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Archives for September 2024

Children
Thousands of Palestinian Children in Gaza are the Principal Victims of Israel’s Genocide

Thousands of Palestinian Children in Gaza are the Principal Victims of Israel’s Genocide

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli war on Gaza is a war on Palestinian children. This was as true on 7 October as it is today. On 17 August, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a seven-day ceasefire to allow children in Gaza to be vaccinated against polio. “I am appealing to all […]

Health Care
Ceasefire Needed: Israel still Bombing areas where Health workers are vaccinating Children for Polio for Part of Each Day

Ceasefire Needed: Israel still Bombing areas where Health workers are vaccinating Children for Polio for Part of Each Day

The Conversation

By Sarah Schiffling, Hanken School of Economics and Liz Breen University of Bradford | – (The Conversation) – A large polio vaccination campaign started in war-torn Gaza on Sunday, September 1. The initiative, which is being led by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to reach over 640,000 children under the age of ten. To […]

Featured
Massive Demonstrations, National Strike in Israel as Crowds blame PM Netanyahu for deaths of Hostages

Massive Demonstrations, National Strike in Israel as Crowds blame PM Netanyahu for deaths of Hostages

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Basil Maghrebi at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that tens of thousands of Israelis participated on Sunday evening in massive demonstrations unprecedented since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack, especially in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. They were demanding a deal of the exchange of hostages that would lead to […]

Climate Crisis
Climate Change has deep historical Roots – Amitav Ghosh explores how Capitalism and Colonialism fit in

Climate Change has deep historical Roots – Amitav Ghosh explores how Capitalism and Colonialism fit in

The Conversation

By Julia Taylor, University of the Witwatersrand and Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand | – (The Conversation) – Amitav Ghosh is an internationally celebrated author of 20 historical fiction and non-fiction books. The Indian thinker and writer has written extensively on the legacies of colonialism, violence and extractivism. His most famous works explore migration, […]

Health Care
200 UN Teams Begin Drive to immunize 600K Palestinian Children in Gaza, Warn that Ceasefire is Essential

200 UN Teams Begin Drive to immunize 600K Palestinian Children in Gaza, Warn that Ceasefire is Essential

Juan Cole

UN News reports that the initial stage of a UN-led polio immunization initiative commenced Sunday in the central regions of Gaza. The undertaking aims to vaccinate 600,000 youngsters in the upcoming days. To curb the polio outbreak in Gaza and avert an international spread of the virus, health workers need to immunize at least 90 […]

Featured
India outstrips Japan in Solar Energy

India outstrips Japan in Solar Energy

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The energy consultancy Ember reports that the growth in solar production in India was 5.9% in 2023, which outstripped the growth in solar in Japan last year. Japan is the fourth-largest economy in the world, and India is the fifth. India was the world’s fastest-growing economy last year at 7.8%, […]

censorship
Tech Giants criticized for Silencing Pro-Palestinian Narratives

Tech Giants criticized for Silencing Pro-Palestinian Narratives

Global Voices

Written byWalid El Houri Read this post in Malagasy, українська, عربي, English, Ελληνικά ( Globalvoices.org ) – The ongoing suppression of Palestinian voices on social media platforms has sparked significant concerns about freedom of expression and the integrity of democratic debate. Organizations like SMEX and 7amleh have been at the forefront of documenting these digital […]

Iran
Is Iran’s anti-Israel and -American Rhetoric all Bark and no Bite?

Is Iran’s anti-Israel and -American Rhetoric all Bark and no Bite?

Shahram Akbarzadeh

(The Conversation) – On August 27, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and his cabinet that talking to the enemy may be useful. In a thinly veiled reference to Iran’s engagement with the international community – and specifically the United States – Khamenei […]

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