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The failure to intervene to halt the carnage threatens to ignite violence throughout the region.
Israel will appear triumphant after it finishes its genocidal campaign in Gaza and the West Bank. But by the time Israel achieves its decimation of Gaza, it will have signed its own death sentence.
For the first time in human history almost all of humanity is politically activated, politically conscious and politically interactive... The resulting global political activism is generating a surge in the quest for personal dignity, cultural respect and economic...
Raul Hilberg in his monumental work “The Destruction of the European Jews” chronicled a process of repression that at first was “relatively mild” but led, step by step, to the Holocaust. It started with legal discrimination and ended with mass murder. “The destructive process...
The reforms that could allow the PLO to lead and the Palestinian Authority to govern
Jewish Voice for Peace is horrified by the Israeli response to the #GreatReturnMarch, in which tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Gaza are marching peacefully inside of Gaza. At the time of this writing, at least eight Palestinians have been killed and over 500 injured
Gaza Fights For Freedom 84 min
This debut feature film by journalist Abby Martin is a documentary about the historic nonviolent Great March Of Return protests, which occurred every week from March 2018 until December 2019, but covers so much more.
British Reporter Returns from Gaza and Gives Heartbreaking Account of What He Saw 3 min
Jon Snow (Channel 4 News anchor) recounts the scene in Gaza's al-Shifa hospital, where doctors struggle to treat adults and children wounded by Israeli attacks.
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists 59 min
Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive and disputed areas of the West Bank...
The way to become real friends of the Jewish people is to side with those Jews who are trying to get Israel back on track toward its highest values, knowing full well that there is no future for a Jewish state surrounded by a billion Muslims except through friendship and...
Randomly shooting into crowds is more than just threatening people with death. It is a means of terrorizing the dissidents.
5 Broken Cameras 86 min
An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.
Jews And Arabs Refuse To Be Enemies 2 min
As millions go online to share information about the Gaza conflict, a social media campaign calling for tolerance is building.
In contrast to White House refusal to condemn Israel, the U.N. Human Rights Council denounced the massacre and slammed Israel for repeatedly violating international law
Ten years ago, I spent my 21st birthday in Palestine.  It was a fairly perfect scenario.  In the UK, you traditionally reach adulthood at 21.  You are presented with a symbolic key.  I was presented with a shocking realisation: what I saw on the news was not true.  What I...
Truth Behind SNL’s Controversial Israel Joke 5 min
Abby Martin responds to the outcry against Michael Che's joke on the last episode of Saturday Night Live about medical apartheid in Israel.
Communities in Senegal, Colombia, Jamaica, Palestine and Egypt are experimenting with more sustainable ways of living
Stolen Land 3 min
Waleed Abohanya was farming his land when the soldiers came. There were dozens of them, supported by dozens more policemen. They had a simple mission: they were there to take Waleed's land.
Russell Tribunal Finds Evidence Of Incitement To Genocide And Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza 60 min
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine’s Emergency Session held on 25 Sept 2014 in Brussels on Israel’s Operation Protective Edge has found evidence of war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of murder, extermination and persecution and also incitement to genocide.
Gaza One Year On 3 min
In the summer of 2014, the Gaza strip was ravaged by an Israeli military operation that lasted 50 days. This hugely disproportionate conflict saw the Gaza strip devastated, with entire neighbourhoods left in ruins. The UN has said "the extent of the devastation and human...
Jewish-American Activist Maya Edery on Her Journey Away from Zionism 6 min
“Our education was so entrenched in believing that you should support Israel and that being Jewish meant loving and supporting Israel that I didn’t know there was another way to be Jewish.” Jewish-American activist, Maya Edery, from Jewish Voice for Peace, speaks to MEE...
Honest Government Ad | Israel & Gaza 3 min
The Government™ has made an ad about what's happening in Israel & Gaza and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
The Truth About Israel, Boycotts, and BDS 9 min
Incoming members of the US Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, have both come out in favor of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement — the first House members to ever do so. Critics, however, suggest that BDS is anti-Semitic and undermines a two-state...
"The attack and the taking of hostages are a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. But the answer to killing civilians cannot be to kill more civilians. Imposing a siege and bombarding civilian infrastructure in a densely populated area will not bring peace...
Seventy-five years of global inaction and Israeli impunity have led to this moment in which one of the most vulnerable populations on earth is pummeled by one of the world’s strongest military powers on a genocidal warpath.
A few thoughts on a Sunday morning.
Former British Soldier EXPOSES Israel War Machine 10 min
The video the war machine wants to hide. Read Joe Glenton's Book 'Veteranhood: Rage and Hope in British Ex-Military Life ' ► https://uk.bookshop.org/books/veteranhood-rage-and-hope-in-british-ex-military-life/
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Roadmap to Apartheid | From South Africa to Israel 95 min
With a comparison between apartheid South Africa and the Israel/Palestine conflict, this documentary traces the future of one conflict from the past of another. Weaving the history of apartheid into the complex issues facing Israelis and Palestinians, it highlights the...
Gaza was a free-fire zone on Saturday and Sunday, with UN officials saying that no place in the Strip is safe. Hundreds were killed, almost all of them innocent noncombatants, and including a worrisome number of children. Although Israel tried to pull the stunt of issuing a...
The Gaza Zeitgeist w/ Peter Joseph & Abby Martin 87 min
Legendary filmmaker, author and activist Peter Joseph joins Abby to discuss the Gaza genocide, as well as debunking liberal Zionism through the lens of Bill Maher.
You Will Never Walk Alone! The Meaning of Solidarity with Gaza 24 min
"I am discussing the meaning of solidarity with Gaza with Scottish journalist and filmmaker Liam O'Hare. Liam has covered the topic of Palestine for many years. He is also a Celtic Glasgow supporter who was at the stadium on October 25th for the amazing show of support from...
The Psychology of Israeli Propaganda 70 min
Who are the main targets of Israeli propaganda? Why do they believe in it? - Indie Nile
Will Lebanon Go to War to Save Gaza? w/ Rania Khalek & Abby Martin 57 min
Beirut-based journalist Rania Khalek, host at BreakThrough News, joins Abby to discuss the Gaza genoicde, the border war between Hezbollah and Israel, and the potential for a full-blown regional war.
Pay Attention to Nonviolence 10 min
Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? Filmmaker Julia Bacha has spent the last 8 years documenting Israelis and Palestinians who are trying to end the conflict using peaceful means. There are many Palestinians who are using nonviolent resistance to defend their land and water...
Weeks ago, when the first accusations of anti-semitism were being leveled against Representative Ilhan Omar, I was deeply agitated.
According to a December poll, 76% of Democrats and 61% of Americans support a permanent ceasefire. That still leaves 24% of Democrats who support Israel's war on Gaza.
Disregarding Gaza - Why is Gaza Not an Issue in the Israeli Elections? 9 min
A short documentary that examines the absence of Gaza and the Palestinians from the Israeli mainstream media and 2015 elections. Shot during operation Protective Edge by Tamar Glezerman & Arianna LaPenne.
How commonly is the alleged moral superiority of the Israeli military invoked? So commonly that if you type “the most moral army in the world” into Google, you’ll immediately get a bunch of articles discussing the Israeli “Defense” Forces. Just last week, Slate’s William...
Israel Created Hamas 3 min
US Congressman Ron Paul says Israel helped create Hamas to destabilize Arafat who was very powerful at the time.
Rally against US imperial intervention, but remember Assad’s crimes and be in solidarity with his victims.
When our brothers and sisters are killing each other, it is not time for us to take sides, but to take steps, with compassion and clarity, to end the carnage. We must move beyond the pro-Israel, anti-Israel narrative in the Middle East, which can lock us into a position where...
All too often the 'honest brokers' mediating negotiations
Despite its intention of creating a Palestinian state, Hamas has arguably provided Israel with ammunition necessary to further its strategic goals since the fundamentalist group’s conception — with support from Israel.
For the past month, Israeli bombardment of Gaza has been presented to the world as if it hasn’t already happened repeatedly (five times to be exact) since Gaza was put under brutal siege in 2007. “We will teach them a lesson that they will never forget” is a popular slogan by...
All governments lie, as I.F. Stone pointed out, including Israel and Hamas.
As part of Israel's ongoing and desperate PR campaign to counter opposition and prove it has justice on its side, The Yesha Council, a settlers' organization in the West Bank, has released a new booklet to teach young people "the right facts" -
The Worst Day in Gaza 5 min
The One Speech The World Needs To Hear
1. The State of the Spirit, 2018
Zionism Is Not the Same as Judaism | Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss 7 min
Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, activist and spokesman for Neturei Karta, talks to Al Jazeera
Meet The Wrong Type of Jew, The Media Doesn't Want You To Know Exists | Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi 12 min
”We are being no platformed, we are being cancelled, we are being denied the freedom to express legitimate points of view”
How Benjamin Netanyahu Relies on Hamas 25 min
Members of the Israeli far right have referred to Hamas as “an asset” and claimed that anyone who wants to stop a two state solution needs to support Hamas. In this video, we go over their strategy to divide and conquer the Palestinian people, keeping them physically and...
It’s been three weeks since Israel launched its bombing campaign and subsequent invasion of the Gaza strip. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, over 1,500 Palestinians have been killed and over 6,500 have been wounded in what has become one of the bloodiest...
Seder-Masochism 76 min
Seder-Masochism, an animated musical, loosely follows the Passover Seder story, with events from the Book of Exodus retold by Moses, Aharon, the Angel of Death, Jesus and the director’s father. The film puts a twist on the traditional Biblical story by including a female...
The Illegal Israeli Wall - What You Need to Know in 90 Seconds 2 min
You may have heard about it, may have even seen images about it. But do you really know anything about the wall? Or how it is being built on Palestinian land and around Palestinian cities? When it was made? And how it effects every single Palestinian in some shape or form...
Pro-war Israel supporters today are invoking the same logic Bin Laden used to justify the 9/11 attacks. This theory, which justifies the war crime of collective punishment, is morally bankrupt no matter who promotes it.
The Most Mind-Altering Photograph of All Time 4 min
Carl Sagan narrates the story of the Pale Blue Dot, the one place we all call home.
The Zionist Story 75 min
The Zionist Story, an independent film by Ronen Berelovich, is the story of ethnic cleansing, colonialism and apartheid to produce a demographically Jewish State.Ronen successfully combines archival footage with commentary from himself and others such as Ilan Pappe, Terry...
Israel Vs Israel: A Film About Israeli Peace Activists 58 min
One grandmother, one rabbi, one anarchist and one ex-soldier – four Israelis trying to put an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories.
Death in Gaza 80 min
In the Spring of 2003, filmmaker James Miller and reporter Saira Shah, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning duo behind the Afghanistan documentaries UNHOLY WAR and BENEATH THE VEIL, traveled to the Gaza Strip to look inside the lives of children growing up in a war-torn world...
Debunking Israel’s ‘Human Shield’ Defense in Gaza Massacre 12 min
Abby Martin gives 5 points that evaporate Israel's assertion that the civilians it kills in Gaza were "human shields."
America: The Silence of a Nation 7 min
Excerpts from Chris Hedges speech on Gaza and US apathy and silence over policies of foreign allies and participation in war crimes.
"Five Broken Cameras" Screened to Israeli Youth 9 min
"Five Broken Cameras" was nominated to the Oscars for 2013, but will the Oscars help to bring this film to Israeli youth? "Five Broken Cameras" is the engaging story of Palestinian cameraman, Emad Burnat, who documented 6 years of the Non-violent movement in his village, Bil'in.
Chris Hedges - Hope 7 min
Dec. 16, 2010: Chris Hedges speech before veteran led action in front of Obama White House to protest wars.
Abby Martin & Lowkey: A Deeper Look at the UK Election 51 min
Abby Martin is joined by legendary British-Iraqi rapper and political activist Lowkey. They discuss the recent election loss by Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party but go beyond the headlines, discussing the legacy of the British Empire, neoliberal austerity, how the military...
Israel's Long War on Gaza w/Norman Finkelstein | The Chris Hedges Report 54 min
Israel has unleashed a horrific war of collective punishment against the people of Gaza, the latest in a long history of anti-Palestinian oppression. As corporate media shamelessly provides cover for what is undoubtedly a genocide unfolding in real time, the need to ground...
Civil War And More Slaughter: Israel's Dark Future | Knesset Member Dr. Ofer Cassif 49 min
Ofer Cassif is an Israeli Member of Parliament who has been fighting for peace and reconciliation with the Palestinians and their right to return to their homeland. He predicts that Israel is dooming itself not only by committing genocide against the Palestinians and shocking...
Dem Michigan Mayor THREATENS NOT TO VOTE Biden Over Israel 9 min
Krystal and Saagar are joined by Dearborn Mayor Hammoud to discuss why he is not supporting Joe Biden's re-election bid amidst his support for Israel's war on Gaza.
As the democratic socialist from Vermont tries to do the impossible, the firebrand academic could help.
‘We are reaching out to you because we want to re-examine what it means to be pro-Israel or pro-Palestine,’ says a public letter published by Israelis for a Sustainable Future. ‘We argue that these terms might be one and the same.’ A group of Israelis living in the U.S. has...
Desmond Tutu Speaks Out Against Israeli Apartheid 3 min
Archbishop Desmond Tutu exposes the Israeli apartheid against Palestinians. Archbishop Tutu connects the struggles of black South Africa with the struggles of the Palestinians.
The World's Most Documented Genocide in History 10 min
International law is officially dead.
Bombardments continued Friday night and Saturday, bringing the Palestinian death toll to at least 1,650—80 percent of them civilians.
In recent days there have been some calls from some people in the Jewish community to boycott the planned Women’s March on January 19. This call has been explained on the ground that some of the March leaders have been unwilling to specifically denounce Minister Farrakhan of...
The Images from Gaza are Getting Worse | The Listening Post 26 min
Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza is being witnessed in real time, with Palestinian civilians broadcasting their own bombardment; Israeli soldiers streaming sadistic acts of humiliation - proof of an historic crime. The question Palestinians are asking - urgently - is whether...
“There’s another word for lesser evilism. It’s called rationality. Lesser evilism is not an illusion, it’s a rational position. But you don’t stop with lesser evilism. You begin with it, to prevent the worst, and then you go on to deal with the fundamental roots of what’s...
Inside the Hotbeds of Israeli Settler Terror 26 min
Abby Martin goes on-the-ground to the epicenters of state-backed settler terrorism in Palestine’s West Bank, in Part II of her report on illegal Israeli settlements and home demolitions (watch Part I here). This installment visits both the rural countryside of...
This article is Part 3 in The Abs-Tract Organization’s series on Jordan B. Peterson, following from The Detraction of Jordan Peterson: Constructive Criticism to a Public Intellectual (A Critique), which was a follow-up to
Abby Martin Meets Ahed Tamimi—Message From A Freedom Fighter 20 min
Recently, the struggle for Palestinian human rights gained international attention surrounding a new icon of resistance--16 year old Ahed Tamimi.
Much has been written about the silencing of anti-war dissent in Israel by a populace almost universally supportive of military action in Gaza. Such support – inspired by feelings of vulnerability ami
A personal journey
The Super Bowl as Weapon of Mass Distraction from Gaza 5 min
'There’s been no shortage of commentary in corporate media about pop superstar Taylor Swift helping to make this year’s Super Bowl the most-watched telecast in U.S. history.¹There’s been a lot less commentary about how Americans were fixated on football at precisely the same...
In the Bible’s first semi-mythic story of what we now call the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Abraham dies decades after he has endangered the lives of his two sons, Ishmael and Isaac. His two sons come together to mourn and bury their dangerous father. As a result, Isaac goes...
Navigating the current political terrain means asking key strategic questions without losing sight of long-term vision
A Jewish Message to the World: Judaism Rejects the Zionist "State of Israel" and its Atrocities 6 min
A massive protest was held by thousands of anti-Zionist Jews in front of the White House on March 5th, 2012 to protest the visit of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, DC. Since protests like these go largely unreported by all of the major corporate media...
In Manufacturing Consent (1988; and updated in Herman,1996). Ed Herman and Noam Chomsky claim that because media is firmly imbedded in the market system, it reflects the class values and concerns of its owners and advertisers. According to Herman and Chomsky, the media...
The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States 85 min
Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world -- except the United States. The Occupation of the...
"Kill Anything": Israeli Soldiers Say Gaza Atrocities Came from Orders for Indiscriminate Fire 25 min
A new report based on testimonies of Israeli soldiers concludes the massive civilian death toll from last summer’s Israeli assault on Gaza resulted from a policy of indiscriminate fire. The Israeli veterans group Breaking the Silence released testimonies of more than 60...
I don’t cry. It didn’t used to be this way – I was a somewhat sensitive kid growing up, and often wore my emotions openly, crying naturally when the world demanded tears. I’m now 40, and haven’t cried in 12 years. Maybe more. I admit
Gaza resident Asem Alnabeh posted a photo of his little sister Nesma earlier tonight in their home. Her name means breeze. "But she really isn't," her brother writes me. "she's very impish!"
Israeli Army Vet's Exposé - "I Was the Terrorist" 28 min
In a rare, candid conversation, Abby Martin interviews a former Israeli Army combat soldier who served as an occupier in Palestine’s Hebron City. Eran Efrati spent years as a sergeant and combat soldier in the Israeli military, but has since become an outspoken critic of the...
Some people say our calls to #CeaseFireNow should be directed towards Hamas rather than Israel. But there’s a good reason for focusing on Israel, which I’ll pose with a question: which crim
The Alpha Diaries: Military Reserve Life in Israel 65 min
An unprecedented, groundbreaking and voyeuristic look into military reserve life in Israel, this film was shot over a 5 year period in director and reserve soldier Yaniv Berman's life.
Life Sentences for Charity Work - Free the 5! 25 min
The Holy Land Foundation Five are Palestinian political prisoners sentenced up to upwards of 65 years in US prison for providing aid to refugees.
I just heard someone say, “One war crime does not justify another.” My reflex as a peace advocate is to agree with that statement, but something gives me pause. It starts with a grammatical issue but it doesn’t end there.
(Excerpted from the book, The Story of B) With every audience and every individual, I have to begin by making them see that the cultural self-awareness we inherit from our parents and pass on to our children is squarely and solidly built on a Great Forgetting that
Appointees by Clinton and Wasserman Schulz resoundingly reject numerous proposals put forth by Sanders surrogates
The ‘Winston Churchill note’ has entered circulation in England, honouring a man who swilled on champagne while 4 million men, women and children in Bengal starved due to his racist colonial policies.
With God on Our Side 81 min
With God On Our Side takes a look at the theology of Christian Zionism, which teaches that because the Jews are God’s chosen people, they have a divine right to the land of Israel. Aspects of this belief system lead some Christians in the West to give uncritical support to...
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