Here’s Why Russia Didn’t Deter or Respond to the US’ Latest Bombing of Syria
Russia is playing its cards carefully in the Middle East, as the example of the latest US bombing in Syria illustrates.
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Israel’s Coming Attack on Gaza: Boundary Conditions and Delay
The press is saying a lot, and perhaps too much, about Israel’s division and dithering over Gaza. What might really be afoot?
Read more...The Humanitarian Case for Another Arab Oil Embargo
Will the Gulf States again use an oil embargo to increase leverage against the US and Israel?
Read more...Memo on the Final Solution for One State – Israel or Palestine
Why the war between Israel and Palestine is moving towards very bad outcomes.
Read more...Israel Intends to Make Gaza Uninhabitable by Cutting Power Permanently
Israel is now making no bones about the fact that it intends to make it impossible for humans, as in Palestinians, to live in Gaza.
Read more...Russia, China Unite Against US Empire
Michael Hudson on China’s wobbles, Russia-China cooperation, the revolt against colonialism and neoliberalism, and the conflict in Gaza.
Read more...The Explosion of Israel’s Formaldehyde Strategy in Gaza
There can be no peace in Palestine without justice, which means Israel’s policy of disengagement, brutal apartheid, and occupation must end.
Read more...The British Roots of the Conflict in Palestine
How the British set up and fed strife between Israeli and Palestine.
Read more...Iran Calls For Middle East States to Start Economic Escalation Via Oil Embargo On Israel
An oil embargo against Israel looks unlikely to have much economic impact but it could promote other Middle Eastern joint action.
Read more...Biden Gets Zelensky Treatment in Middle East as Israel Tries to Escalate
The Israel shelling of the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza was an escalation too far. But that does not mean Israel or the US will put on the brakes
Read more...‘Honey, I Bought My Football Team!’ The World of Sports Investments
Confirming that investors in football (as in the kind played all over the world) have money to burn, because that’s what they are probably doing.
Read more...Israel Accused of ‘Blatant War Crime’ as Human Rights Watch Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza
Human Rights Watch: “White phosphorus … poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering,”
Read more...UK Palestine Groups To Defy Suella Braverman’s Crackdown
Quelle surprise! The UK Home Office is trying to use pro-Palestine protests as an excuse to suppress speech.
Read more...The Silence of the Bears – Russia Is Reorienting Towards the Arabs
Russia, which has tried to be even-handed in the Middle East, now looks to be moving into the pro-Arab camp.
Read more...Elijah Magnier on Gaza War Risks for Israel
Elijah Magnier provides important if also troubling perspective on developments in the Gaza conflict.
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