The current war is the latest manifestation of a strategy dating from the aftermath of the 1973 October War and rise of U.S.-Israeli ties, writes Dan Steinbock. First of a five-part series.
Gaza-Israel Catastrophe: ‘Strategy of Tension’
Category: International
New Document Leak on Plan to Expel Gaza Population
A leaked document from the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence to an Israeli news site on Monday lays out a plan to transfer more than 2 million Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt’s Sinai desert, reports Joe Lauria.
The ‘Genocide Moment’
Gaza’s utter devastation and masses of civilians facing death from bombardment and deliberate starvation already presents the world with a spectacle of mass murder of unspeakable proportions, writes Gareth Porter.
Craig Murray: Something Has Snapped
There seems to be a presumption the general population harbour the same Zionist assumptions which the journalists are paid to promote. Well, we don’t.
Obscuring Mass Murder
As Israeli siege warfare cuts Gazans off from both electricity and communications, we’re seeing the lights go out in Gaza in more ways than one, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Settler Colonialism
What’s happening today and for the last 100 years in Palestine is consistent with the history of the West for the last 500 years, a reader writes.
WATCH: UN General Assembly Votes for Gaza Ceasefire
The U.N. General Assembly on Friday voted 120 votes in favor, 14 against and 45 abstentions in a non-binding resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Biden Risks Complicity in Genocide, Warns Brief
“The United States — and U.S. citizens, including and up to the president — can be held responsible for their role in furthering genocide,” says a brief by experts at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Biden Loses Democratic Support With Israel Backing
The Biden administration has asked Congress for $14 billion in additional military aid to Israel, despite warnings he and other officials could be rendering themselves complicit in genocide.
The Genocidal Language Behind Israel’s Intent in Gaza
Long before Oct. 7, the Zionist-Israeli discourse was always that of racism, dehumanization, erasure and, at times, outright genocide, writes Ramzy Baroud.