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Hamas’ Attack on Israel Is Puzzling PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS  I am being asked about the Israeli-Palestine conflict, which seems to be taking attention away from the Ukraine-Russia conflict. People, by which I mean people who pay attention, are wondering why the Palestinians would attack Israel like this as it provides Netanyahu with an excuse to grab the remaining bits of Palestine and destroy the Gaza strip, thus disposing of the two-state solution by conquest. Who can blame Israel after Palestinians killed Israelis and took hostages? I have heard the official explanation of Palestinian perfidy, but I don’t have an explanation for the attack. It seems it would have to be more than perfidy. I do agree with readers that it seems a curious thing for Hamas to do as it plays into Isra...

The power is off, communication is cut. Horea and her family - and 2 million others - are isolated and in the dark. (photo) When bombs are dropping all around you, do you embrace your wretched life, or pray for death? From Gaza, Horea shared her heart. by Kathryn Shihadah, Horea Americans, we can not hide our heads in the sand any longer. Today we learn from an expert what it’s like to sit through Israeli airstrikes. Below is part of a conversation I had with my dear niece Horea, and a message she wanted me to pass on to you. Horea lives in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. She is 26 and lives with her parents and eight younger siblings. She and I have been communicating for years via WhatsApp (shoutout to Google Translate). Every few weeks, my husband and I Fa...

As in Gaza, it's hard to find a safe place in the West Bank. (Pictured: Israeli forces continue to tighten measures at military checkpoints near Nablus in the northern West Bank.) (photo) Gaza has been in the spotlight for two weeks; meanwhile the West Bank has seen more than its share of Israeli violence. Israelis have killed at least 84 people, including children, in the occupied West Bank since October 7… And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Here are a few samples from the last seven days. by Kathryn Shihadah The occupied Palestinian West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has not been making headlines lately. When it does get noticed, it is often portrayed as an equal partner with Israel in violence. For example, a recent New York Times article used&nb...

 ALISON WEIR   The only surviving picture from al-Ma’in village. Taken in 1944, it shows author Salman Abu Sitta (front row, wearing Tarbouch/fez) with members of his family. In 1948 Israeli forces violently expelled the villagers, destroyed their village, committed atrocities, and stole their land. Today, four Israeli kibbutzim are on the stolen land: Nirim, Nir Oz, Magen, and En HaShlosha. (photo) The Israeli kibbutz settlements that surround Gaza are built on stolen land. About 80 percent of Gaza’s population are families Israel violently expelled, caged in one small corner of their original lands for over 75 years.  The residents of these Israeli kibbutzes and “farming communities” on the perimeter of Gaza have been able for years to prosper, swim in pools, danc...