by Christine Ahn | May 19, 2026 | Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Bombs, Cambodia, diaspora, diplomacy, Gaza, Iran, iran war, Iraq War, Israel, Korea, Korean War, Laos, Lebanon, Op-Ed, Palestine, Peace, Pentagon, Resistance, Taliban, US foreign policy, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War, war in Afghanistan, war in Iran, Yemen
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran opened not with a declaration, not with diplomacy exhausted, but with airstrikes. Among the first confirmed casualties were more than a hundred schoolchildren killed in a strike on their elementary school in southern Iran. Within a month, 850 U.S.-made Tomahawk missiles were used to strike Iran. President Donald Trump has delivered on his promise to bomb Iran…
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by Eman Basher | Apr 25, 2026 | Book Excerpt, education, Excerpt, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Peace, Students, War
I used to be an English teacher. My classroom walls seemed to breathe with the wind, and the light depended on the mercy of the sun; a very eco-friendly setup, if you think about it. Who needs electricity when the sun graciously decides to show up for class? For eight years, I taught in Beit Hanoun Prep School for young girls; a place where optimism stubbornly thrived in conditions that would…
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by Elliot Kukla | Dec 13, 2025 | Hanukkah, Israel, Militarism, Op-Ed, Palestine, Peace, Religion, Zionism
When I was 19 years old, I traveled to Israel to find long-lost relatives who had survived the Holocaust. While I was there, I was “picked up” on the street by an ultra-orthodox woman who offered me free lodging in a hostel exclusively for Jewish travelers in the Old City of Jerusalem. I was a broke teenager at the time, so I said yes. It was Hanukkah, and all across the Jewish Quarter…
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