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Companies Profiting from Israel’s 2023 Attack on Gaza
Israel received more than 15,000 bombs and 50,000 artillery shells from the United States within just the first month and a half since Oct. 7.
Book Review: Conscription, Conscientious Objection, and Draft Resistance
Multiple generations of Americans from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam were affected by the threat of serving in wars they objected to.
From Gaza to Jenin, Resist Israel’s Cultural Genocide
In Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli violence has killed artists and cultural leaders, including several members of The Freedom Theatre.
Dealing With Vet Rants
Having been abused by traumatic events, if we do not control our anger it is entirely possible to find ourselves in turn abusing others.
Time for Biden to Drop Assange Charges
Attorney General Garland must either drop the case against the WikiLeaks publisher or move to indict the NY Times publisher on same charges.
Letter to the Taiwan Peace Movement
“I know that you are in a complex and difficult situation right now, caught in the middle of the struggle between Washington and Beijing.”
Christmas Greetings from Bethlehem
We local Christians cannot celebrate while injustice persists. We reflect on Jesus’ real message of love and caring for the oppressed and suffering.
‘I Can’t Sleep’
Pro-Israeli investors have created a culture of fear in tech where supporters of Palestinian freedom feel unable to raise their voices.
Okinawans Call for a Ceasefire in Gaza
Okinawan peace organization decries the genocidal attacks on Gaza and calls out moves toward war in East Asia.
Birds No Longer Grace Gaza’s Sky
We thought we would be safe in Khan Younis. We thought wrong. Israel commits massacres against civilians even in the south.
A Message from Clare Daly
It is an honour for me to ask you to help Veterans For Peace because its members are my heroes.
Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer Killed in Gaza Strike
Kill a poet and his poems fight on. That poet is still throwing his marker at the bastards.
Death and Destruction in Gaza
I am left with one simple question for Israel’s leaders, their American defenders, and the Biden administration: have you no decency?
Col. Ann Wright Briefs U.N. Security Council on Threats to Peace and Security
The Retired Army colonel discussed how U.S.-supplied arms and munitions are prolonging deadly conflicts in both Ukraine and Gaza.
Words from an Elder
A longtime member of Veterans For Peace shares what he has learned about and from the people living in Israel/Palestine.
Resistance to Border Blockades and Massacres — Then and Now, Israel Targets Khan Younis, Rafah
In the 17 years of total lockdown since Hamas won the election, Zionist forces have launched four major military assaults on Gaza
Only Truth and Clear Seeing Can Lead Us to Peace and Harmony
Self-realization only occurs when there’s been a clear seeing into the nature of awareness and perception.
A Study in Contrasts
Two choirs, one Israeli, one Palestinian. Judge for yourself The Ramallah Friends School Choir 'Friendship Song'
Question the Narrative that Villainizes Henry Kissinger
What is notable in the current moralizing obituary circuit, is the framing that Kissinger was somehow uniquely evil and murderous.
U.S. Power Sets All the Wrong Examples to the World
The problem is that America continues to make war, continues being “essential” only as the world’s leading merchant of death.
Witnessing the Gaza Genocide and Dealing with Despair
Lessons in genocide learned while joining journalists and others trying to get into Gaza at the Rafah crossing in Egypt.
The U.N. Nuclear Ban Treaty Is How We Will Avoid a Nuclear War
The only way to ensure nuclear weapons are never used again is to take them out of arsenals and eliminate them.
Reject Israeli and United States Colonial Violence
It is crucial to understand the disparities in deaths between Israelis and Palestinians – and why we are calling Israeli violence “genocidal”
Protesters: Stop the Fighting, Stop Making Ammunitions
200 protesters of all ages called for the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant to stop operations and for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Doctors Without Borders Tells Key UN Body to Stop ‘Absolute Horror’ in Gaza
A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday that the country’s ground assault now encompasses “all of the Gaza Strip”
A Poet in Palestine
Mosab Abu Toha’s debut book, “Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza” (City Lights Books), won the 2022 Palestine Book Award
Israel Reopens the Gaza Slaughterhouse
There is a sadistic pleasure voiced by many Israelis over the genocide and a groundswell of calls for the murder or expulsion of Palestinians
After Cancer Diagnosis, Oakland Dancer Raises Awareness
“A big part of the problem with ovarian and gynecological treatment is there just is not enough pressure,” says Nina Schnall.
Tunnels for Safety and Tunnels for Death
The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal notes that weapons makers’ stocks on Wall Street have risen 7% since the war started.
Night Raids, Tear Gas and Captivity
A mother whose child is held captive in unknown circumstances is enduring a helplessness, grief and terror that should never be known.
Gaza Massacre Could Lead to Nuclear War
As military veterans who have experienced the deadly threat of nuclear weapons from the Cuban Missile Crisis onward, as well...
Gaza, the Ghetto
Is this enough for “Genocide Joe,” the willing enabler of the Israeli criminal genocide on Palestinians in the Gaza “Ghetto”?
‘Never Again is NOW!’
Once again, we stand in this forum to call on all states to respect and ensure respect for international law.
There’s Nothing Jewish About Genocide
With a so-called Jewish state engaged in genocide reminiscent what befell European Jewry, it is time to take back the symbols we lent this state.
Israel is Shutting Down its Human Laboratory in Gaza
Israel tests drones, surveillance technology, smart fences, experimental bombs and AI-controlled guns on Gaza, often with lethal results.
The Banality of Propaganda
Are we to wander indefinitely in a state of negativity, of not believing, of alienation from our own polities?
The Israeli Public Has Embraced the Smotrich Doctrine
When asked at a meeting if he also meant killing families, women, and children, Smotrich replied: “In war as in war.”
What Media Reports Fail to Tell You About October 7
There is little more than Israeli narrative spin so far to suggest that there was an unparalleled depravity to Hamas’ actions.
We Are Spartacus
The Palestinians are Spartacus. People who fill the streets with flags and principle and solidarity are Spartacus. We are all Spartacus.
US Stands Isolated in Backing Gaza Massacre
Apart from the United States, the world is remarkably united behind the goal of ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories
The People of Okinawa Don’t Want to Be Pawns in a US-China Conflict
There has been growing speculation in recent years about the possibility of war over Taiwan, pitting China against the United States.
Someday the Empire will Fall
Some day, if we work hard enough, the US military empire will fall, taking the other pariah state of Israel with it.
From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free!
An Open Letter from Veterans For Peace to the 212 Republicans and 22 Democrats who voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib on November 7, 2023
On Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism and Dangerous Conflations
When white supremacists promote antisemitism, Islamophobia, and racism, misstating what antisemitism is harms all of our work for justice.