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A screenshot of the video for Sonali Kolhatkar's interview with Huwaida Arraf on Rising Up With Sonali.

What Will It Take to End Gaza Genocide?

Huwaida Arraf explores possible solutions to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, including enforcing international law and mass global solidarity with Palestinians.

| Jan 3, 2024

A photo of student protests, detail on megaphone with the Palestinian flag over it.

The Palestine Exception to Campus Free Speech

Writing under a pseudonym to protect herself, a high school student details the intimidation she and her peers have faced from schools for protesting the Gaza genocide.

Aila Haqq | Dec 20, 2023

Murmurations: There Will Be Living, After All

If we do not turn away from our grief, we can use it to craft armor, building a new demographic that will rise from the rubble to dance like dust.

Malkia Devich-Cyril | Dec 19, 2023

Opinion | Israel | Gaza | ceasefire | Jewish

All I Want for Christmas Is a Ceasefire

Instead of cancelling Christmas in the face of the genocide in Gaza, this observant Christian Arab American author shares proactive steps to press for peace.

Stephanie Abraham | Dec 12, 2023

A Jewish American Says “Not in My Name!”

Many Jewish Americans—including the thousands who have been arrested protesting Israel’s war on Gaza—consider solidarity with Palestinians to be a moral imperative.

Penny Rosenwasser | Nov 30, 2023

Video | Joe Biden | Israel | Gaza | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali

Meet the Gaza Mom Suing the U.S. Over Israel Military Aid

Award-winning Palestinian American author Laila Elhaddad is one of the lead plaintiffs suing the Biden administration over its funding of Israel’s unfolding genocide in Gaza.

| Nov 29, 2023

Opinion | Gaza

There’s No Justification for Destroying Gaza’s Health Infrastructure

In this op-ed—which the Journal of the American Medical Association rejected—three doctors say the medical establishment should be morally unambiguous on bombing hospitals.

Dr. Leigh Kimberg, Jess H. Ghannam, Rupa Marya | Nov 28, 2023

Native Water Warriors Help Delay U.S. Warship, in Solidarity with Palestinians

Coast Salish water warriors in canoes delayed a U.S. military ship believed to be carrying weapons from the Port of Tacoma to Israel.

Luna Reyna | Nov 20, 2023

Analysis | Israel | Gaza

Is “From the River to the Sea” Antisemitic?

A scholar of Palestinian history offers critical context for the now-controversial slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

Maha Nassar | Nov 16, 2023

Video | Gaza | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Media | Israel

Understanding Media’s Deadly Double Standards on Gaza

Medea Benjamin sees a pattern in how Western media reported on the U.S. war in Iraq and how they are covering Israel’s war on Gaza today.

| Nov 16, 2023

Opinion | Israel | Gaza | ceasefire

The Urgent Call for Peace in the Middle East

While the U.S. government refuses to use its considerable power as leverage for peace, ordinary Americans seem to know better.

Liz Theoharis | Nov 9, 2023

Video | Israel | Gaza | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Health Care

Doctors Join Call for Justice in Gaza

Israel’s war on Gaza is built on dehumanization of Palestinians. Physician Rupa Marya urges the world to ”rehumanize” Gazans.

| Nov 8, 2023

Opinion | Israel | Gaza | Hamas | Black History

The Roots of Black-Palestinian Solidarity

Black Americans have long expressed solidarity with Palestinian people, going back to Dr. King and the Black Panthers.

Khury Petersen-Smith | Nov 6, 2023

Opinion | Israel | Gaza | Apartheid | Genocide

The Deep Medicine of Rehumanizing Palestinians

After three weeks of Israel’s war, the devastation in Gaza has surpassed anything I have seen in 30 years as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon working in conflict. The sheer

Ghassan Abu-Sitta, Rupa Marya | Nov 1, 2023