Antony Lerman says Israel’s response to the ICJ ruling continues a decades’ old ploy for neutralizing criticism of, and generating sympathy for, the Jewish state
Weaponizing Anti-Semitism Against the World Court
Category: Palestine
Imperiled Gazans Do Have Somewhere to Go
The place where they can go, writes Sam Husseini, is back to the homes in what is now Israel, from which they were forced out in 1948.
Caitlin Johnstone: Israel Needs to be Hated
Perceived anti-semitism is cited as evidence for why Israel needs to be even more violent, militaristic and tyrannical than it already was, and why its brutal treatment of Palestinians is justified and correct.
Israel’s Big Game Propaganda
Israel took advantage of 123 million TV viewers — the most since the 1969 Moon landing — to ply its propaganda during Sunday’s U.S. football championship match, writes Alan MacLeod.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Arabs Divided on ICJ Ruling
The liberal Arab camp thinks the ICJ ruling will lead to a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question, while the popular camp has lost faith in international organizations, including the ICJ.
The Killing Fields of Gaza
Throughout, and to its eternal shame, the West along with Arab governments in the region have stood by and offered nothing in the way of serious and meaningful intervention, writes John Wight.
Patrick Lawrence: Crisis at the NYT
The relationship between the Times and Israeli authorities is now exposed to more light than was ever supposed to shine on it.
South Africa Calls on ICJ to Stop Israel’s Rafah Assault
Pretoria’s urgent request to the World Court on Tuesday calls for further action as Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed more than 100 Palestinian people across Rafah overnight Monday.
Dutch Court Blocks Weapons Parts for Israel
With compliance ordered within a week, the Dutch government plans to appeal the ruling, which came Monday as the country’s prime minister was visiting Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
What Has the Putin Interview Achieved?
Vladimir Putin’s challenge was to tell Americans through Tucker Carlson a complicated and unfamiliar narrative of how dearly Ukrainians and Russians are paying for Putin’s initial naïve trust in the West, writes Tony Kevin.