On March 22, the Palestine Liberation Group (PLG), the Sacramento Valley/Central California Office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV/CC), local organizations and activists released [...] Continue Reading
Israel and Palestine
Fresno Youth on Hunger Strike for Gaza
Three young Fresnans—Ant, Adrian and Justice—began a hunger strike for Gaza on March 16. They are members of palirev.web on Instagram. Following is their hunger strike statement. This public hunger [...] Continue Reading
The New Israel
We were stunned when we learned that some had entered onto the home ground of settlers and killed hundreds of women and children, taking captives to serve as pawns in an ensuing battle. History again [...] Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor
For a Taxpayers Revolt Israel’s retaliation on Gaza for the horrific Hamas attack of Oct. 7 has devastated its civilian population and infrastructure. It has continued unabated for almost six [...] Continue Reading
Aaron Bushnell, A Courageous American
On Feb. 25, 25-year-old Senior Airman Aaron James Bushnell, a cyber-defense operations specialist, set himself on fire outside the front gate of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. “Immediately [...] Continue Reading
Love Demands an Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza
BY TIM KUTZMARK, ADELINE MARCHINI AND STEVE SACKS The minister, Board of Trustees and Social Justice Team of the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Fresno, in keeping with our church’s [...] Continue Reading
Madera Passes a Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
(Editor’s note: The following story is printed with permission of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative.) The City of Madera is the first in the San Joaquin Valley to support a [...] Continue Reading
Killing the Truth in Gaza
“If the genocide in Gaza is not halted, it will presage a new world order. A world where the old rules, more honored in the breach than the observance, no longer matter. It will be a world where [...] Continue Reading
Madera Aprueba Resolución de Alto al Fuego en Gaza
(Nota del editor: la siguiente historia se imprime con permiso de Central Valley Journalism Collaborative). La ciudad de Madera es la primera en el Valle de San Joaquín que apoya un alto al fuego [...] Continue Reading
Perspectives on the War
It is more than 100 days since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, and the daily news bulletins of destruction raise painful emotions. For me, it was an additional shock to learn from an article in a [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans Speak Out for Palestine
Zahra Al, a teacher and Fresno State alumnus, told the Fresno City Council on Jan. 11, “I am here for Palestine, I am here for Gaza. I am here to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. I am [...] Continue Reading
Khalida Jarrar
Statistics are important. We can know the official count of the dead and realize that this represents only those who have been identified and that many more bodies remain, killed but unidentified and [...] Continue Reading