Geopolitics
Middle East Eye – Iran launches wave of missiles at Israel
‘Iran says attack is in retaliation for Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.’ Read the article HERE.
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Geopolitics
Politico – US officials quietly backed Israel’s military push against Hezbollah
‘Senior White House figures privately told Israel that the U.S. would support its decision to ramp up military pressure against Hezbollah — even as the Biden administration publicly urged the Israeli government in recent weeks […]
Geopolitics
Binoy Kampmark – The Illusion of a Solution: Killing Hassan Nasrallah
You can kill the man but not the idea. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne. Email: bkampmark@gmail.com Cross-posted from Counterpunch The ongoing Israeli operation against Hezbollah, the […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs – Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must Be Confronted and Stopped
Netanyahu has made it clear that he wants all of the land to the West of the Jordan river to be Israeli, thus eliminating the Palestinian nation entirely. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor […]
Geopolitics
Marco Carnelos – Hezbollah’s fatal mistake was to believe Israel was bound by the rules of war
Hezbollah have suffered a severe blow, but not a knockout. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United Nations. He served in the foreign policy staff […]
Geopolitics
Peter Leary – Labour Is Trying to Silence Palestine Solidarity
‘Revulsion towards Israel’s genocide has produced the largest, most sustained English protest movement since Chartism — yet Labour is trying to prevent Palestine from being even discussed at its conference.’ In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Juan Cole – Biden’s bear hug of Netanyahu
US foreign policy in the Middle East is in complete disarray, with the region turning into a raging bonfire. Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His newest […]
Geopolitics
Noor Yacoubi – Israel has destroyed my family home but the love that built it remains
One of those on the frontline of genocide tells a story of great sadness but great hope. Noor Yacoubi is a Palestinian writer based in the Gaza Strip. Cross-posted from Middle East Eye In my […]
Climate Crisis
Sweta Choudhury – The unprecedented environmental cost of Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Israel’s genocide in Gaza is once again exposing the lethal, planet-warming emissions of wars. Cross-posted from Counterfire One of the most graphic depictions of the environmental costs of war was when 700 of Kuwait’s oil […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – How Israel’s genocide in Gaza is creating enemies on all sides
The shooting of Israeli security guards at the Jordanian-West Bank crossing is a sign of things to come if Israel’s colonial onslaught on Palestine is not reined in. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of […]