Palestine
Australia: Thousands rally for Gaza in nationwide demonstrations
By our reporters, January 19, 2009
The weekend protests—the third held in Australia since the attack on Gaza began late last year—highlighted the deep anger felt by ordinary people towards the criminal actions of the Israeli govern...
Protests held in UK cities in solidarity with people of Gaza
By our correspondents, January 19, 2009
Rallies against Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza continued at the weekend in major cities across the UK.
Israel to keep troops in Gaza following ceasefire announcement
By David Walsh, January 19, 2009
A tense truce presently exists in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s declaration of a unilateral ceasefire Saturday night and Hamas’ announcement of a one-week ceasefire twelve hours later
Amid talk of cease-fire, eyewitness accounts describe Israel’s destruction of Gaza
By Julie Hyland, January 17, 2009
“Armageddon” was the word used by Times of London correspondent Martin Fletcher, the first eyewitness from the British news media to see the devastation wrought by Israel in Gaza.
Israeli military lays siege to Gaza City
By Jerry White, January 16, 2009
Israeli military forces carried out a ferocious assault on densely populated neighborhoods in Gaza City Thursday, forcing thousands of civilians to flee as ground forces, backed by heavy artillery, he...
Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza
By David Walsh, January 15, 2009
The Palestinian death toll in the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip reached more than 1,000 Wednesday, according to medical officials. Nine Israeli human rights groups raised the “heavy sus...
Israel’s war on Gaza and the role of the Middle East bourgeoisie
By Jean Shaoul, January 14, 2009
Israel’s genocidal offensive against defenceless Palestinians in Gaza points to the crucial role of the Arab bourgeoisie in demobilising the widespread opposition within their own countries on behal...
Israeli military escalates assault on Gaza City
By Bill Van Auken, January 14, 2009
The Israel military stepped up its air and ground assault on Gaza City Tuesday, driving the death toll to nearly 1,000. As the carnage escalates, what Israel will achieve from it is being called into ...
Protests denounce Israeli assault on Gaza and Canadian government complicity
By Éric Marquis, January 13, 2009
Demonstrations were held in cities across Canada last Saturday to denounce the Israeli state’s onslaught against the subjugated Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip and the complicity of Washing...
The New York Times and the Gaza crisis: Israeli war propaganda in the guise of news
By Tom Eley, January 13, 2009
In recent days, the New York Times has planted a series of propaganda pieces disguised as news articles, which aim to justify Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
Israel prepares to escalate its war on Gaza
By Peter Symonds, January 12, 2009
As the Palestinian death toll climbed to 869 on Sunday, the Israeli military was poised to launch a major escalation of its one-sided war against Gaza.
40,000 demonstrate in Germany against Israeli invasion of Gaza
By our reporter, January 12, 2009
Demonstrators took the streets Saturday in Berlin, Nuremberg, Munich and Duisburg, demanding, “Stop the massacre in Gaza!” and asking, “Who are the terrorists?”
