Says he is asking Jordan and Egypt to take as many as 1.5 million Gazans in what would be an historic act of the crime of ethnic cleansing, reports Joe Lauria.
Trump Wants to ‘Clean Out That Whole Thing,’ Meaning the People of Gaza
Category: Middle East
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Hostage Diplomacy’
Australia has done little to free its citizen, Robert Pether, a civil engineer working on a new Iraq Central Bank building, who was essentially kidnapped by Iraqi officials.
Imperial Presidency Marches On
As he was sworn in for a second time, Donald Trump openly declared America to be a territorial empire that would expand, even to Mars, reports Joe Lauria.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: A History of Foreign Intrigue in Lebanon
The U.S. took advantage of a changing regional and domestic environment to make a favorable arrangement for itself this time. But the notion that it can drag Lebanon into the pro-Israeli orbit of the Gulf will prove illusory.
Craig Murray: US Pet Now President of Lebanon
That General Joseph Aoun is the U.S. and Israel’s man is not in doubt. This is another defeat for Hezbollah following its disastrous ceasefire agreement, which led to the same-day start of the assault on their ally Assad.
It Is Happening, While It’s Happening
The words of playwright Harold Pinter’s 2005 Nobel Prize acceptance speech speak volumes about outlets like Consortium News and the so-called anti-disinformation industry.
WATCH: A History of Expansion
CN Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria joined the Rachel Blevins Show to discuss the incoming Trump regime in the context of a history of U.S. territorial expansion in a world that increasingly opposes it.
CN’s Most Read List of 2024
From Julian Assange, to the deindustrialized north of England, the ongoing war in Ukraine and the genocide in Gaza, here are Consortium News‘ most read articles of 2024.
John Pilger: Afflictor of the Powerful
John Pilger died a year ago on Dec. 30, 2023. Better than just about anyone else, he used his prodigious talents to simply do his job as a reporter, writes Joe Lauria.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Six Scenarios for Syria
The situation of Syria is like the chaos of Libya but there are many more actors (local and external) operating, making it difficult to foresee what will happen.