The movement for Palestine in North America has grown in historic proportions. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets day after day to stand with the Palestinian people and demand an immediate ceasefire.

PYM member Munir Marwan spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the movement and why in addition to a ceasefire, they demand full liberation of Palestine!

Watch the whole video on our YouTube page.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) warned once again on Thursday, December 28 that “Gaza is grappling with catastrophic hunger” and at least 40% of its population is at “the risk of famine.” Despite the UN Security Council resolution adopted last week, not enough aid is entering the besieged territory, the agency added.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/29/ceasefire-the-only-remaining-hope-for-gazans-says-unrwa/

Since October 7, Biden has added to Israel’s massive US-made military arsenal and sent more weapons to Israel as it carries out its genocide in the Gaza Strip, even bypassing Congressional review to do so. After nearly three months of war, however, support for the US’s usual policy of unconditional aid to the Zionist state is dwindling.

Some of the most bloody attacks against Palestinian civilians have been made possible with US-made bombs, such as the attack that leveled an apartment block in the Jabalya refugee camp, killing over 100 people.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/29/pressure-rises-for-biden-to-drop-military-aid-to-israel/

🇿🇦 South Africa has launched a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for crimes of genocide against Palestinian people in Gaza.

“The acts and omissions by Israel…are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial, and ethnic group,” the 84-page-long application states.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/30/south-africa-takes-israel-to-icj-for-crime-of-genocide-in-gaza/

Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, is one of the hospitals in Palestine to be most recently attacked by the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF).

The attacks also hit floors hosting the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), resulting in damage to the dispatch system used by the PRCS to coordinate emergency responses.

“The damage of this network, which is the only means of communication in light of the interruption of communications, poses a great challenge for ambulance and emergency crews in reaching the wounded and sick,” PRCS said in a statement following the attacks.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/30/gazas-health-situation-worsens-amidst-relentless-israeli-assaults/

Roger Waters and Vijay Prashad reflect on the major developments of 2023 which they term one of the worst years in the history of humanity due to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/30/roger-waters-2023-has-been-one-of-the-most-dangerous-years-ever/

On December 23, for instance, Israel’s bombing in northern Gaza killed 166 people. The next day, on Christmas Eve, Israeli jets flew back and forth over the Maghazi refugee camp (east of Deir Al-Balah) and the Bureij refugee camp (in the central Gaza Strip), bombing residential areas and killing at least a hundred people (including a two-week-old child).
An article by Vijay Prashad.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/29/israels-war-crimes/

Farewell John Pilger, one of the greatest anti-imperialist journalists and documentary film makers of our time. From exposing US war crimes in Vietnam to fighting for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Pilger was a trailblazing journalist, willing to challenge the powers that be in his pursuit of the truth.

We at Peoples Dispatch are proud to have published Pilger's work and will remember him fondly!