There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully A child amid buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza, 25 October 2023. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu/Getty Images F or the past week, Palestinians in Gaza have been returning to their homes , now mostly reduced to rubble – and to their dead who still lie beneath. It is only now that we will start to get a fuller picture of the true

From first-person accounts of the Armenian and Yazidi genocides, to Anne Frank's diary and the Nuremberg prosecutor who 'peered into hell', we need to listen to those who experienced genocide, to seek accountability – and take heed of the early warning signs. The unmediated first-person voice individualizes the unfathomable numbers of those targeted by genocide: 'Anne Frank The Exhibition' at the Center for Jewish History, New YorkCredit: Eduardo Munoz/REUTERS Before October

Many German companies and institutions are intimately connected with Israel. Any change in support for its annihilation of Palestinians would result in the loss of profits and influence

Happening Now: Biden seeks to strengthen relationship with tribal nations with Arizona visit. [The Hill | YouTube] President Biden apologized Friday for Native American boarding schools that were part of U.S. policy for 150 years and stripped children away from their tribes and culture.   “The federal government has never, never formally apologized for what happened, until today. I formally apologize as president of the United States of America for what we did. I fo

A rare in-person visit sheds light on the chaotic events that took place before and after the Arakan Army’s capture of the town in May. The wreckage of buildings in Buthidaung Town in Myanmar's Rakhine State [Rajeev Bhattacharyya] The Arakan Army’s campaign against the State Administration Council (SAC) of the Myanmar military has triggered allegations of human rights abuses against the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. The accusation against the rebel army gained traction

Pro-Palestinian demonstration near the Prime Minister's office in London, England. 9 May 2021 [Bariş Çimen | Voice of America] Israel’s latest bombardment of Gaza—a fifth since its false disengagement in 2006—has once again exposed the catastrophic failures of international law in protecting the world’s most vulnerable from militarism and settler-colonialism. While purportedly targeting resistance, a dubious goal in its own right, Israel has intentionally and systematically