Israel has proven particularly adept at inverting and weaponizing a form of identity politics, writes Jonathan Cook.
The Holocaust, BBC & Anti-Semitism Smears
Category: Israel
ICC Should Not Delay Investigating Israeli War Crimes
Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has established an unnecessary condition that slows down the process, writes Marjorie Cohn.
The USA’s Slavish Saudi Allegiance Against Iran
The assassination of a top Iranian general reflects a U.S. foreign policy tied to Saudi interests, says Craig Murray.
VIPS MEMO: Doubling Down Into Yet Another ‘March of Folly,’ This Time on Iran
“We write with a sense of urgency suggesting you avoid doubling down on catastrophe,” VIPS tells Donald Trump in its latest memo to the president.
THE ANGRY ARAB: US Middle East Policy in a Future Democratic Administration
A Democrat in the White House could easily engage the U.S. in more regional conflicts and wars, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
‘Trump Was Handed a Corpse, and He Buried It’
Donald Trump’s Palestine policy has been just a culmination of previous presidents’ conflicted attitude towards the Palestinian question, argues Khaled Elgindy.
THE ANGRY ARAB: U.S. Role in Lebanon’s Crisis Goes Unrecognized
The bulk of Lebanon’s corrupt ruling class are clients of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, not Iran. But this fact is too inconvenient for Western media to point out, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
Iran’s ‘Only Crime Is We Decided Not to Fold’
Pepe Escobar reports on a searing account by Iran’s foreign minister of his country’s relations with the U.S.
‘We Thought the House Was Empty’
With the annexation of 5 million Palestinians in the occupied territory, Vijay Prashad says Israel is content with being an apartheid state.
Trump’s New Policy on Israeli Settlements Is Illegal & Self-Serving
This pandering at the expense of the Palestinians is designed to burnish the president’s bona fides with his Christian Zionist base, writes Marjorie Cohn.