EDITORIAL – Le Monde By simultaneously requesting arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli officials on Monday, May 20, for the massacres of Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, and the ensuing murderous war that devastated Gaza, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal…
Editorial – The Guardian The US and others have criticised the chief prosecutor for seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. The ICC needs support The international criminal court was born more than two decades ago, largely from the genocides of Rwanda and Yugoslavia, and…
By Daron Acemoglu* – Project Syndicate If you listen to tech industry leaders, business-sector forecasters, and much of the media, you may believe that recent advances in generative AI will soon bring extraordinary productivity benefits, revolutionizing life as we know it. Yet…
Editorial – The Guardian The high court decision to allow an appeal against extradition is good news. But a political resolution to this saga needs to be sought Given the real possibility of his extradition within days to face espionage charges in the United States, Monday’s…
Solomon and Norman Solomon (*) – InDepthNews2024-05-20 SAN FRANCISCO | 20 May 2024 (IDN) — In 2014, we wrote an article titled “The Blind Alley of J Street and Liberal American Zionism.” At the time, Benjamin Netanyahu was in his sixth continuous year as Israel’s prime minister…
By Livia Malcangio* I am sitting here today with His Excellency Josè Ramos-Horta, President of the Republic of Timor-Leste for the second time. He has served his beloved country throughout his whole life, as the prime minister, as the minister for foreign affairs, but mostly as…
By Jan Lundius* – Inter Press Service Politician and diplomat Erik Solheim argues that developed countries should bear responsibility for the environmental damage they cause. Talking about the Loss and Damage Fund, which is critical to bringing climate justice to communities in…
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter/Independent Media Institute In early April 2024, the navies of four countries—Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States—held a maritime exercise in the South China Sea. Australia’s Warramunga, Japan’s Akebono, the…
By Nadia Batok* – MEER Navigating the ethical implications of humanity’s technological evolution The core values and goals of the humanity are; to ensure that every human life is respected, valued, and protected, rather than disrespected, devalued, and attacked and to bring an…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* The original non-alignment movement occured in 1961 following the Bandung Conference (Indonesia) held in 1955, which was attended by 29 countries, almost all of which had recently been liberated from European colonialism. They accounted for 54% of…
