by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Jun 8, 2026 | Gaza, Israel, Military, News, Ro Khanna
On Thursday, the House of Representatives pushed forward with a measure to increase military cooperation between the U.S. and Israel despite one congressman’s efforts to block the proposal. The House Armed Services Committee held a marathon session Thursday on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) budget, concluding after midnight on Friday and ultimately approving $1.15…
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by Biplob Kumar Das | Jun 6, 2026 | education, Gaza, Genocide, Higher Education, Hillel, Israel, Israeli Military, News, Palestine, The New School
When members of The New School’s Student Senate were faced with a report detailing how Hillel International was providing material and logistical support to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, they voted on May 1 to cut all ties with their campus chapter of the national Jewish college network and to strip its funding. The student leaders hoped the school’s administration would go on to investigate Hillel’…
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by Biplob Kumar Das | Jun 5, 2026 | Article, education, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Politics and Movements: US, Reprint
by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Jun 5, 2026 | Gaza, Islamophobia, New Jersey, News, Palestine, Politics and Elections, primary, US military aid to Israel
Adam Hamawy, a doctor who served in Gaza amid the genocide, won a New Jersey congressional primary on Tuesday, demonstrating the continued impact of the Palestine solidarity movement on U.S. politics. Egyptian-born Hamawy beat 11 other Democrats and will be the Democratic candidate on the ballot for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. The winner of the Democratic primary is expected to…
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by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Jun 4, 2026 | ceasefire, Donald Trump, Gaza, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, News
In remarks in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Donald Trump stated that in the Middle East, “a ceasefire is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner.” “A ceasefire there is much different than in other parts of the world,” Trump said, in response to a question by a reporter about his definition of a ceasefire. “In that part of the world, a ceasefire is when you’re shooting…
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by Hend Salama Abo Helow | Jun 4, 2026 | Blockade, ceasefire, Gaza, Gaza Blockade, health care, Israel, medical care, Medication, News Analysis, Palestine, Public Health
My mother has been a hypertension patient for the past 25 years. Ever since her initial diagnosis, she has adhered strictly to her prescribed medication. Yet since the genocide broke out, her medicine gradually ran out until it vanished from the markets altogether, with no clinic, pharmacy, warehouse, or stockpile left untouched by the shortage. Eventually, my mother was forced to redraw her…
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