Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and that denying food to people is part of a genocidal campaign. Like Human Rights Watch and other human rights non-govermental organizations, Amnesty International is extremely cautious and only issued the […]
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Middle East
Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel
By Amin Saikal, The University of Western Australia (The Conversation) – Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said recently the Israeli cabinet has “lost its reason and humanity” in Gaza, reflecting a widespread view around the world. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s staunch defiance over the Gaza war has led many Western states to recognise the […]
From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I spent the summer of 1965 arguing about the Vietnam War. I was 13, and my interlocutor was my 18-year-old camp counselor in Vermont. She was headed for U.C. Berkeley in the fall, where she would, as she later described it, “major in history and minor in rioting.” Meanwhile, I was […]
Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?
The United States must move beyond rhetoric about Hamas’s “bad faith” and offer incentives—such as aid packages or sanctions relief—to bolster moderate Palestinian voices. By Imran Khalid | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – In Gaza, where hunger gnaws at children and rubble buries hope, the Arab League issued a rare, unified declaration in […]
‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent
By Clare Corbould, Deakin University (The Conversation) – Omar El Akkad does not want you to look away. An award-winning journalist and novelist, El Akkad was born in Egypt, lived as a teenager in Qatar and Canada, and migrated as an adult to the US, where he now lives with his family in the Pacific […]
Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it
By Shooka Bidarian, United Nations University and Mark Maslin, UCL (The Conversation) – From arid deserts and alpine meadows to dense wetlands and temperate forests, Iran’s natural landscapes give rise to rich native wildlife. This country is home to over 8,000 species of plants, nearly 500 bird species and 194 mammals. The UN has listed […]
Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians
by Maheera Munir
Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to high profile trade wars and confrontations over Taiwan. The outcome of the two sides’ efforts to entrench their control over the physical infrastructure that underlies the digital world of the […]
The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity
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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