Bob Scheer’s long interview with me, “Where is the Middle East Heading?” is available at ScheerPost. I’m providing an excerpt below, but be sure to head on over to his site for the entire interview and audio link, as well as the full transcript. I’m embedding the full YouTube video believe. Excerpt from the Interview […]
Archives for October 2024
How Netanyahu’s Ambitions in Lebanon undermine Biden’s Middle East Strategy
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The Biden administration’s approach to the Middle East crisis that erupted in the wake of October 7, 2023 is on the brink of collapse. Israel’s aggressive maneuvers, coupled with Iran’s growing involvement, are pushing the region toward a full-scale war, one that the Biden administration ostensibly hoped to […]
UN: Gaza home to largest Number of amputee Children in modern History
( Middle East Monitor ) – In a statement to the UN General Assembly, Lisa Doughten from OCHA warned of the dire humanitarian situation in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, saying the besieged Strip ‘is home to the largest cohort of child amputees in modern history’. ‘Each day 10 children are losing 1 or […]
UNHCHR: Israel Guilty of Deliberately Destroying Gaza Healthcare and … Extermination
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a report dated October 11th, the United Nations Office of the High Commission on Human Rights concluded that Israel has implemented a deliberate policy of destroying Gaza’s healthcare system and is guilty of the crime against humanity of “extermination.” The numbers revealed by the investigation for the first nine […]
How to find Hope and Common Ground one Year into Gaza War
Nandini Naira Archer ( OpenDemocracy.net ) On the year anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks and the start of the devastating war on Gaza that’s killed more than 15,000 Palestinian children, there appears no end in sight. If anything, this month it’s escalated further with violence spreading to Iran, Lebanon and Jordan. All-out war […]
What the Messianic Hardliners in Netanyahu’s Government want from the War
By Paul Rogers, University of Bradford | – (The Conversation) – Much recent media focus has rightly been on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, where Hamas assailants murdered nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals and abducted a further 251. Coverage has also centred on Israel’s expanding ground operation in Lebanon, which follows an […]
“Greater Israel:” Cabinet Minister Plots Seizure of Territory from 6 Neighbors, including Lebanon
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Thursday that Israel has no designs on Turkey, denying charges by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that “the Israeli government, which has gone mad in the Holy Land, will possibly target our homeland with its religious fanaticism after Palestine and Lebanon.” Unfortunately for Herzog, on the […]
UN Peacekeepers at Risk from Israeli Army as they Protect Civilians in Southern Lebanon
By Chiara Ruffa, Sciences Po and Vanessa Newby, Leiden University | – (The Conversation) – United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have reported a series of incidents over the past few days in which they have been endangered by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) as Israel continues its incursion into southern Lebanon. Two members of the […]
The New Climate Colonialism
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Considered Angola’s crown jewel by many, Lobito is a colorful port city on the country’s scenic Atlantic coast where a nearly five-kilometer strip of land creates a natural harbor. Its white sand beaches, vibrant blue waters, and mild tropical climate have made Lobito a tourist destination in recent years. Yet under […]
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