Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]
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Israel’s Booby-Trapped Pagers wound Thousands, many Innocent Lebanese Civilians, Contravening Int’l Law
Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Thousands of pagers simultaneously exploded across Lebanon and parts of Syria on September 17, 2024, resulting in at least 12 […]
How the Israeli Settlers Movement shaped Modern Israel
By Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – The increase in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank over the past year […]
The Sphinx and the Sultan: How Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Caused Washington’s Near East Policy to Crash and Burn
I’m reprinting here my most recent Tomdispatch essay for The Nation Institute, on the possible emergence of a centrist Sunni bloc that aims to offset […]
Israel’s True Objectives in Gaza and why it will Fail
( Middle East Monitor ) – Never in its history of war and military occupation has Israel been so incapable of developing a coherent plan […]
Why is maverick NATO member Turkey flirting with the BRICS Bloc?
By Jorge Heine, Boston University | – (The Conversation) – Turkey tends to march to its own drum in international affairs. Take the United Nations […]
25% of 95K Injuries inflicted by Israel in Gaza are “Life-Changing;” Require Medical Care that Israelis Destroyed
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Monday, Israeli bombardments killed 38 people in Gaza. Based on past experience, we can expect a majority of those […]
Trump’s anti-Abortion Drive will Take Lives: Lessons from Ireland on why ‘Reasons-based’ access to Abortion doesn’t Work
By Seána Glennon, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa< | -
Can the World Save Palestine from US-Israeli Genocide?
( Code Pink ) – On September 18th, the UN General Assembly is scheduled to debate and vote on a resolution calling on Israel to […]
Trump-Vance are doing to Haitians what the Israeli Right has done to Palestinians — Demonize a Whole People
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The vile and disgusting tactic of J.D. Vance and Don Trump of spreading false, racist charges against Haitians of eating […]
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