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Students vow to continue struggle as Israel closes in on Rafah

The student movement remains undeterred by police repression and focused on solidarity with Gaza as Israel moves forward with attacks on Rafah

Pakistani farmers launch a nationwide movement demanding fair prices for wheat

Pakistan’s new government has decided to drastically reduce the procurement of wheat this year amidst record production, creating fear among farmers of massive losses and distress to the rural population

Is Biden really against Israel’s invasion of Rafah?

Biden claims to urge Netanyahu against Rafah invasion, but unconditional support for Israel continues

Israel shuts down Al Jazeera operations in the country

The ban comes at a time when Israel prepares to invade Rafah despite serious concerns of the disastrous humanitarian crisis such an invasion would create for the over a million Palestinians trapped there

Israel orders forced displacement of eastern Rafah, amounting to war crime

Israel orders the forced evacuation of Palestinians sheltering in Rafah ahead of a planned ground invasion

“Occupation’s nightmare” continues despite Jordanian authorities’ crackdown

Jordan was one of the first countries to normalize ties with Israel, yet its people stand firmly with Palestine

Students and workers take to the streets on May Day for Palestine

In NYC, on International Workers’ Day, students and workers continued their mass mobilizations in support of Palestine

Glimmers of hope in Gaza ceasefire talks

During his latest visit to the region, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to blame Hamas for the stalemate in ceasefire discussions

House passes bill to define antisemitism as criticism of Israel

The House vote comes as police across the country brutalize student protesters staging peaceful protests in solidarity with Gaza

The students will not tolerate hypocrisy

The brightness of the souls of the youth illuminates the wretchedness of our system, at its heart, the ugliness of Israel’s war

“The American people are heard,” Biden says after protesters are brutalized

The outsized police response to peaceful student protesters reveals the deep commitment of the US to its Israel policy

Israeli forces tortured a surgeon to death, the latest in Israel’s targeting of Gaza’s health workers

The killing of another surgeon in Israeli custody highlights the ongoing targeting of health workers amid the war on Gaza