Pope Leo told reporters gathered outside the Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo that he had just tried to phone Holy Family Parish in Gaza City. "I just tried to call the pastor, but I have no news," the pope said. The post ‘We need to pray a lot,’ Pope Leo says after Israeli attack in Qatar appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Researchers believe that the Crusaders brought the organ to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, in the 11th century during their period of rule over Jerusalem. After a century of use, the Crusaders buried it to protect it from invading Muslim armies. The post After 800 years of silence, the oldest pipe organ in the Christian world plays again appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
While the article falls short of being an “official statement” by the Vatican, that vetting does lend significant weight to the substance of the editorial. The post Why you should pay attention to the Vatican News editorial on Palestine appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
In the midst of the horror show that is Gaza, the targeting and assassination of journalists in Gaza remains worth calling out. The post Why is Israel targeting journalists in Gaza? appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Pope Leo and top diplomatic advisors spoke with Israeli President Herzog about the “tragic situation in Gaza,” the urgent need for ceasefire and a two-state solution as the “only way out of the current war.” The post Pope Leo and Israel’s president discuss ‘tragic situation in Gaza’ in private audience appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Today’s statement from Jason Pearlman, the spokesperson for the Israeli president, said Mr. Herzog is coming “for a one day visit to the Vatican at the invitation of the Pope.” The post Israeli president Herzog to visit Pope Leo at Vatican appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Even when outlets addressed the consequences of food deprivation, reporting still fell short of holding Israel responsible for deliberately inducing starvation.| FAIR
Western governments have long chosen to normalize the state-sanctioned murder of journalists. But journalists don’t have to.| FAIR
Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.| FAIR
The pope called for “humanitarian law to be fully respected—especially the obligation to protect civilians and the prohibitions against collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of force, and the forced displacement of populations.” The post Pope Leo warns against the ‘forced displacement of populations’ in Gaza appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
The priests and nuns who are caring for those living in the Orthodox and Catholic compounds in Gaza City will remain despite Israel’s orders to evacuate, the Greek Orthodox and Latin patriarchs of Jerusalem said in a statement issued today, Tuesday, Aug. 26. The post Priests and nuns in Gaza City defy Israel’s evacuation orders and vow to stay: ‘We have nowhere else to go.’ appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Caritas Internationalis, one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world, has denounced “the siege of Gaza” by Israel, which, the group said, “has become a machinery of annihilation, sustained by impunity and the silence, or complicity, of powerful nations.” The post World’s largest Catholic aid group calls for end of ‘man-made famine and assault’ in Gaza appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference called for a special collection to bolster the Catholic Church’s response to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war continues to grind on. The post US bishops’ president calls for special collection for Catholic aid groups in Gaza appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Corporate media are now gesturing toward engaging questions of Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. But what does that amount to at this late date?| FAIR
"I think it's a success of Israel's control of the narrative that sometimes it's really not well understood that the occupation is central to all this."| CounterSpin
The UN's Albanese has long opposed Israel’s genocide of Palestinians—but what broke US warmongers was her naming corporations profiting from that genocide.| FAIR
Gaza's conditions of famine have been out in the open for well over a year, and yet it was considered barely newsworthy in US news media.| FAIR
From Peace Now in Israel: "Will we know how to leverage military gains into a strategic political move that can lead to regional peace? ... [This] requires leadership that is not in love with war." The post ‘Now is the time to take steps towards peace’ appeared first on The Third Narrative.| The Third Narrative
Maha Nassar 27 December 2023 On 31 October 2023, as Israel’s horrific bombing campaign on the occupied Gaza Strip entered its fourth week and as its ground incursion into northern Gaza entered its fourth day, a music video was released. … Continue reading →| In the Moment
Oren Yiftachel 15 December 2023 Below are early critical reflections from within on the recent upheaval in Israel/Palestine highlighting the disastrous consequences of Hamas’s “boomerang” insurgency, which triggered mass destruction and the deepening of Israel’s apartheid. Articulation of a joint nonviolent … Continue reading →| In the Moment
Anton Shammás 27 November 2023 Dear Critical Inquiry, Thank you again for the renewed invitation, and I find myself, again, asking you to please accept my apologies – if anything, my rage has been increasingly overwhelming, disorienting, smothering, and I really can’t … Continue reading →| In the Moment
Neta Stahl 13 December 2023 I was born and raised in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where my father, two siblings, and their families still live (or rather lived until 7 October). When I think about the attack, I think about it … Continue reading →| In the Moment
Orit Bashkin 11 December 2023 Shmuel Ben David, a Jewish Karaite from Crimea who went on a pilgrimage in 1641–1642, provides us with a vivid depiction of Gaza, praising the city for its beauty, its numerous mosques, its Jewish prayer … Continue reading →| In the Moment
This series includes entries by members of our scholarly community on the War in Gaza. CI has a long history of theorizing questions related to settlement, racism, colonialism, postcolonialism, and antisemitism in Palestine/Israel and elsewhere in the world. Over the … Continue reading →| In the Moment
In anticipation of our forthcoming blog forum, we’d like to share our archive of essays, reflections, and responses to the ongoing Israel/Palestine conflict. FREE ACCESS: In order to access any of the below articles for free, please open the following … Continue reading →| In the Moment
A group of leading scholars, including numerous professors of international law, have today written to FIFA’s Governance Audit and Compliance Committee (GAAC), in relation to the committee’s examination of a complaint relating to the holding of matches in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Palestine Football Association (PFA) first complained to FIFA in […]| FairSquare
نحن، الجبهة الأناركية في إيران وأفغانستان، نؤكد مجددًا موقفنا الثابت والمبدئي: كل حرب – أياً كان نطاقها أو مبررها – إذا بدأت بها الدول أو واصلت تغذيتها، يجب أن تُدان بشكل لا لبس فيه. فالدول، مهما ك…| Actualité de l'Anarchosyndicalisme
We, the Anarchist Front of Iran and Afghanistan, once again reaffirm our unwavering and principled stance: Every war-at any scale and under any pretext-that is initiated or prolonged by states is t…| Actualité de l'Anarchosyndicalisme
For June, in which Guyana has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Israel/Palestine. The post Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: June 2025 appeared first on NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
It was extremely moving to hear letters written by Gazans which they sent to be read at the end of the march. ... They plead for people to recognize that they want none of this, that just as Israel's current government does not represent us, hamas does not, did not, represent them... The people suffering did not do Oct. 7. The post With Israeli Peace Demonstrators at Gaza Border appeared first on The Third Narrative.| The Third Narrative
[H]ow can this iron fist, zero-sum policy lead to anything but tidal waves of rage, new generations of revenge seekers and increasing pariah status for Israel? ... Hamas can only truly be defanged through a horizon of hope for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence based on a two-state solution.... The post Settlement expansion, Gaza escalation: disaster for Palestinians and for Israel appeared first on The Third Narrative.| The Third Narrative
"We will not end this nightmare through vengeance. We will not build a future on each other’s graves." The post Grief must not be a zero-sum game for either side appeared first on The Third Narrative.| The Third Narrative
Millions around the world ask every day what it will take to awaken the conscience of leaders to stop the genocide of Palestinians.| FAIR
Tract à télécharger en PDF : La situation en Palestine est insupportable et inhumaine. L’agenda du gouvernement nationaliste au pouvoir en Israël est désormais annoncé publiquement, il ne cache pas…| Actualité de l'Anarchosyndicalisme
On May 9th, the “It’s Time” Peace Summit, backed by 60 Israeli and Palestinian peace organizations, was held in an all-day conference at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center, with 5,000 activists packing the building, and tens of thousands connected via social media. The post Some Good News for a Change appeared first on The Third Narrative.| The Third Narrative
FIFA’s ongoing failure to enforce sanctions against the Israeli Football Association (IFA) despite long-standing and irrefutable evidence that the IFA is in violation of FIFA Statutes is further evidence of the organisation’s ad hoc and selective enforcement of its rules. At its 75th annual Congress held in Paraguay on 15 May – twelve years after […] The post FIFA continues to stall and misrepresent over Israel sanctions appeared first on FairSquare.| FairSquare
In 1906, two years after Herzl’s death, a year after the first Russian revolution, and a few years since Aaron Shmuel Tamares (1869-1931) returned despondent from the Fourth Zionist Congress in London in 1900, he published an essay entitled (“Herut” – “Liberty”), an extended meditation on Passover as a “festival The post A Passover Interlude: The Difference between Freedom and Liberation: Reflections on Aaron Shmuel Tamares’ essay “Herut/Liberty” (1906) appeared first on J...| Jewschool
Pretending protest isn’t happening is aiding and abetting the work of the silencers; it’s telling lies about who we are and what we can do.| FAIR
Any further ceasefire negotiations would take place “under fire”, the Israeli PM said.| PEDESTRIAN.TV
For March, in which Denmark has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Israel/Palestine.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Corporate media can't bring themselves to call Trump's illegal, inhumane plan what it is: ethnic cleansing.| CounterSpin
While not the first to ask us to see the assault on Palestinians as genocide, Amnesty’s report offers an opening to ask why some are so invested in saying it isn’t.| CounterSpin
For January, in which Algeria has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Haiti and Israel/Palestine.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
This is the time of year when we take a listen back to some of the conversations from the past year that have helped us clarify the events that bombard us.| FAIR
A federal jury has just found military contractor CACI responsible for its part in Abu Ghraib abuse, in a ruling being called “exceptional in every sense of the term.”| FAIR
For September, in which Slovenia has the presidency of the Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine, and Yemen.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Adam Almqvist This quarter, I taught my class, The Comparative Politics of the Middle East, which includes extensive discussions on Israel and Palestine. I came away with a bitter taste of the curr…| In the Moment
Kim Kolor As people assembled the Dr. Hammam Alloh Medic Tent, the Refaat Alareer Library, and the beginnings of what would become a legendary twenty-four-hour food tent, administrators arrived and encircled the UChicago Popular University for Gaza. One began directing: … Continue reading →| In the Moment
Hoda El Shakry On 23 May, members of the UChicago Popular University for Gaza organized a graduation ceremony for students, faculty, staff, family, and community members. After the event, we all ga…| In the Moment
Christopher Iacovetti I want to begin these reflections with an episode I experienced as part of the UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) negotiating team. Sitting across the table from President Paul Alivisatos, our team was asked what the university administration … Continue reading →| In the Moment
Jessica H. Darrow In the wake of the razing of the encampment on our quad, many of us are asking ourselves about our relationship to the University of Chicago and the university’s relationship to the wider world. The encampment and … Continue reading →| In the Moment
Itamar Francez In the days leading to the shutting down of the encampment, in discussions and debates among faculty, some colleagues expressed the view that the encampment should be shut down, offering the familiar narrative of disruption. They argued that … Continue reading →| In the Moment
Eman Abdelhadi In the Muslim tradition, jinn (think genie) are beings made of fire who live in a parallel universe to our own. The jinn are shape shifters, who can appear to humans or retreat…| In the Moment
Over the past month, students on college campuses around the country have launched encampments to protest Israel’s ongoing destruction of Gaza. On 29 April, a student-led encampment organized by UC…| In the Moment
For May, in which Mozambique has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Iraq, Israel/Palestine and South Sudan.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
For March, in which Japan has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine and South Sudan.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
For February, in which Guyana has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Iraq, Israel/Palestine and Yemen.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Israel's core objectives in Gaza are dismantling Hamas and liberating their hostages. 3 months in, at extreme cost, neither goal is achieved.| Musa al-Gharbi
Lila Abu-Lughod 12 December 2023 I would like to focus on some concerns I have as a feminist scholar with close personal connections to Palestinian feminist colleagues.[1] Their situations and thei…| In the Moment
For December, in which Ecuador has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Afghanistan, DRC, Israel / Palestine, and Sudan.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
For November, in which China has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in the Central African Republic, Israel / Palestine, and Sudan.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security