With the ceasefire came relief. The shelling had stopped. People were visiting each other, feeling happy, Salwa Tibi, a Gaza program representative for CARE International, “The fighting in Gaza is over. The humanitarian crisis isn’t.”
Month: April 2022
How Black Lives Matter reenergized Black-Palestinian solidarity
Marching in a recent Ithaca, New York, demonstration in solidarity with Palestine was one of the truly gratifying moments of my life as an internationalist. “How Black Lives Matter reenergized Black-Palestinian solidarity”
Journalists can tweet about Black Lives Matter but not about Palestine
Last week, no one had heard of Emily Wilder. Then she became the focus of a national campaign to get her fired. Days later, she “Journalists can tweet about Black Lives Matter but not about Palestine”
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire stopped the fighting — but changed nothing
The ceasefire announced Thursday between Israel and Hamas will hopefully end the worst of the violence that in the course of 11 days killed well “The Israel-Hamas ceasefire stopped the fighting — but changed nothing”
In defense of the two-state solution
Last week, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in a conflict that claimed nearly 250 lives. But the underlying status quo makes another round “In defense of the two-state solution”
The progressive foreign policy moment has arrived
As the Israel-Gaza war raged, President Joe Biden made clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that there was a problem. Full-throated support for Israel “The progressive foreign policy moment has arrived”
Why Biden’s team didn’t go all-in on Israel-Gaza
Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a choice to make. It was mid-May, and in a few days he’d travel to Europe for talks with “Why Biden’s team didn’t go all-in on Israel-Gaza”
What we owe to future generations
In 2015, 20 residents of Yahaba, a small town in northeastern Japan, went to their town hall to take part in a unique experiment. Their “What we owe to future generations”
How Taiwan held off Covid-19, until it didn’t
In December 2019, Taiwan‘s government learned that at least seven atypical pneumonia cases had been reported in Wuhan, China. Because of Taiwan’s proximity to China “How Taiwan held off Covid-19, until it didn’t”
The US is bracing for a potential Haitian migrant crisis. Biden needs to step up.
Thousands of Haitians have been displaced amid escalating gang violence in the aftermath of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination on July 7. Many of them “The US is bracing for a potential Haitian migrant crisis. Biden needs to step up.”