As soon as the ceasefire was announced, and before it was pronounced “safe,” almost 180,000 Gazans began the long march, returning to northern Gaza, knowing that their homes had been destroyed. On Oct. 4, a statement from the Gaza Civil Defense said that over 300,000 people had made the trek to Gaza City over the…
One must marvel at the first few paragraphs of Amnesty International’s recent press release: The international community’s catastrophic failure to take concrete action to protect the people of Syria has allowed parties to the conflict, most notably the Syrian government, to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity with complete impunity, often with assistance of…
As soon as the ceasefire was announced, and before it was pronounced “safe,” almost 180,000 Gazans began the long march, returning to northern Gaza, knowing that their homes had been destroyed. On Oct. 4, a statement from the Gaza Civil Defense said that over 300,000 people had made the trek to Gaza City over the…
Students march to University Hall to protest University of Illinois Chicago administration complicity in deportations on campus, Oct. 9, 2025. By River Argyilan The article below was first published in Fightback! News on Oct. 10, 2025. It has been lightly edited. On Thursday, October 9, Mexican Students de Aztlán (MeSA) at the University of Illinois…
As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas comes into effect, two million Gazans are returning to what is left of their homes. Part of the deal includes a vast prisoner swap, that sees the remaining 20 Israelis captured on October 7, 2023, going back to their homeland, and almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners being released…
