Palestine

A Palestinian child is brought in for vaccinations at a health center in al-Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, on 25 July
International News

Ceasefire needed to avert mass polio outbreak in Gaza

August 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada Aid agencies and medical professionals are calling for a ceasefire to administer the polio vaccine to 640,000 children under the age of 10 in Gaza after a case […]
NetureiKarta Pro-Palestine anti-zionist orthodox Jews at protest against Stolen Land in Queens 071424
Domestic News

PAL-Awda NY/NJ Protests Stolen Land Real Estate Sales

August 20, 2024 fwstaff
By Terri Kay PAL-Awda NY/NJ held a rally protesting the illegal sale of stolen Palestinian real estate and land in a synagogue in Queens, NY on July 14. It was the latest in a series […]
Call for protests in Chicago at the Democratic Party Convention stirs memories of the 1968 demonstrations against the Vietnam War at that Democratic Convention
Domestic News

Join the fight against the genocide in Gaza!

August 7, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Lost in the tumultuous events around the 2024 presidential election, with Biden’s incoherent debate performance in the face of Trump’s racist anti-migrant rant, followed by the Trump shooting, then Biden’s dropping […]
A growing number of unions support the call for a ceasefire and an end to U.S. military aid to the zionist settler state
Domestic News

Union Rumblings

August 6, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppuottelo It has been nine months since the United Electrical Workers (UE) and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 3000 issued an online petition calling for a ceasefire to the ongoing […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
International News

For these reasons Israel assassinated Hamas’ political leader, Ismail Haniyeh – Analysis

August 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle Israel’s assassination of the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, on July 31 is part of Tel Aviv’s overall desperate search for a wider conflict. It […]
Ismail Haniyeh during a video statement marking the 34th anniversary of the founding of the Hamas movement, December 2021
International News

Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran after Israel bombs Beirut

August 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada Hamas announced early Wednesday that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian faction’s political wing, was assassinated in Tehran, where he was present for the inauguration of the […]
Domestic News

PAN AFRICAN HEARTBEAT | TELL US WHAT TIME IT IS? | EACH CAGED BREATH DRAWN

July 30, 2024 fwstaff
PAN AFRICAN HEARTBEAT To all the freedom fighters who knew the Alliance of Sahel States would see the light of day To the legacy of our ancestors George Padmore, Dorothy Padmore , Kwame Nkrumah and […]
Floating pier in Gaza
International News

US’s Gaza Floating Pier Project An ‘Ill-Conceived Political Calculation’ – Report

July 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A US official has said that the building of a floating pier off Gaza’s coast was an “ill-conceived political calculation,” calling it “an embarrassment” for the Joe Biden administration, the Reuters […]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the closing ceremony of a reconciliation dialogue among Palestinian factions resulting in the signing of the Beijing Declaration
International News

Palestinian factions sign Beijing agreement but deep obstacles remain

July 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Omar Karmi, The Electronic Intifada On Tuesday, Palestinian factions in Beijing signed yet another unity agreement to overcome 17 years of internal division between the two main Palestinian political factions, Hamas and Fatah. The […]
Detroit speakout with David Sole outside federal bldg
Domestic News

Detroiters Demonstrate Against War Criminal Netanyahu

July 27, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, there was a demonstration and speakout in opposition to the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States. The action took place on […]