Editorial – The Guardian As Israel pursues Hamas, the horrifying cost to civilians demands our attention. The ramifications don’t end there We cannot and must not look away from what is happening in Gaza. Half its population was forced from the north by merciless bombardment…
By Branko Marcetic* – Responsible Statecraft (Quincy Institute) Mounting evidence proves that we cannot believe anything our officials say about the futility of negotiations It’s becoming increasingly difficult to deny the war in Ukraine could have been ended…
By Chris Hedges* Phase One of Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza has ended. Phase Two has begun. It will result in even higher levels of death and destruction The skies over Gaza are filled — after a seven-day truce — with projectiles of death. Attack helicopters.
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* – Modern Diplomacy The African continent is one of the fastest growing energy markets in the world. This is due to the growing economic and demographic potential of African countries, as well as the efforts of many of them to combat climate change.
Alon Pinkas* – The Guardian Paralysed by the demands of the Israeli public and the US, the PM is struggling to offer solutions or a vision of the future Benjamin Netanyahu should have resigned after an hour, then a day, then a week and a month after the 7 October debacle, the…
By Robert Reich* Friends, Henry Kissinger has died, at the age of 100. When a former high government official as well known as Kissinger passes, the conventional response is to say nice things about what they accomplished. I’m sorry but I cannot.
By Cas Mudde *- The Guardian As mainstream politics has shifted to the right, once-fringe parties are gaining support – and moving closer to government The turning point in Geert Wilders’ path to Dutch electoral triumph (if not power) is now thought to have been the…
Michael Hager*- CounterPunch website Israel’s seven-week campaign of retribution for the October 7 massacre has killed untold thousands of Palestinian women and children in Gaza. It has also diverted world attention from Ukraine, where the 22-month trench war drags on into…
By Paul Fishstein* – The Globalist Are we dealing with yet another Afghan refugee crisis? Or an ongoing one?
by Nick Corbishley – Naked Capitalism If Pedro Sánchez were to actually deliver on his word (which is a pretty big “IF”), Spain would become only the second country to recognise Palestinian statehood while being an EU Member State During a tour of Israel and Palestine last week…
