Geopolitics
DropSite – Mass funeral for children killed in school strike; Israel weighs “buffer zone” in Lebanon; Gaza food and fuel supplies dwindle
A round-up of the latest from the Middle East as war rages. Read the full article HERE.
Lebanon
Geopolitics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – Can a Truce in Lebanon Hold and Pave the Way for a Wider Peace?
This is a precarious and one-sided peace at best. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. She is the co-author, with Nicolas J.S. Davies, of War in Ukraine: Making Sense […]
Geopolitics
Craig Murray – Lebanon’s Unbalanced Ceasefire Teeters on the Brink
Reporting from Beirut on the reality of the “ceasefire” in Lebanon. Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s blog Only Israel has opened […]
Geopolitics
Trita Parsi – Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire begins, but can it last?
This deal appears to be about all parties preparing for a Trump Presidency, but the Palestinians have been left in the lurch. Trita Parsi is the co-founder and Executive Vice president of the Quincy Institute […]
EU politics
Barah Mikaïl – Europe is not prepared for the looming Lebanese refugee crisis
European politicians who oppose refugees are often complicit in the causes of refugees. Lebanon is a case in point. Barah Mikaïl is Associate professor at IE University in Madrid. Cross-posted from The Conversation Since it […]
Geopolitics
Hicham Safieddine – US plans for a post-Hezbollah Lebanon are trying to revive a failed strategy
The United States is manouvering for a Lebanon governed without Hezbollah, but those plans are coming up against the fact that the resistance group still has popular support. Hicham Safieddine is Canada Research Chair in […]
Geopolitics
Chris Hedges – Extermination works. At first.
In the short-term, Israel may achieve it’s goals through extreme violence, but it only lays the seeds for a deeper and broader resistance to Zionism. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign […]
Geopolitics
Lebanon, Hezbollah and the fear of total war – interview with Mireille Rebeiz
C.J. Polychroniou speaks to Lebanon expert Mireille Rebeiz about Israel’s invasion of the country and what might happen next as the war escalates. Cross-posted from Common Dreams After nearly a year since the Hamas-led terror […]
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
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 […]