling is the temporary halt to vital humanitarian aid deliveries, further endangering innocent lives already facing immense hardship.

Such developments represent not only a humanitarian crisis but also a profound failure of international diplomacy and restraint. At a time when de-escalation and dialogue are urgently needed, inflammatory rhetoric only deepens the divide. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reported mocking of former President Trump’s peace plan, regardless of one's stance on its content, undermines the very principle of negotiated solutions.

It is imperative that global leaders and institutions demand an immediate ceasefire, the restoration of aid access, and a recommitment to a just and lasting peace. The world cannot stand by while civilian lives are lost and diplomacy is disregarded.

The Cruelty of Denial: Gaza’s Families Deserve the Dignity of Burial - 10.19.2025

Palestinians in Gaza are engaged in the grim task of identifying the bodies of loved ones recently returned by Israel. The process is harrowing, as many of the corpses are in advanced stages of decomposition, forcing families to rely on remnants of clothing, personal items, and DNA testing to make identifications.

The return of these bodies follows mounting global outrage over Israel’s refusal to release the remains of Palestinians killed during its ongoing campaign of extermination in Gaza. This campaign—waged through relentless aerial bombardments and a total blockade—has been enabled by weaponry and political support from the United States and the European Union.
Entire neighborhoods have been leveled. Civilians—men, women, and children—have been buried beneath rubble or starved under siege conditions. The systematic and indiscriminate nature of the attacks, combined with the withholding of food, water, and medical aid, has led many observers, including human rights experts, to draw parallels with the Nazi death camps: mass death delivered not just by bullets and bombs, but by starvation, disease, and the erasure of human dignity.

For families in Gaza, the return of these bodies offers a painful, incomplete form of closure. While some are able to locate and bury their relatives, many more continue to wait—powerless in the face of bureaucratic cruelty and ongoing violence.

This atrocity is not occurring in silence. Human rights organizations continue to demand an end to the genocide, full accountability for war crimes, and recognition of the inherent dignity of every Palestinian life extinguished by this campaign of annihilation. 

Protesters to Senator Booker: Stop Arming Israel - 10.19.2025

Dear Senator Booker,

On October 17, 2025, Jewish Voice for Peace and allies occupied the lobby of your Newark office building, calling urgent attention to U.S. complicity in the ongoing violence in Gaza. Protesters—many Jewish—wore shirts demanding, “Stop Arming Israel” and carried signs reading, “Booker Let Gaza Live.”

Their message is clear: your votes to send $26 billion to Israel and defund UNRWA have helped fuel a humanitarian catastrophe. Your rejection of Senator Sanders’s resolutions to block arms transfers to Israel stands in stark contrast to growing public outrage over the loss of thousands of Palestinian lives.

As your constituents and fellow Americans, we urge you to reconsider your positions. True peace and security cannot be achieved through endless military support, but through justice, accountability, and the protection of all human life—Palestinian and Israeli alike.

Save the Children of Gaza - 10.19.2025

Despite the recent ceasefire in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis continues to deepen. According to Save the Children, critical aid is being severely restricted, leaving over a million children in immediate danger.

Save the Children staff report that essential supplies like food, clean water, and medical aid are not reaching those in need. Hospitals are overwhelmed and under-resourced — infants are dying from preventable illnesses due to power outages and medicine shortages. Families are forced to drink contaminated water, and children are suffering from malnutrition and trauma.

A ceasefire must not be mistaken for peace. Without access to humanitarian assistance, the suffering only continues in silence. The blockade on aid is not only a violation of international law — it is a direct threat to the lives of innocent civilians, especially children.

To Bill Maher: Israel's War Is Not a Western Value - 10.19.2025

Bill Maher’s claim that Israel reflects “Western values” is not only preposterous—it’s morally bankrupt. The United States and Europe, at their best, champion human rights, democratic accountability, and the protection of civilians, especially children. Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza, mass starvation of civilians, and imprisonment without trial in the West Bank reflect none of these ideals. To equate Western values with the collective punishment of a captive population is an insult to the very principles Maher claims to defend.

Western citizens do not support the slaughter of babies, the targeting of hospitals, or the silencing of dissent through brute force. Maher may enjoy mocking religion, but he seems to worship at the altar of power when it comes to Israel. It’s time audiences stop mistaking his cynical apologism for brave truth-telling.

Hajo Meyer (1924–2014), Survivor of Auschwitz - 10.19.2025

A Holocaust survivor, having witnessed the darkest consequences of hatred and state violence, now speaks with clarity and urgency about the direction Israel is taking — and the opportunity, even now, to choose justice and healing over fear and denial.

With gratitude for Haaretz’s continued defense of democratic values, the survivor calls attention to a deeper reckoning long overdue: the historical fact that early Zionist militias used brute force — supported by advanced weaponry from the U.S. and Europe — to displace hundreds of thousands of indigenous Palestinians during Israel’s founding. That truth, often buried or denied, must be recognized if reconciliation is ever to take root.

This moment demands moral courage — not only to defend press freedom and democracy in Israel, but to acknowledge past crimes and correct ongoing injustices. The survivor urges Jewish leaders, and all people of conscience, to welcome the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state. Such a step would not weaken Israel — it would redeem it.

As someone who has endured the absolute loss of rights and dignity, the survivor affirms: justice for Palestinians is not a betrayal of Zionism, but its moral fulfillment. Living in harmony — as our scriptures demand — brings us into alignment with God, our common Creator, and proves we have learned from history.

Release Epstein files NOW, no more delay! - 10.19.2025

Prince Andrew’s loss of his royal title over his association with Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes shows that even the powerful can face some consequences. But if Prince Andrew can be punished for his connection to Epstein and his victims, why not the many other rich and influential men who were also part of Epstein’s circle? Justice should not stop at one prince.

The full Epstein files must be released now. The public deserves to know who else participated in or enabled these horrific abuses. Only full transparency can begin to restore trust and deliver justice for the victims.

Separation of Church and Hate - 10.17.2025

John Fugelsang’s Separation of Church and Hate, a New York Times bestseller featured on The Daily Show, offers a timely moral mirror for Western nations that claim to act in the name of faith or democracy while enabling atrocities abroad. Fugelsang exposes how religion in the U.S. and Europe has been twisted into a tool of political power — justifying greed, nationalism, and even war. That distortion helps explain why so many leaders remain silent as Israel commits genocide in Gaza and terrorism in the West Bank, actions that defy every moral value they profess to uphold.

Fugelsang reminds us that Jesus’s teachings were revolutionary precisely because they rejected violence and welcomed the stranger. “Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me,” Jesus said — a truth forgotten amid endless bombs and blockades. Separation of Church and Hate challenges both believers and policymakers to rediscover faith not as a weapon, but as a force for compassion, justice, and courage in confronting evil done in our name.

Behind the Ceasefire: Hunger, Rubble, and Betrayal in Gaza - 10.16.2025

Israel’s continued blockade of Gaza, even after a ceasefire, exposes the emptiness of its promises and the complicity of those who enable it. By delaying the reopening of the Rafah crossing, Israel is deliberately prolonging the suffering of more than two million Palestinians trapped in a wasteland of hunger, disease, and despair. Families like that of Umm al-Abed al-Fioumi return to find their homes reduced to rubble, their children without food, blankets, or shelter, as winter approaches.

Even as Israel starves civilians, it continues to kill — three more Palestinians gunned down despite the truce. Meanwhile, prominent Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has reportedly been beaten unconscious in Israeli custody, days after a far-right minister threatened him with an electric chair.

These are not the actions of a nation seeking peace, but of one wielding impunity. If the United States truly believes in human rights, it must demand an immediate reopening of Gaza’s borders, an end to the collective punishment of Palestinians, and accountability for Israel’s ongoing crimes.

Bret Stephens and the War on Truth - 10.16.2025

It’s little wonder the New York Times is losing subscribers when it publishes Bret Stephens’s propaganda masquerading as analysis. His latest piece, excusing Israel’s assault on Gaza as “necessary,” ignores the moral catastrophe unfolding before the world’s eyes. Starving civilians, bombing hospitals, and killing children are not signs of victory—they are evidence of a bankrupt policy driven by Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on truth and humanity.

Stephens has never offered a single moral defense for the deliberate starvation and slaughter of Palestinian civilians, including infants. Instead, he sanitizes Israeli brutality with talk of “legitimacy” and “self-defense,” while remaining silent on the blocked aid convoys and the journalists barred from Gaza.

If Stephens truly believes in truth and transparency, why not demand that foreign reporters—including himself—be allowed to witness Gaza’s devastation firsthand? Until then, he should shelve his sanctimonious rhetoric and perhaps study a more honest subject: Spirituality for Dummies.

When Empathy Fails: Kristof and the Erasure of Palestinian Suffering - 10.16.2025

Nicholas Kristof, one of my favorite reporters, is wrong. A historical review of Zionist occupation of Palestine reveals decades of brutal actions by militia and state forces, resulting in the expulsion of thousands of Palestinians since 1947, starting with the Nakba. Massive shipments of arms from Britain, the U.S., France, Germany, and Italy fueled these conflicts.

Since then, Palestinians have endured relentless home demolitions, military occupation, and the world’s largest open-air prison in Gaza, alongside brutal control in the West Bank, making everyday life a struggle for survival. Yet Kristof frames the situation as “right vs. right,” seemingly justifying mass starvation, indiscriminate bombing, and the use of EU- and U.S.-supplied weapons.

The silencing and career destruction of those accused of anti-Semitism for criticizing these actions further illustrate the moral imbalance. This is not a debate of competing rights; it is a clash of right against wrong, of justice against oppression.

Shamefully, Kristof seems to have lost his moral compass. Palestinians deserve truth, accountability, and an honest reckoning with history.

"We Survived the Night”: Remembering and Resisting Erasure - 10.14.2025

Julian Brave NoiseCat’s We Survived the Night is a haunting and profoundly moving work that reclaims Indigenous history and survival from the shadow of colonial genocide. A member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq’escen and descendant of the Lil’Wat Nation, NoiseCat weaves together personal memoir, family tragedy, and investigative journalism to expose the enduring trauma of North America’s residential schools.

His father, Ed Archie NoiseCat, was found as a newborn in a garbage incinerator at the Catholic-run St. Joseph’s Mission in British Columbia—one of hundreds of such institutions designed to erase Indigenous identity. Through both his book and Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane, NoiseCat confronts this legacy of abuse and silence, and challenges the Catholic Church’s refusal to fully acknowledge its systemic crimes.

The phrase “We survived the night,” derived from a Secwepemctsín morning greeting, captures generations of resilience—those who endured disease, forced assimilation, and cultural erasure yet continued to survive. NoiseCat’s work reminds us that truth and remembrance are acts of resistance, and that Indigenous survival is not just history—it is the living heartbeat of this continent.

Ceasefire Without Justice Is No Peace for Palestinians - 10.13.2025

Israeli historian Ilan Pappé reminds us that despite the newly declared ceasefire in Gaza, Israel’s policy toward Palestinians remains one of elimination and domination. As Pappé notes, “nothing has changed in the dehumanization and the attitude of this Israeli government and its belief that it has the power to wipe out Palestine as a nation, as a people and as a country.”

While world leaders celebrate the temporary halt in bombing and the exchange of prisoners, Israel continues to expand settlements, suppress Palestinian celebrations, and block reconstruction. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing corruption charges and an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, still clings to power through division and war. Pappé warns that such leadership, aided by U.S. and European complicity, poses a grave threat not only to Palestinians but to the very notion of justice and humanity.

The world must move beyond hollow peace summits and act decisively to protect Palestinians from ethnic cleansing and genocide — because ceasefire without accountability is no peace at all.

“We Lost Everything”: mourns Palestinian writer” - 10.13.2025

The recent Gaza ceasefire, hailed by Donald Trump as “the beginning of a golden age,” offers little comfort to Palestinians who have endured two years of devastation. Palestinian writer and human rights activist Ahmed Abu Artema, who lost his son and several relatives in Israeli attacks, put it plainly: “We cannot say we are happy, because we lost everything.”

Under the U.S.-backed 20-point plan, Hamas released the remaining 20 Israeli hostages, while Israel freed around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners—many held without charge. Yet, as Abu Artema reminds us, more than 9,000 Palestinians remain imprisoned, including hundreds of children. The world mourns Israeli hostages but ignores the thousands of Palestinians killed, detained, or deprived of basic human rights.

While Trump and Netanyahu celebrate “peace,” Gaza lies in ruins—its homes, hospitals, and infrastructure destroyed. True peace cannot come from political theater or military might. It must begin with justice, equality, and recognition of Palestinian humanity. Until the world confronts the ongoing occupation and systemic dehumanization, any ceasefire will remain only a pause in a continuing tragedy.

“We Survived the Night”: Remembering and Resisting Erasure - 10.13.2025

Julian Brave NoiseCat’s We Survived the Night is a haunting and profoundly moving work that reclaims Indigenous history and survival from the shadow of colonial genocide. A member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq’escen and descendant of the Lil’Wat Nation, NoiseCat weaves together personal memoir, family tragedy, and investigative journalism to expose the enduring trauma of North America’s residential schools.

His father, Ed Archie NoiseCat, was found as a newborn in a garbage incinerator at the Catholic-run St. Joseph’s Mission in British Columbia—one of hundreds of such institutions designed to erase Indigenous identity. Through both his book and Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane, NoiseCat confronts this legacy of abuse and silence, and challenges the Catholic Church’s refusal to fully acknowledge its systemic crimes.

The phrase “We survived the night,” derived from a Secwepemctsín morning greeting, captures generations of resilience—those who endured disease, forced assimilation, and cultural erasure yet continued to survive. NoiseCat’s work reminds us that truth and remembrance are acts of resistance, and that Indigenous survival is not just history—it is the living heartbeat of this continent. 

Nicholas Kristof, Stop Defending Disastrous U.S. Foreign Policies - 10.13.2025

Nicholas Kristof’s latest column, “Leave Us Alone,” defends one of the most appalling records of human rights abuses ever carried out under the banner of “democracy.” From Israel’s ethnic cleansing since 1947 to the CIA’s coups in Iran (1953), Guatemala, Chile, and Argentina, from Cuba’s embargo to the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan—Washington has left a trail of shattered nations and millions of victims.

Kristof lectures those demanding justice to “tone down” their outrage, but his plea is moral blindness disguised as moderation. U.S. complicity in Israeli war crimes, support for dictatorships, and endless wars has cost countless innocent lives and destroyed any claim to moral leadership.

Real journalism must expose these crimes, not defend them. The world doesn’t need another columnist apologizing for empire—it needs voices demanding accountability and an end to the cruelty committed in our name.

Ceasefire Without Justice Is Not Peace - 10.12.2025

The newly announced ceasefire-hostage deal may silence the bombs, but it is not peace—it is merely a pause in genocide. 

Since 1948, Palestinians have been driven from their land, starved, and slaughtered while the world watched in silence. Now they are forced, as Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and human rights specialist Diana Buttu observed, to “negotiate an end to their own genocide” with the very occupiers who created it.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a war criminal of staggering scale, must be held accountable for crimes against humanity. The United States, Britain, Germany, and other nations that armed and enabled Israel’s atrocities must pay massive reparations and help rebuild Gaza from the ashes of their complicity.

Israel must release all political prisoners, including Marwan Barghouti and thousands of others tortured and starved in Israeli jails. Settler terrorists in the West Bank—who burn homes, seize land, and murder civilians—must be disarmed, expelled, and tried in international courts.

This ceasefire cannot mark an end; it must mark a reckoning. Justice, accountability, and the restoration of Palestinian sovereignty are the only paths to lasting peace. 

The Tone Police of Conscience - 10.12.2025

“Kristoff, Leave Us Alone” is an opinion piece by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof that has drawn criticism for its perceived condescension and misplaced focus. In it, Kristof urges activists and critics of U.S. foreign policy—especially those outspoken about Gaza—to “tone down” their rhetoric, suggesting that strong moral outrage is counterproductive. Many readers saw it as an attempt to silence dissent and shield U.S. and Israeli leaders from accountability. The backlash centers on Kristof’s dismissive tone toward those demanding justice and his failure to fully confront the scale of suffering in Gaza.

Ethics Still Don’t Matter in Trump’s Circle - 10.12.2025

The revelations about Tom Homan’s alleged cash handoff are yet another stain on the already tattered ethical record of Trump’s political world. From cabinet secretaries to campaign aides, financial impropriety and abuse of power have been defining features of the Trump era. Former EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigned after scandals over lavish travel and lobbyist favors, while Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was investigated for misuse of public funds and shady land deals. 

What makes the Homan affair particularly disturbing is how routine such misconduct has become—each new scandal greeted with a shrug from supporters and silence from Republican leaders. Public office is supposed to serve the nation, not personal or political enrichment. Yet Trump’s orbit continues to operate as though laws and ethics apply only to others. The normalization of corruption is profoundly un-American and threatens the moral foundation of our democracy.

‘Finishing the Job’: Netanyahu’s Words Reveal a Dangerous Doctrine - 10.12.2025

Netanyahu’s boast that he will “finish the job” should alarm anyone who cares about law, human life, and the future of the region. Rhetoric that glorifies overwhelming force and collective punishment risks normalizing policies that inflict disproportionate suffering on civilians and deepen cycles of hatred and retaliation.

We must be clear-eyed: the actions of the Israeli government, the conduct of its armed forces, and the violence of vigilante settlers have produced immense human cost. Calling for accountability is not an attack on a people but a demand that leaders and institutions obey international law and respect basic human dignity. Independent investigations, impartial prosecutions when warranted, and reparations for victims are necessary steps toward justice.
At the same time, the international community — including the United States and Europe — should press for an urgent cessation of indiscriminate attacks, full humanitarian access, and credible negotiations that protect civilians and advance lasting security for both peoples. Moral leadership requires refusing impunity and insisting that all human lives are of equal value. If leaders evince contempt for that principle, they should answer not with threats or invective but with lawful, transparent mechanisms that deliver accountability and create the conditions for a just peace.

A Ceasefire Is Not Peace - 10.9.2025

President Trump’s announcement of a Gaza ceasefire marks a crucial, if fragile, step toward ending months of unspeakable suffering. The deal reportedly includes the release of all hostages and the withdrawal of Israeli troops to agreed positions. Yet, as history reminds us, a ceasefire is not peace—it is merely a pause in violence.
True peace requires accountability, justice, and the rebuilding of lives destroyed by war. The suffering of civilians, the starvation, and the obliteration of Gaza’s infrastructure cannot be undone by a temporary truce. Nor can the trauma endured by activists like David Adler, a Jewish humanitarian detained for five days in Israel’s desert prison for his solidarity with Gaza, be overlooked.

If this ceasefire is to mean anything, it must lead to a permanent end to occupation, collective punishment, and dehumanization. Only then can the people of Gaza—and Israelis—hope to live in real peace. 

Hope for Gaza Amid Ongoing Violence - 10.9.2025

President Trump announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, claiming that all hostages will be released soon and Israeli troops will withdraw to an agreed line. While Israel’s cabinet is expected to approve the deal, far-right ministers have voiced opposition but stopped short of leaving Netanyahu’s coalition.

Yet, even as Palestinians celebrated news of the ceasefire by word of mouth—amid a total communications blackout—Israeli attacks continued. Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 10 more deaths and nearly 50 injuries in the past 24 hours, including aid seekers. One resident, Hussein Shaladan, described the devastation: families wiped out, limbs lost, and homes reduced to rubble.

In contrast to Washington’s silence, Spain has imposed a permanent arms embargo on Israel, and massive protests continue across the Netherlands, where hundreds of thousands are demanding an end to support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
This fragile moment calls for moral courage: peace cannot begin while bombs still fall.

Hope Amid Horror: A Ceasefire and the World’s Call for Accountability - 10.9.2025

President Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, which would see all hostages released and Israeli troops withdrawn to an agreed line. While Israel’s far-right ministers threaten to oppose the deal, approval by the security cabinet could bring a desperately needed pause to the bloodshed. 

Yet even as Palestinians celebrated the ceasefire news—spread only by word of mouth amid an internet blackout—Israeli strikes continued, killing ten more people and injuring dozens. The scenes of joy and devastation unfolding side by side capture the cruel uncertainty of life in Gaza today.

Meanwhile, Spain has taken a principled stand by approving a permanent arms embargo on Israel, and tens of thousands across the Netherlands have staged sit-ins demanding an end to their government’s complicity. These actions show that global conscience is awakening. 

The ceasefire must not be a pause before more violence but the beginning of a lasting peace grounded in justice and accountability.

CBS’s Complicity in Genocide and the Corruption of Truth - 10.9.2025

The appointment of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News should alarm anyone who values truth and human decency. Weiss has long cloaked herself in the language of “free speech,” yet her career has been defined by suppressing voices that expose Israel’s atrocities and speak for Palestinian humanity.

Her elevation under billionaire Larry Ellison — a close Trump ally and outspoken supporter of Israel’s military campaign — is no coincidence. It signals a calculated move to turn one of America’s most respected news outlets into a platform that normalizes genocide, mass starvation, and the slaughter of innocent civilians in Gaza.

Those who endorse such horror should ask themselves: would they have supported the Holocaust of Jews? Palestinians and Jews share the same Creator; to justify the extermination of one people while invoking the suffering of another is moral blindness of the highest order.

Before it’s too late, those cheering this cruelty should open their hearts — and perhaps read Spirituality for Dummies — before they too face the wrath of history and of conscience.

Stop the Killing and End the Starvation in Gaza - 10.8.2025

In just the past 24 hours, Israeli forces have killed eight more Palestinians in Gaza, adding to at least 118 killed since Friday—days after former President Trump called on Israel to halt its strikes. Displaced residents like Ibrahim Dib describe Gaza as a “genocide, a humanitarian extermination.” His words reflect the despair of a population suffering from bombing, famine, and forced displacement.

Meanwhile, Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir staged a deliberately provocative visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, boasting that “we are the owners of the Temple Mount.” Such fanatic rhetoric only deepens hatred and undermines fragile cease-fire efforts now underway in Egypt, attended by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and regional mediators.

At the same time, Israeli forces have intercepted yet another humanitarian flotilla bringing food and medicine to Gaza’s starving hospitals—seizing both aid and passengers. Enough. The world must demand an end to these war crimes and collective punishments. True peace begins not with domination, but with justice, compassion, and the freedom of Palestinians to live with dignity. 

Growing anger over the shutdown - 10.8.2025

Donald Trump’s glee over a potential government shutdown may well come back to haunt him. A shutdown is not a sign of strength or leadership; it is a display of arrogance and disregard for millions of Americans who rely on functioning government services. Federal workers, families dependent on assistance, and countless small businesses all pay the price for one man’s political theater.

Trump treats disruption as a victory, but voters remember the chaos, the missed paychecks, and the loss of trust in government. His constant boasting about “fighting the system” only highlights his inability to govern responsibly. A president should protect the nation’s stability, not revel in its dysfunction.

The American people deserve better than another spectacle of self-inflicted harm. 

Stop the Starvation and End the Bombing in Gaza - 10.8.2025

Reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has mocked calls to end the bombing in Gaza are beyond disturbing. Every new round of airstrikes adds to the toll of over 100 more Palestinians civils killed, most of them children. Denying food, water, and medical supplies to a starving, trapped population is not defense—it is excessive cruelty.

All religious faiths teach compassion for the suffering and protection of the innocent. Yet the blockade continues, and hospitals and schools have become makeshift shelters for the wounded and displaced. This deliberate starvation mocks every moral and religious principle we claim to honor.

World leaders must act now. No more shipments of offensive weapons should be sent to a government that defies international law and basic humanity. Border crossings must be opened immediately for massive deliveries of food, clean water, and medical supplies.

Silence in the face of this suffering is complicity. The world must demand an end to this barbarity.

The Truth Buried Beneath Gaza’s Rubble - 10.5.2025

“Netanyahu Says Israel and Hamas Are on the Brink of a Hostage Deal,” scream the headlines — another example of corporate media bias drowning out the horrific reality in Gaza and the West Bank. On one widely watched news show, a guest even denied the existence of genocide and settler terrorism, as if the starvation and agony of Palestinians — mostly children — were fiction.

Prime Minister Netanyahu offers no credible explanation for halting food and medical aid, which now rots at the border while civilians perish. As a great spiritual teacher, Nanak, once said, “God is truth, but living the truth is higher.” Netanyahu has hijacked truth itself, deceiving the Israeli public to conceal his crimes and corruption.
The ongoing genocide, starvation, and bombings of hospitals, schools, and homes have been largely hidden or sanitized by the Israeli, U.S. and European media, whose remorseful words are contradicted by their governments’ steady flow of weapons to Israel. The hypocrisy is staggering.

Inside Gaza, emaciated survivors — many amputees — wander in search of food. The few remaining doctors and nurses, refusing to abandon their people, stand as humble saints amid this man-made hell. Foreign journalists are denied access, while those who dare to report have been killed by Israeli forces — because truth is what Netanyahu and his far-right allies fear most.

Yet, hope flickers as more nations recognize the right of Palestinians to statehood and freedom from decades of domination. The guilty include not only Israel but also the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, and Arab regimes whose silence betrays the growing anger of their people.