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War Forever, Everywhere: Unexploded Ordnance and the Weaponry We Leave Behind
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: armed conflict lasts for decades after battles end and its effects ripple thousands of miles beyond actual […]
Hezbollah Targets Israeli Airbase as Lebanon-Israel Attacks Escalate; Americans told to Flee
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that Hezbollah escalated its rocket attacks on northern Israel and Syria’s Golan Heights occupied by Israel. Some […]
A Ceasefire is not Enough in Gaza
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The numbers are clear. The temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in November last year resulted in the […]
Israel’s Exploding Pagers Operation against Hezbollah was a Highly Illegal Booby Trap
By Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – The operation that used pagers and walkie-talkies to kill members of the […]
The American Dream isn’t Dead; but it’s on Life Support
Portland, Or. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the run-up to the 2024 Presidential election, the concept of the American Dream has become more […]
Afghan Women have been robbed of Health Care, Education and now their Voices. But they won’t remain Silent
By Susan Hutchinson, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – Last month, the Taliban passed a new “vice and virtue” law, making it illegal […]
From Stuxnet to Gospel to Pager Bombs, Israel is leading the Weaponization of the digital World
By Ibrahim Al-Marashi ( The National ) – A series of pager explosions across Lebanon, and secondary attacks on walkie-talkies the following day, have killed […]
Does Israel’s Weaponizing of Hezbollah Pagers signal the Start of a Regional War?
Israel’s massive cyber-attack on Lebanon on 17 and 18 September, with the near-simultaneous explosion of 3,000-4,000 pagers and walkie-talkies, has killed a few dozen Hezbollah […]
Sudan’s civilians urgently need protection: the options for international peacekeeping
By Jenna Russo, City University of New York | – (The Conversation) – In September 2024, the United Nations’ independent fact-finding mission to Sudan issued […]
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