It is like a full uprising now. And that can be stopped only if this madness in Gaza is stopped.

This latest assault on Gaza reaffirms the key role played by the U.S. media in maintaining the information blockade.

US taxpayers are in an absurd place: They are partly paying for the Israeli military action in Gaza and funding the clean-up.

U.S. politicians and policymakers continue to back a brutal military campaign whose primary purpose is not to defend Israel but rather to protect its longstanding effort to colonize the West Bank... The explanation for America's impotent and morally bankrupt policy is the political clout of the Israel lobby.

This is what Gazans need: the normal life everyone else takes for granted.

You want to prevent escalation? Open up the Gaza Strip, let the people return to the world.

Israel could have preempted the tunnel attacks by ending the occupation; and failing that, by not provoking this war; and failing that, by accepting a ceasefire on humane terms.

The United States, the key bankroller of Israel’s military, and the unconditional defender of Israel in international forums, bears deep responsibility for the continuation of the decades-long occupation.

A live, online interview with Joel Beinin, professor of Middle East History, Stanford University, who spoke with us from Tel Aviv.

A mass movement demanding boycotts, divestment and sanctions is the only hope now for the Palestinian people.