Gaza

Lives lived encaged by the Occupation produce — says UN Secretary General Ban [Ki-moon] — “fear, humiliation, frustration and mistrust. It has been fed by the wounds of decades of bloody conflict, which will take a long time to heal. Palestinian youth in particular are tired of broken promises and they see no light at the end of the tunnel.”

Soha Kareem discusses how she got into games, her Palestinian identity, and her activism—which occasionally involves her cat, Garnet.

Also this week: Two women named Park lead a South Korean political battle, and Hillary Clinton opens up about sexism.

The U.S. and UN announced a ceasefire yesterday. . . and it's already unraveled--as if the conflict's death toll and destructive track record weren't already horrific enough.

Watch 12 minutes of Russell Brand's general brilliance, or just read this.

Can sex help bridge the ever-widening Arab-Israeli divide? One Tumblr page is seeking to answer that very question.

A just-brokered 5-hour cease-fire between Israel and Palestine is unlikely to take hold. Sadly, if history is any indicator, the violence will probably continue unabated.