by Marjorie Cohn | Apr 14, 2026 | Displacement, Gaza, Genocide, Genocide Convention, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, News Analysis, Palestine, War Crimes
While the world’s attention is focused on the U.S.-Israeli aggression in Iran and Donald Trump’s genocidal proclamations, Israel is perpetrating genocide in Lebanon. Trump threatened genocide in Iran on April 7, stating, “A whole civilization will die tonight.” The next day, he agreed to a two-week ceasefire. In response, Israel almost immediately intensified its assault on Lebanon…
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by Sharon Zhang | Apr 14, 2026 | Boat Strikes, Donald Trump, International Law, Iran, News, Pentagon, War Crimes
The U.S. military announced that it had carried out another attack on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday, bringing the total death toll of its boat strike campaign to 168 people as President Donald Trump threatens the same “system” of attacks against Iran, despite the ceasefire. U.S. Southern Command, also known as SOUTHCOM, posted a video of the strike on social media.
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by Sharon Zhang | Apr 13, 2026 | Donald Trump, Humanitarian Aid, Iran, Israel, News, Pope Leo XIV, War Crimes
After Donald Trump faced a deluge of criticism for posting an AI-generated photo that appeared to depict him as Jesus Christ, the U.S. president backtracked on Monday, dubiously claimed that the photo actually showed him as a doctor with the Red Cross — a humanitarian group that has been relentlessly attacked amid Trump’s war on Iran. On Sunday night, Trump posted a tirade against Pope Leo…
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by Amy Goodman | Apr 9, 2026 | Donald Trump, Genocide, Interview, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Trump Administration, War, War Crimes
On April 8, less than one day after the Trump administration agreed to a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran, Israel struck Lebanon in its heaviest and deadliest attack on the country since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began. At least 250 deaths have been reported. Israeli and U.S. authorities are insisting that the ceasefire proposal did not include Lebanon, where Israel says it is targeting…
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by Sharon Zhang | Apr 8, 2026 | Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Donald Trump, Genocide, Impeachment, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, News, War Crimes
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has reiterated that the call for President Donald Trump to be impeached or removed from office remains as urgent as ever after his genocidal threat toward Iran, regardless of the president’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire on Tuesday evening. In a post on X, Ocasio-Cortez said the deal “changes nothing.” “The President has threatened a…
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by Sharon Zhang | Apr 8, 2026 | Donald Trump, Impeachment, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, Iran, Israel, News, War Crimes
President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that carrying out war crimes against Iran is justified because Iranian leaders are “animals” — using the same language Israeli leaders have used to describe Palestinians, which has been cited by judges in the Hague in determinations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. A journalist asked Trump on Monday: “How would it not be a war…
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