Category: United Nations

US, UK, AUS Defy International Law at UN

Canada, Israel and three Pacific Island nations also voted at the General Assembly on Tuesday against what has been international law since 1967 — namely, that Israel must end its occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights.

WATCH: Solving 4 Wars

Economist and U.N. adviser Jeffery Sachs told the U.N. Security Council on Monday how the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Syria and the Sahel can be quickly brought to an end. 

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.