Brett Wilkins, Author at ZNetwork https://znetwork.org/author/bretwwilkins/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:48:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png Brett Wilkins, Author at ZNetwork https://znetwork.org/author/bretwwilkins/ 32 32 Colorado Votes To Tax the Rich To Fund ‘Incredibly Popular’ Free School Meals https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/colorado-votes-to-tax-the-rich-to-fund-incredibly-popular-free-school-meals/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/colorado-votes-to-tax-the-rich-to-fund-incredibly-popular-free-school-meals/#respond Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1290975 Colorado voters on Tuesday handily approved a pair of ballot measures to fully fund free meals for all K-12 public school students, give raises or stipends to scholastic cafeteria workers, and enact grants for schools to buy fresh foods from local farmers. According to unofficial results published Wednesday morning by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, Proposition LL overwhelmingly passed [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/colorado-votes-to-tax-the-rich-to-fund-incredibly-popular-free-school-meals/feed/ 0 Israel Returns Palestinian Prisoners’ Bodies With ‘Signs of Torture, Mutilation, and Execution’ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-returns-palestinian-prisoners-bodies-with-signs-of-torture-mutilation-and-execution/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-returns-palestinian-prisoners-bodies-with-signs-of-torture-mutilation-and-execution/#respond Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:19:30 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1290135 Israel on Wednesday returned the bodies of dozens of Palestinians abducted during the Gaza genocide showing “signs of torture, mutilation, and execution,” as one US-based news site reported—a description consistent with the testimonies of former prisoners held by the Israeli forces over the past two years. So far, Israel has returned 90 bodies, with more expected to be handed [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-returns-palestinian-prisoners-bodies-with-signs-of-torture-mutilation-and-execution/feed/ 0 Israel Continues Killing And Slashes Humanitarian Aid Allowed Into Gaza https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-continues-killing-slashes-aid-humanitarian-allowed-into-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-continues-killing-slashes-aid-humanitarian-allowed-into-gaza/#respond Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:22:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289966 Israeli occupation forces killed numerous Palestinian civilians in Gaza on Tuesday in an apparent violation of a ceasefire that Israel’s government said it would continue to break by blocking the full flow of aid into the obliterated coastal strip until Hamas returns all bodies of hostages taken two years ago. Gaza officials told international media [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-continues-killing-slashes-aid-humanitarian-allowed-into-gaza/feed/ 0 ‘Deeply Un-American’: Trump Tells Generals to Use US Cities as Military ‘Training Grounds’ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deeply-un-american-trump-tells-generals-to-use-us-cities-as-military-training-grounds/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deeply-un-american-trump-tells-generals-to-use-us-cities-as-military-training-grounds/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:12:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289346 President Donald Trump told hundreds of senior military commanders Tuesday that the country is “under invasion from within” and that they should use American cities as “training grounds” to target domestic “enemies”—remarks that drew warnings of encroaching fascism as the president expands his invasion and occupation of US communities. Speaking to nearly 800 US generals [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deeply-un-american-trump-tells-generals-to-use-us-cities-as-military-training-grounds/feed/ 0 Italian Coaches Call for ‘Genocidal’ Israel’s Suspension From FIFA, UEFA https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/italian-coaches-call-for-genocidal-israels-suspension-from-fifa-uefa/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/italian-coaches-call-for-genocidal-israels-suspension-from-fifa-uefa/#respond Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:57:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287610 “People might want us to just shut up and play, turn to look the other way, but we don’t believe that is right.” The Italian Association of Football Coaches on Tuesday formally called on soccer’s international and European governing bodies to suspend Israel over its “genocidal” annihilation of Gaza, a move that came ahead of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/italian-coaches-call-for-genocidal-israels-suspension-from-fifa-uefa/feed/ 0 Video Shows Girl Trying to Escape Inferno as Gaza Family ‘Burned Alive’ in Israeli Massacre https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/video-shows-girl-trying-to-escape-inferno-as-gaza-family-burned-alive-in-israeli-massacre/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/video-shows-girl-trying-to-escape-inferno-as-gaza-family-burned-alive-in-israeli-massacre/#respond Tue, 27 May 2025 16:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1284263 Video footage of a young girl trying to flee an inferno caused by a Monday Israeli airstrike that killed dozens of Palestinians including her mother and siblings sparked global outrage and calls for an immediate cease-fire in what one former Israeli prime minister called a “war of extermination.” Medical officials in Gaza said that at least 36 [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/video-shows-girl-trying-to-escape-inferno-as-gaza-family-burned-alive-in-israeli-massacre/feed/ 0 Warning of Grave Threat to Free Speech, Judge Frees Rümeysa Öztürk https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/warning-of-grave-threat-to-free-speech-judge-frees-rumeysa-ozturk/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/warning-of-grave-threat-to-free-speech-judge-frees-rumeysa-ozturk/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 10:54:49 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283609 Rümeysa Öztürk, one of several pro-Palestine scholars kidnapped and imprisoned by the Trump administration under its dubious interpretation of an 18th-century law and a Cold War-era national security measure, was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody Friday following a federal judge’s order. U.S. District Judge William Sessions III in Vermont ruled that Öztürk — [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/warning-of-grave-threat-to-free-speech-judge-frees-rumeysa-ozturk/feed/ 0 Reporters Without Borders Sounds Alarm on US Press Freedom Under Trump https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reporters-without-borders-sounds-alarm-on-us-press-freedom-under-trump/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reporters-without-borders-sounds-alarm-on-us-press-freedom-under-trump/#respond Sat, 03 May 2025 15:25:18 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283298 Press freedom in the United States has fallen to its lowest level since Reporters Without Borders (also known as Reporters Sans Frontières or RSF) began publishing its annual ranking more than 20 years ago, with President Donald Trump’s return to power “greatly exacerbating the situation,” RSF said Friday. The U.S. fell from 55th to 57th place on [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reporters-without-borders-sounds-alarm-on-us-press-freedom-under-trump/feed/ 0 ‘Dystopian’ Trump Plan for Massive Expansion of ICE Detention Centers Exposed https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dystopian-trump-plan-for-massive-expansion-of-ice-detention-centers-exposed/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dystopian-trump-plan-for-massive-expansion-of-ice-detention-centers-exposed/#respond Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:02:07 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282387 The ACLU on Friday revealed new details about the Trump administration’s plans to expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in 10 states across the nation, with private prison corporations—whose share prices soared after the election of President Donald Trump—seeking to run at least a half dozen proposed ICE facilities. The documents, obtained via a [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dystopian-trump-plan-for-massive-expansion-of-ice-detention-centers-exposed/feed/ 0 SCOTUS Orders Trump Admin to Return Man Wrongfully Deported to Salvadoran Prison https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/scotus-orders-trump-admin-to-return-man-wrongfully-deported-to-salvadoran-prison/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/scotus-orders-trump-admin-to-return-man-wrongfully-deported-to-salvadoran-prison/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:31:41 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282341 The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling with no noted dissents affirming a federal judge’s order compelling President Donald Trump’s administration to enable the stateside return of Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran man wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in his native country. “The rule of law won today,” said Andrew Rossman, one of Abrego [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/scotus-orders-trump-admin-to-return-man-wrongfully-deported-to-salvadoran-prison/feed/ 0 Israeli Troops Blow Whistle on War Crimes in Gaza ‘Kill Zone’ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israeli-troops-blow-whistle-on-war-crimes-in-gaza-kill-zone/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israeli-troops-blow-whistle-on-war-crimes-in-gaza-kill-zone/#respond Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:05:51 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282212 An Israeli human rights group on Monday published a report in which Israel Defense Forces officers and soldiers who took part in the creation of a buffer zone along Gaza’s border with Israel described alleged war crimes including indiscriminate killing, as well as the wholesale deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure in what multiple whistleblowers called [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israeli-troops-blow-whistle-on-war-crimes-in-gaza-kill-zone/feed/ 0 Israel Bombs Gaza’s Only Cancer Hospital as Genocide Continues to Escalate https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-bombs-gazas-only-cancer-hospital-as-genocide-continues-to-escalate/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-bombs-gazas-only-cancer-hospital-as-genocide-continues-to-escalate/#respond Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:17:02 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1281456 U.S.-backed Israeli forces drew international condemnation Friday after bombing the only cancer hospital in the Gaza Strip, where more than 700 Palestinians including over 200 children have been killed this week and where the death toll from 532 days of genocidal assault is approaching at least 50,000. Israel Defense Forces troops carried out an airstrike on the abandoned [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-bombs-gazas-only-cancer-hospital-as-genocide-continues-to-escalate/feed/ 0 Israeli Cabinet Minister: ‘Only Solution for the Gaza Strip Is to Empty It of Gazans’ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israeli-cabinet-minister-only-solution-for-the-gaza-strip-is-to-empty-it-of-gazans/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israeli-cabinet-minister-only-solution-for-the-gaza-strip-is-to-empty-it-of-gazans/#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:55:05 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1280923 Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman argued Tuesday for ethnically cleansing the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population so that the Jewish people can “inherit the land” many of them believe their deity promised them in biblical times. “The only solution for the Gaza Strip is to empty it of Gazans,” Silman—a member of Israeli Prime Minister [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israeli-cabinet-minister-only-solution-for-the-gaza-strip-is-to-empty-it-of-gazans/feed/ 0 10,000+ Turn Out in Warren, Michigan to ‘Fight Oligarchy’ With Bernie Sanders https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10000-turn-out-in-warren-michigan-to-fight-oligarchy-with-bernie-sanders/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10000-turn-out-in-warren-michigan-to-fight-oligarchy-with-bernie-sanders/#respond Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:00:24 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1280807 The Democratic Party may have twice stymied Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ White House ambitions, but the National Tour to Fight Oligarchy launched last month by the democratic socialist has been drawing crowds that would be the envy of any presidential campaign. On Saturday, more than 10,000 people turned out to see Sanders (I-Vt.) speak in Warren, Michigan. Not only [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10000-turn-out-in-warren-michigan-to-fight-oligarchy-with-bernie-sanders/feed/ 0 Trump Approves $3B in Arms to Israel as Freed Palestinians Recount Torture https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-approves-3b-in-arms-to-israel-as-freed-palestinians-recount-torture/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-approves-3b-in-arms-to-israel-as-freed-palestinians-recount-torture/#respond Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:04:12 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1280439 As Palestinians released from Israeli imprisonment recount torture and other abuse suffered at the hands of their former captors, the Trump administration on Friday approved a new $3 billion weapons package for Israel. The new package, reported by Zeteo’s Prem Thakker, includes nearly $2.716 billion worth of bombs and weapons guidance kits, as well as $295 million in bulldozers. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-approves-3b-in-arms-to-israel-as-freed-palestinians-recount-torture/feed/ 0 Musk’s DOGE Accused of Seizing Sole Control of Essential Federal Databases https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/musks-doge-accused-of-seizing-sole-control-of-essential-federal-databases/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/musks-doge-accused-of-seizing-sole-control-of-essential-federal-databases/#respond Sun, 02 Feb 2025 15:39:34 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1279181 Reporting Friday that aides to Elon Musk — the billionaire backer of Republican President Donald Trump who runs the Department of Government Efficiency — locked career civil servants out of computer systems containing the personal data of millions of federal employees raised alarms among observers who said the move is consistent with the administration’s efforts to assert [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/musks-doge-accused-of-seizing-sole-control-of-essential-federal-databases/feed/ 0 Biden Commutes Sentence of Leonard Peltier https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-commutes-sentence-of-leonard-peltier/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-commutes-sentence-of-leonard-peltier/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1278706 Just minutes before leaving office, Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life prison sentence of Leonard Peltier, the elderly American Indian Movement activist who supporters say was framed for the murder of two federal agents during a 1975 reservation shootout. “It’s finally over, I’m going home,” Peltier, who is 80 years old, said in a statement released [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-commutes-sentence-of-leonard-peltier/feed/ 0 Advocates Demand Eviction Moratorium, Rent Freeze as LA Landlords ‘Cash in on Crisis’ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/advocates-demand-eviction-moratorium-rent-freeze-as-la-landlords-cash-in-on-crisis/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/advocates-demand-eviction-moratorium-rent-freeze-as-la-landlords-cash-in-on-crisis/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:46:30 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1278369 With some Los Angeles-area landlords jacking up rental listing prices by 50% or more as historic wildfires rage, housing advocates in the nation’s second-largest city are calling for an immediate eviction moratorium and rent freeze. As California authorities have noted in recent days, state Penal Code Section 396 prohibits taking “unfair advantage” of consumers during times of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/advocates-demand-eviction-moratorium-rent-freeze-as-la-landlords-cash-in-on-crisis/feed/ 0 Exposed: The Oil and Gas Giants Profiting Most From Israel’s Gaza Genocide https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/exposed-the-oil-and-gas-giants-profiting-most-from-israels-gaza-genocide/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/exposed-the-oil-and-gas-giants-profiting-most-from-israels-gaza-genocide/#respond Sat, 16 Nov 2024 13:20:50 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275448 On the fourth day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Azerbaijan, green groups highlighted how fossil fuel companies “enable and profit from Israel’s genocide in Gaza,” continuing “a long history of the industry’s complicity in mass atrocities worldwide.” “The fossil fuel industry is culpable in death and destruction around the world, not [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/exposed-the-oil-and-gas-giants-profiting-most-from-israels-gaza-genocide/feed/ 0 Sanders Plans Vote on Resolutions Blocking US Arms Sales to Israel https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sanders-plans-vote-on-resolutions-blocking-us-arms-sales-to-israel/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sanders-plans-vote-on-resolutions-blocking-us-arms-sales-to-israel/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:31:40 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275439 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Wednesday his intention to bring a floor vote on resolutions aimed at blocking a series of proposed arms sales to the Israeli government as it wages a war on Palestinians in Gaza that is the subject of an ongoing International Court of Justice genocide case. In September, Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced half a dozen joint resolutions of disapproval—which were [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sanders-plans-vote-on-resolutions-blocking-us-arms-sales-to-israel/feed/ 0 How’s Iceland’s 4-Day Work Week Working? ‘Incredibly Well,’ Study Says https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hows-icelands-4-day-work-week-working-incredibly-well-study-says/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hows-icelands-4-day-work-week-working-incredibly-well-study-says/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:08:02 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1274404 Iceland’s economy grew more than all but one other rich European nation and its workers reported higher well-being, lower stress, and better work-life balance after the country reduced its standard work week from 40 to 36 hours, research published Friday affirmed. The study—released by a pair of think tanks, London-based Autonomy Institute and Alda (Association for [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hows-icelands-4-day-work-week-working-incredibly-well-study-says/feed/ 0 25 Islamic Clerics Urge Muslims Across US to Defeat Trump https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/25-islamic-clerics-urge-muslims-across-us-to-defeat-trump/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/25-islamic-clerics-urge-muslims-across-us-to-defeat-trump/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:31:05 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1273538 Balancing grave concerns over the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel’s yearlong assault on Gaza against the dire prospects of a potential second administration of former Republican President Donald Trump, a group of 25 U.S. Islamic clerics on Sunday urged American Muslims to “consider the broad picture” and vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. “We are all heartbroken and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/25-islamic-clerics-urge-muslims-across-us-to-defeat-trump/feed/ 0 Fears of ‘Imminent Catastrophe’ Mount as Hezbollah Hits Back Amid Israeli Airstrikes https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fears-of-imminent-catastrophe-mount-as-hezbollah-hits-back-amid-israeli-airstrikes/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fears-of-imminent-catastrophe-mount-as-hezbollah-hits-back-amid-israeli-airstrikes/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272746 Fears of an all-out Middle East war mounted Sunday as Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into Israel, whose military continued bombing targets in southern Lebanon while moving troops, tanks, and other equipment toward the northern border. During a Sunday funeral speech for three members killed in Israeli airstrikes, Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem declared an [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fears-of-imminent-catastrophe-mount-as-hezbollah-hits-back-amid-israeli-airstrikes/feed/ 0 UN Officials Urgently Call for Lebanon Cease-Fire as Middle East on ‘Brink of Catastrophe’ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/un-officials-urgently-call-for-lebanon-cease-fire-as-middle-east-on-brink-of-catastrophe/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/un-officials-urgently-call-for-lebanon-cease-fire-as-middle-east-on-brink-of-catastrophe/#respond Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:16:14 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272706 As Israel followed up its remote bombings of communications devices in Lebanon with airstrikes on Beirut, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency session Friday during which officials urgently called for an immediate cease-fire and warned that the Middle East is on “the brink of catastrophe.” “We risk seeing a conflagration that could dwarf even the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/un-officials-urgently-call-for-lebanon-cease-fire-as-middle-east-on-brink-of-catastrophe/feed/ 0 Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Weighs Divestment From Companies Complicit in Israeli Crimes https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-weighs-divestment-from-companies-complicit-in-israeli-crimes/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-weighs-divestment-from-companies-complicit-in-israeli-crimes/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:10:30 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1271922 Demonstrators in Norway hold up a banner saying "Free Gaza"Norway’s $1.76 trillion sovereign wealth fund—the world’s largest—could soon be forced to divest from companies including linchpins of the U.S. military-industrial complex due to updated ethics standards for businesses complicit in Israeli human rights violations in occupied Palestine. Reuters reported Wednesday that the Government Pension Fund Global Council of Ethics informed the Norwegian Ministry of Finance on [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-weighs-divestment-from-companies-complicit-in-israeli-crimes/feed/ 0 Slamming Israeli Media Lies, Freed Hostage Says IDF Strike—Not Hamas—Wounded Her https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/slamming-israeli-media-lies-freed-hostage-says-idf-strike-not-hamas-wounded-her/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/slamming-israeli-media-lies-freed-hostage-says-idf-strike-not-hamas-wounded-her/#comments Sat, 24 Aug 2024 15:49:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1271300 “I cannot ignore what happened here over the past 24 hours, taking my words out of context,” said Noa Argamani. “As a victim of October 7, I refuse to be victimized once again by the media.” An Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas militants on October 7 and held hostage for 245 days before being rescued [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/slamming-israeli-media-lies-freed-hostage-says-idf-strike-not-hamas-wounded-her/feed/ 1 Western Media, Leaders Slammed for ‘Deafening’ Silence Over Israeli Torture Revelations https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/western-media-leaders-slammed-for-deafening-silence-over-israeli-torture-revelations/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/western-media-leaders-slammed-for-deafening-silence-over-israeli-torture-revelations/#respond Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:51:15 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270627 Human rights defenders are calling out Western news outlets and political leaders for their conspicuous lack of coverage and vocalized condemnation after leaked video footage appeared to show Israeli soldiers gang-raping a Palestinian detainee in the notorious Sde Teiman prison and the release of a new report documenting systematic torture of prisoners held by Israel. Earlier [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/western-media-leaders-slammed-for-deafening-silence-over-israeli-torture-revelations/feed/ 0 US Tech Giants Are Storing Data for Israeli Military as It Destroys Gaza https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-tech-giants-are-storing-data-for-israeli-military-as-it-destroys-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-tech-giants-are-storing-data-for-israeli-military-as-it-destroys-gaza/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:43:56 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270480 The Israeli military is using cloud storage and artificial intelligence services provided by U.S. tech titans for “direct participation and collaboration” in what many critics around the world call Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, according to an investigation published this week. Two Israeli publications — +972 Magazine and Local Call — on Sunday published a joint investigation revealing that the Israeli military [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-tech-giants-are-storing-data-for-israeli-military-as-it-destroys-gaza/feed/ 0 Arundhati Roy: India Must Stop Arming Israel or ‘Forever Be Linked to Genocide’ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/arundhati-roy-india-must-stop-arming-israel-or-forever-be-linked-to-genocide/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/arundhati-roy-india-must-stop-arming-israel-or-forever-be-linked-to-genocide/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:54:23 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270403 Acclaimed Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy this week joined prominent jurists, diplomats, artists, and others in urging their government to stop selling weapons to Israel, which they called “abominable” and “a serious violation of India’s obligations under international law and our Constitution.” Speaking Thursday at an event organized by the Press Club of India, Roy—winner [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/arundhati-roy-india-must-stop-arming-israel-or-forever-be-linked-to-genocide/feed/ 0 ‘The Land Theft Continues’: Israel Announces Biggest West Bank Seizure in Over 30 Years https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-land-theft-continues-israel-announces-biggest-west-bank-seizure-in-over-30-years/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-land-theft-continues-israel-announces-biggest-west-bank-seizure-in-over-30-years/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 15:56:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1268872 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-land-theft-continues-israel-announces-biggest-west-bank-seizure-in-over-30-years/feed/ 0