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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Juan Cole – The Path to Nasrallah’s Assassination and What Lies Ahead
A short history of Hezbollah and why it might have to become a guerrilla organisation again. Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His newest book, “Muhammad: Prophet […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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David Hearst – Jordan could pay a steep price for Netanyahu’s endless war on Gaza
The Jordanian state is divided between resistance and compliance with Israel, a country that will only accepts a Palestinian state if it is within Jordan’s territory. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East […]
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Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns
The United States is on the verge of fighting a war with Iran and/or Russia, conflicts that could easily spiral into WWIII, but you wouldn’t know it from the Democratic Party’s National Convention. Medea Benjamin […]
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Marco Carnelos – European leaders are stoking the flames of a Middle East inferno
Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Keir Starmer signed a letter on the Middle East as ridiculous as it was idiotic, that will do less than nothing for peace. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. […]
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David Hearst – How Hamas lured Israel into a lethal trap
If Hamas’ aim with the October 7th surprise attack was to elicit a response from Israel which would trigger a regional war and prevent ‘normalisation’ of the Zionist state, it is well on its way […]
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John Rees – The Zionist lobby: myth and reality
A critique of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s argument that US policy in relation to Israel is almost entirely determined by domestic issues, especially the influence of the Israel lobby on the American state. John […]