UN Human Rights Chief Decries ‘War Crime’ of Rapidly Expanding Israeli Settlements
A sadly necessary update on the state of Israel’s ethnic cleansing project in the West Bank.
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Israel: Quietly Fraying?
Israel is being tested on many fronts and the fissures are showing.
Read more...Ralph Nader: Real Gaza Death Toll at Least 200,000
Ralph Nader calls out the certain extreme undercount of death in Gaza and why that is convenient for Israel, the US, and Gaza.
Read more...Rishi Sunak Orders Crackdown on Protests Despite Court Challenge
Human rights group Liberty lodges a legal challenge to the Tories’ efforts to clamp down on protests.
Read more...U.S. Has Launched 230 Attacks on Houthis Over Red Sea Disruption
The US continues to pretend to be Doing Something to stop Houthi interference with Israel-related shipping in the Red Sea.
Read more...“Iran’s Syria Strategy Is Coming Unravelled”
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty makes a big claim about Iran’s role in Syria. Does the article deliver the goods?
Read more...The Rich Versus Poor Country Stakes at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference This Month in Abu Dhabi
The upcoming WTO is likely to see a power struggle between its traditional advanced economy leaders and the so-called Global Majority.
Read more...BMJ Decries Necrocide in Gaza as UN Describes “Shocking, Desperate Conditions”; Johns Hopkins Estimates Escalation Would Produce 85,000 More Deaths in 6 Months
The world fiddles while Gaza bleeds.
Read more...Understanding Iran’s Non-State Network
A discussion of Iran’s relationship with various militia groups.
Read more...Israel 4Q GDP Fell at 20% Rate; Downward Trajectory Set to Continue as War Drags On and Israel Readies Lebanon Invasion
The Financial Times report on the fall of Israel’s economy in the fourth quarter was briefly the lead story and was oddly shuffled quickly off the landing page. The article gives a terse but incomplete tally of the factors that contributed to a decline at a 20% rate in the final quarter, which was markedly […]
Read more...Israeli Siege Has Placed Gazans at Risk of Starvation − Prewar Policies Made Them Vulnerable in the First Place
The more you look at the genocidal actions of Israel, the more the clear its abject lack of morality becomes.
Read more...The U.S.’ Return to Its “Denial Oil” Strategy Is Critical
A perspective from Kurdistan on the US’ choices in the Middle East, with control over oil an open question.
Read more...“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” – US Stuck in the Middle East, Devoid of Deterrence Power
Trying to make sense of the US’ dangerously confused behavior in the Middle East.
Read more...Israeli Government’s Lies About Gaza Shouldn’t Be a Surprise
A weirdly informative treatment of Israel lies, by virtue of apparent reticence to call out genocide and take on Zionism.
Read more...Attrition War — How Israel Is Losing on the Economic Front
An update on the impact on the war on the Israel economy, and the efforts to mitigate it.
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