Media
Al Jazeera – Israeli officials seize AP equipment, citing alleged media law violation
Israel’s war on the media goes on. Read the article HERE.
Gaza
Geopolitics
John Rees – The crucial difference between the Gaza and Vietnam student protests
Student protests may not be as radical today as in 1968, but they have much greater support among the public. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a co-founder […]
Geopolitics
John Whitbeck – On the ICC’s Announcement of Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas’ Leadership
There is a lot of politics at work in ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan’s announcement of arrest warrants for Israel and Hamas leaders. John V. Whitbeck is a Paris-based international lawyer. Cross-posted from Counterpunch It […]
Geopolitics
Ali Abunimah – ICC warrants both historic and cynical
It’s clear that ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan is playing politics, but that doesn’t mean what he has announced today is not a seismic blow to Israel. In ‘Electronic Intifada’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Britain’s support for Zionism has caused 76 years of conflict. It is time this barbarism stops.
On the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, it’s well beyond time that Britain’s disastrous meddling in Palestine ends once and for all. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs – Gilad Erdan Does World a Favour by Making Plain Israel’s Doomed-to-Fail Strategy
Israel’s reliance on American power for its security will become its great weakness. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The […]
Geopolitics
Chris Hedges – Israel’s Willing Executioners
Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to flee, once again, after more than half of Gaza’s population took sanctuary in the border town of Rafah. This is part of Israel’s sadistic playbook. Chris […]
Geopolitics
David Landy – How Irish Students Won a Victory for Palestine
‘Students at Ireland’s Trinity College organised a solidarity encampment this week and successfully negotiated an agreement with the university to divest from Israeli companies.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Marco Carnelos – How the western ‘rules-based order’ is a sham
A dissection of the concept of the ‘rules-based order’, which has no legal basis whatsoever and is only ever used by the West against its enemies. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Rafah invasion: With defeat in sight, how can Netanyahu declare victory?
A level of analysis of the battlefield situation that is impossible to find in mainstream media. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the region […]