Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden know that if they lose the American people they are both in serious trouble, says Joe Lauria.
The Thanksgiving Truce
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Caitlin Johnstone: White House Fears Gaza Pause Will Let World See Too Much
Washington is nervous the four-day military pause in Gaza could allow journalists to report the extent of the enclave’s devastation, further turning public opinion against Israel.
Chris Hedges: Israel’s War on Hospitals
Israel is carrying out a campaign to make Gaza uninhabitable. This campaign includes destroying all of Gaza’s hospitals. The message Israel is sending is clear. Nowhere is safe. If you stay you die.
Palestinians Sue US Leaders for Aiding Israel’s Genocide
Biden, Blinken and Austin are being named in court — as well as in the streets around the world — for their unwavering and illegal support of Israeli genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn.
South Africa Can Use its Nuclear Stance to Pressure Israel
Hügo Krüger outlines how Pretoria can use its nuclear-nonproliferation position to pressure and isolate the Netanyahu government internationally for its policy of apartheid and assault on Gaza.
Invoking the Genocide Convention Against Israel
Sam Husseini suggests ways global outrage can be harnessed to help induce a country to invoke the Genocide Convention against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
India’s Massive Shift in Military Policy
After the meeting of U.S. and Indian foreign and defence ministers, M.K. Bhadrakumar says Delhi is shedding its strategic ambivalence and joining Washington‘s adversarial stance on China.
Destroying History to Preserve an Illusion
With the stated aim of providing “context,” The Guardian instead has destroyed the historical context that puts Western foreign policy towards the Middle East in a very grim light, writes Joe Lauria.
Caitlin Johnstone: Israel’s Problem Is Not TikTok
Israel’s problem is not that people are being propagandized into hating it, it’s that enough people are not being successfully propagandized into supporting it.
Chris Hedges: Israel Shutting Down Gaza Human Lab
Israeli weapons and surveillance technologies are cementing a supranational corporate totalitarianism, enslaving populations in ways past totalitarian regimes could only imagine.