Massive protests by the Cockroach Janta Party over voter roll purges have exposed India’s democratic erosion under Prime Minister Modi, who responded with emergency-era measures including internet disruption, mass detentions of protesters and journalists, and deployment of paramilitary forces.
A UN commission chaired by Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay concluded that Israeli authorities committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, identifying Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Herzog and former Defense Minister Gallant as having incited it. The commission called for a permanent ceasefire, humanitarian access and international accountability measures.
Three years after October 7, 2023, the article argues that the conflict cannot be reduced to that single date, emphasizing the decades of Palestinian occupation, blockade, and displacement that preceded it and continue today. The piece calls for acknowledging the systematic conditions Palestinians faced before the war and addressing the root cause of the conflict rather than using October 7 as justification for ongoing destruction.
By Fereshta Abbasi* and Patricia Gossman** – Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) The Taliban’s authoritarian rule isn’t uniformly enforced. International accountability can exploit those divisions, preserving evidence for future justice while improving conditions for some Afghans…
Three years after October 2023’s Al-Aqsa Flood operation, newly available information reveals Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar warned Israel that rejecting Gaza’s demands for ending the blockade and releasing prisoners would trigger military action, with the operation ultimately serving as a preemptive strike against Israel’s planned devastation of the Strip.
Israeli elections focus on Netanyahu’s alleged foreknowledge of October 7 attacks while avoiding scrutiny of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, Lebanon and broader accountability for civilian casualties and alleged war crimes.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure has coincided with a surge in global antisemitism, widespread international criticism of Israel’s military operations in Gaza and the West Bank, and accusations of ethnic cleansing and war crimes from retired Israeli generals and human rights organizations.
Israeli documentary “Naza” exposing military targeting systems and mass killing in Gaza has sparked fierce backlash from the country’s political establishment during election season, revealing widespread intolerance for dissent about military actions across Israeli society.
Wars in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, and Iran have orphaned hundreds of thousands of children, creating the largest modern orphan crisis. While charities and crowdfunding efforts provide limited relief, only diplomatic solutions and conflict resolutions can address the scale of the tragedy.
By Manuel Tufró* – ScheerPost Twenty-five years ago, four simultaneous suicide attacks on U.S. soil claimed 2,977 lives. Most of the victims were people who worked in the World Trade Center’s twin towers.
