Heather Stroud

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Jessica Corbett |Ramzy Baroud |Heather Stroud |Zeeshan Nasir

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Nine Palestinians, including three journalists, were killed and several wounded in an Israeli attack targeting a civilian vehicle in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza on Saturday. Mohammad Hassna, a humanitarian worker, stated that the occupation forces struck a vehicle that was transporting aid distribution teams in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Al Jazeera.

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Jessica Corbett |Ramzy Baroud |Heather Stroud |Rob Hopkins

New York (Quds News Network)- The Trump administration has arrested a second Palestinian student from Columbia University, escalating its crackdown on anti-genocide protests at U.S. campuses. On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the detention of Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian student, accusing her of overstaying her F-1 student visa. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took her into custody for deportation.

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Jessica Corbett |Ramzy Baroud |Heather Stroud |Saurav Sarkar

The family of Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the United States now at risk of deportation because he helped lead pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last spring, on Friday released a video of his recent arrest by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents in New York City, which has sparked legal battles and protests. “You’re watching the most terrifying moment of my life,” Khalil’s wife, Noor, said in a statement about the two-minute video.

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud |Heather Stroud |Saurav Sarkar |Andre Damon

Geneva – Israel’s systematic sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians is widespread and amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to United Nations experts. Anew report released by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, also concludes that Israel has been responsible for acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 2023.

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud |Heather Stroud |Saurav Sarkar |Andre Damon

“The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail,” warns a timeless Chinese proverb. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, seems to neither heed the lessons of history nor the wisdom of such folk sayings. By leading a vilification campaign against Egypt, the Israeli leader is further exposing his country’s vulnerabilities. This is yet another example of Israel’s inability to alter the political reality in Gaza, 17 months after it launched its devastating war on the Strip.