Israeli Leaders Consider Total Siege of Northern Gaza, With Implications for ‘Day After’

Israeli decision-makers are considering a plan to lay siege to northern Gaza in an effort to ramp up pressure on Hamas. The “Generals’ Plan,” a three-page document published last week by high-ranking Israel Defense Forces reserve officers, calls to evacuate up to 300,000 civilians from the northern 1/3 of Gaza and then block all supplies

Harris, Trump campaign in battleground states

Harris, Trump campaign in battleground states – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are campaigning in battleground states this weekend as Election Day approaches. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn

Orwell in Burma, ‘Flatulent’ Travel Writing, and Banning the Word ‘Plantation’

George Orwell (né Eric Blair) left England for Burma at age 19, a freshly minted graduate of Eton College, the poshest school in the British Empire. The year was 1922, and Orwell/Blair would remain in Burma until 1927, a member of the imperial police force. What little we know of his time there can be