Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Despite war crimes allegations, Trump approves $3 Billion in weapons for Israel

As evidence of torture, starvation, and war crimes mount, the Trump administration fast-tracks billions in weapons to Israel—bypassing Congress and deepening U.S. complicity.

Over 160 Gaza health workers detained, newborns freeze as Israel blocks aid

More than 160 Gaza health workers remain imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities as the medical system collapses, and newborns die from exposure due to Israel’s blockade of shelter and aid.

Israel’s delayed prisoner release casts shadow over Gaza cease-fire

The fragile truce between Israel and Hamas faces uncertainty as Netanyahu’s government halts the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners, risking renewed violence.

Another Blackrock? Nearly 100 US mercenaries are in Gaza right now

96 American special forces are patrolling a checkpoint in the middle of Gaza, as Palestinians return to their homes in the north. If the history of American mercenaries tells us anything, then this could be deadly.

In stunningly bright colors

Can art offer us a vision of our world, for the better or sometimes distinctly the worse, that brings it into a kind of cohesion we often don’t experience in our actual lives?

America’s nuclear gamble: The dangerous push to resume atmospheric testing

Experts warn of catastrophic fallout as calls grow to restart nuclear weapons tests abandoned since 1963.

Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran while reimposing sanctions amid nuclear tensions

U.S.-Iran tensions escalate as Trump balances threats, sanctions, and potential diplomacy.

Google abandons AI ethics pledge as Trump pushes for military AI expansion

“Is this as terrifying as it sounds?”

Gaza death toll nears 62,000 as thousands of missing presumed dead

As cease-fire talks continue, mass graves and bodies buried under rubble reveal the full scale of Israel’s U.S.-backed assault on Gaza.

‘The lion has fallen!’

Recently, Manbij has fallen under the control of Kurdish militias and their allies. And that is only a rough summary of the city’s grim and complex history.