The IDF’s Latest ‘Ceasefire’ Massacres
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/20/the-idfs-latest-ceasefire-massacres/
Israeli forces killed at least 28 Palestinians — including 17 children — in Gaza on Wednesday following their massacre of 13 Palestinians in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Israel Defense Forces strikes killed at least…
#Politics #Gaza #Israel #Lebanon #Palestine #WarCrimes #BrettWilkins #GazaCeasefire #GazaCeasefireViolations #GazaCity #IsraelDefenseForces(idf) #IsraeliMassacres #KhanYounis #LebanonIsraelCeasefire

US Reps Seek ‘War Powers’ for Trump’s War With Iran
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/18/us-reps-seek-war-powers-for-trumps-war-with-iran/
The House proposal follows the introduction of a similar Senate resolution requiring the Trump administration to get congressional approval before attacking Iran. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Numerous House progressives said Tuesday that they will support legislation that would force President…
#Politics #Constitution #ForeignPolicy #Iran #Israel #MiddleEast #Militarism #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.Congress #BrettWilkins #Codepink #DemandProgress #JusticeDemocrats #NationalIranianAmericanCouncil(niac) #Rep.RoKhanna #Rep.ThomasMassie #Sen.BernieSanders #Sen.TimKaine #WarPowersAct #WarPowersResolution

Critics Call for End to US Aid to Israel After Iran Attacks
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/13/critics-call-for-end-to-us-aid-to-israel-after-iran-attacks/
Progressive U.S. politicians, antiwar activists and human rights defenders called for a diplomatic solution and an end to American support for Israel following Israel’s attacks on Iran. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Progressive U.S. lawmakers and human rights defenders demanded an…
#Politics #Commentary #Iran #Israel #Militarism #Palestine #Protests #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #BrettWilkins #Codepink #DemocracyForTheArabWorldNow(dawn) #HassanNasrallah #IsraeliPresidentIsaacHerzog #IsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahu #NationalIranianAmericanCouncil(niac) #PreventiveStrikes #Rep.IlhanOmar #Rep.RashidaTlaib

Ex-Elite UK Troops Recount War Crimes in Iraq & Afghanistan
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/14/ex-elite-uk-troops-recount-iraq-afghanistan-war-crimes/
Those who exposed illegalities — including Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, John Kiriakou & David McBride — were almost always the only ones punished for the crimes they exposed. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Dozens of former United Kingdom Special…
#Politics #Afghanistan #Commentary #Iraq #Libya #Pakistan #Terrorism #U.s. #WarCrimes #Yemen #BbcPanorama #BrettWilkins #ChelseaManning #EdwardSnowden #GlobalWarOnTerror #InternationalCriminalCourt(icc) #JohnKiriakou #PrimeMinisterDavidCameron #SpecialAirService(sas) #U.k.SpecialForces(uksf) #Whistleblowers

Israeli Soldiers Expose War Crimes in Gaza ‘Death Zone’
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/09/israeli-soldiers-expose-war-crimes-in-gaza-death-zone/
IDF soldiers admit to committing war crimes in Gaza, with one officer revealing they not only kill military-age men, “we’re killing their wives, their children, their cats, their dogs …[and] pissing on their graves.” By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams An Israeli…
#Politics #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Military #Palestine #WarCrimes #BenjaminNetanyahu #BreakingTheSilence #BrettWilkins #EthnicCleansing #Genocide #Idf #KillZone

‘Every Atrocity Imaginable’
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/01/every-atrocity-imaginable/
Israel faces more war-crimes accusations and calls for accountability since resuming its campaign of annihilation last month in Gaza. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams As Israel Defense Forces bombing continued to kill and maim large numbers of Palestinians across the…
#Politics #Commentary #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Palestine #BrettWilkins #HumanShields #InternationalCriminalCourt(icc) #InternationalFederationOfRedCrossAndRedCrescentSocieties(ifrc) #SdeTeimanPrisonCamp #TheIndependent #UnitedNationsOfficeForTheCoordinationOfHumanitarianAffairs(ocha)

Biden Commutes Sentence of Leonard Peltier
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/01/20/biden-commutes-sentence-of-leonard-peltier/
Biden’s last-minute move allows the American Indian Movement activist, imprisoned for nearly half a century, to “spend his remaining days in home confinement.” By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Just minutes before leaving office, Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life…
#Politics #BidenAdministration #Legal #U.s. #AmericanIndianMovement(aim) #AmnestyInternationalUsa #AnnieMaePictouAquash #BrettWilkins #DebHaaland #F.b.i. #JackColer #JoeStuntzKillsright #LeonardPeltier #NdnCollective #PineRidge #PresidentialPardon #Rep.RaúlGrijalva #RonaldWilliams #U.s.BureauOfIndianAffairs #U.s.PresidentJoeBiden

from #CommonDreams
Slamming #Israeli #Media Lies, Freed Hostage Says #IDF Strike—Not #Hamas—Wounded Her
by #BrettWilkins
Aug 23, 2024

"I cannot ignore what happened here over the past 24 hours, taking my words out of context," said #NoaArgamani. "As a victim of October 7, I refuse to be victimized once again by the media."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/noa-argamani-abuse

#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#RejectAIPAC #BDS
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#PalestinianLivesMatter
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

from #CommonDreams
On Eve of #DNC, '#NotAnotherBomb' Rallies Demand #US Arms Embargo on #Israel

"#Palestinians in #Gaza cannot wait until after the U.S. election while bombs are dropping and burning their loved ones alive," said one campaigner.
by #BrettWilkins
Aug 18, 2024

https://www.commondreams.org/news/not-another-bomb

#Uncommitted
#NotAnotherBomb#StopArmingIsrael
#RejectAIPAC #BDS
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#PalestinianLivesMatter
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#Palestine #politics
#USA #USPolitics #USElection #KamalaHarris #DemocraticParty #Biden
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

from #CommonDreams
'Method to His Madness': #Sanders Warns #Trump Is Setting Stage for Election Denial

"What Trump is doing is laying the groundwork for rejecting the election results if he loses," the U.S. senator said.
by #BrettWilkins
Aug 13, 2024

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-trump

#Bernie #BernieSanders #politics #US
#USA #USPolitics #USElection
#media #news

from #CommonDreams
#US Rights Group Urges #Media to Condemn #Israel's Killing of #Journalists in #Gaza

"The only thing that can explain the shocking silence of #American and international media professionals about the mass killing of their #Palestinian colleagues is the decadeslong and systematic dehumanization of the Palestinian people."
by #BrettWilkins
Aug 09, 2024

https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-killing-journalists

#PalestinianLivesMatter #StopArmingIsrael
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#NotAnotherBomb
#RejectAIPAC
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC

#Palestine #politics
#USA #USPolitics #news #press @palestine @israel

from #CommonDreams
#RashidaTlaib Slams #WhiteHouse for Criticizing #CoriBush's Vow to Fight #AIPAC

One observer predicted that one day, #Bush will "be remembered for valiantly standing up for the rights of #Palestinians when too many still did not have the political courage to do so."
by #BrettWilkins
Aug 08, 2024

#RejectAIPAC
#TheSquad #Tlaib #WesleyBell #Palestinian
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#EndTheOccupation #PalestinianLivesMatter #StopArmingIsrael
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
#USA #USPolitics #USElection
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

from #CommonDreams
#Israeli Leaders Demand Probe of #IDF Rape Video—To Find Out Who Leaked It

"This is what Israelis rioted to protect, what the #Knesset debated—the right to #rape #Palestinians," said one critic.
by #BrettWilkins
Aug 07, 2024

https://www.commondreams.org/news/sde-teiman

#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#EndTheOccupation #PalestinianLivesMatter #StopArmingIsrael
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

from #CommonDreams
#Investigation Exposes How Etsy Profits From Israeli #Apartheid

"#Etsy isn't simply turning a blind eye to stores listed on its site operating in illegal #Israeli settlements—it is directly profiting from and even in certain cases, promoting them," said one campaigner.
by #BrettWilkins
Aug 07, 2024

Etsy, the popular #US -based e-commerce website, is profiting from goods made and sold in #Israel's illegal #SettlerColonies in the occupied #WestBank, a report published Wednesday revealed.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/etsy-israel

#EndTheOccupation
#DivestFromIsrael
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA#PalestinianLivesMatter #StopArmingIsrael
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
#USA #USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

https://www.commondreams.org/news/caci-abu-ghraib-2667775308

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20 Years Later, #AbuGhraib Torture Victims Get their Day in Court
by #BrettWilkins 15 April 2024