Is it Time for Palestine to be Voted UN Member State?
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jan 5 2024 (IPS) – The atrocities against Palestinians in a ruthlessly devastated Gaza — with over 21,000 mostly civilian deaths in retaliation to the killings of 1,200 inside Israel —have resurrected a longstanding…
The Organized Crime Threat to Latin American Democracies
By Council on Foreign Affairs Blog Post by Will Freeman, via Los Angeles Times Governments have learned to manage many threats, but they are failing to curb the growing power of organized crime. Peru’s last dictator, Alberto Fujimori, has pulled off a…
Fantasy, Illusion and Reality in Two Wars
Michael Hager* – CounterPunch website Wars seem to breed fantasy: hero worship, victory parades, exuberant patriotism, or “a war to end all wars.” Such fantasies are usually based on inflated expectations, grand illusions, or outright lies. Even some of history’s great…
Dennis Ross: On Gaza, ‘Netanyahu’s Far-right Ministers Aren’t Living in Reality’
Podcast Haaretz Weekly, Israel Ambassador Dennis Ross has played an important role in U.S. Middle East policy in recent decades, being the point man in the peace process in both the George W.
On the Betrayers of Julian Assange
By John Pilger* – New Matilda – TRANSCEND Media Service I have known Julian Assange since I first interviewed him in London in 2010. I immediately liked his dry, dark sense of humour, often dispensed with an infectious giggle.
Saving Israel by Ending Its War in Gaza
Sachs * – Common DreamsWhen Congress returns in January, President Joe Biden will push the case to deepen American complicity in Israel’s war in Gaza through another US armaments package for Israel. Americans should raise their voice in a resounding no.An arms package…
Javier Milei is preparing a beautiful New Year’s gift for the richest man in the world, Elon Musk
by Nick Corbishley* – Naked Capitalism Musk is “extremely interested” in Argentina’s vast lithium deposits, according to Milei. So too, apparently, is the US Government and many other US companies.
PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2024
Project Syndicate editors Among the big issues and trends that will dominate attention in the year ahead are threats to democracy, major wars, and looming economic risks. If there is any cause for hope, it will lie in promising innovations and the possibility that the center may…
How Israel Could Lose America
By Shalom Lipner*- Foreign Affairs Netanyahu Risks Letting the War in Gaza Jeopardize an Essential Alliance Israelis are still reeling from the devastating effects of the most colossal intelligence and operational failure in their country’s 75-year history. Israel’s long-held…