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Dan Steinbock

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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption is not supported by the facts. The attack was avoidable. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After the Hamas-led assault, the Netanyahu cabinet and other high-level Israeli political, […]

Donald Trump
“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is the public face; Jared Kushner, the commissioner; and the Trump White House, the architect. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The jackals are back! In early September, Jared […]

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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, which he is incorporating into Israel. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Notorious as an extremist both in Israel and overseas, yet beloved as a […]

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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New York (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – Recently, The Voice of Hind Rajab won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize in Venice after a 23-minute standing ovation. The docudrama is […]

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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves of famine in Gaza since spring 2024. First weaponized 18 years ago in the Strip, these hunger games could have been preempted several times. Why weren’t they? On Friday, August […]

Genocide
The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

Dan Steinbock

Q&A with Dr Steinbock on The Obliteration Doctrine: Part 2 DG Team                   ( Difference Group ) – The second part of Dr Steinbock’s highly topical new book, The Obliteration Doctrine, examines the West’s long struggle against genocide prevention which has set the stage for mass atrocities. In the second part of The Obliteration Doctrine, Dr […]

Israel/ Palestine
The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

Dan Steinbock

Obliteration and the West’s Complicity A Two-Part Q&A on Dr Steinbock’s The Obliteration Doctrine DG Team       Dr Steinbock’s highly topical new book The Obliteration Doctrine is about the genocide in Gaza, the West’s complicity and long struggle against genocide prevention. ( Difference Group ) – In the Bosnian genocide, mass atrocities took place in just […]

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How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support

How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support

Dan Steinbock

Behind the fog of war and the obliteration of Gaza, Israel’s far-right cabinet has escalated the annexation of the West Bank to Israel. New York (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – Just days ago, the Israeli parliament Knesset passed a motion for the agenda to “apply sovereignty” to the West Bank. Though largely declarative, the […]

Donald Trump
Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more twisted view of US national security. Only days ago, President Trump reiterated that Iran will never have nuclear weapons. Yet, according to US intelligence assessments, Iran was up to three […]

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