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TO THE HEART OF IT: Gaza has been a free kill zone and a “concentration camp” (to quote Israel’s National Security Director Giora Eiland in 2004), long before October 7. In light of this, the most radical position comes directly from the simplest question: are Palestinians human beings? If your answer is emphatically yes, unambiguously and without reservations, then you are a lost cause to Zionism. Because if Palestinians are human beings, then their self-defense is legitimate, and the defense of their continued existence is necessary.

Former President Obama said the current conflict in the Middle East is a “moral reckoning for all of us” Thursday. “[A]ll of this is taking place against the backdrop of decades of failure to achieve a durable peace for both Israelis and Palestinians,” the former president said at the Obama Foundation’s “Democracy Forum” Friday. “One…

A statement from this week's G20 summit in India was watered down to describe Russia as fighting a war "in Ukraine" instead of "against Ukraine."

After a meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he sees no "promising prospect of peace," Turkish news outlet Milliyet reported on Sept. 5.

The White House expects no “tangible deliverables” from the forthcoming talks on a peace plan for Ukraine organized by Saudi Arabia, John Kirby, the Coordinator of the White House National Security Council, said in an interview with Voice of America on Aug 3.