As the vote on full U.N. membership for Palestine shows, the only way to understand the U.S.-centralized global power structure is to watch what its officials do, not say.
Caitlin Johnstone: US Doesn’t Want ‘2-State Solution’
Category: United Nations
WATCH: US Vetoes Palestine UN Membership as Russia Walks Out
UPDATED: Video of U.N. Security Council meeting Thursday when the U.S. vetoed full U.N. membership for Palestine as the Russian delegation walked out in protest before Israel’s speech. Joe Lauria reports.
US & UK Again Fail Palestine
Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares on the two powers that have done the most to wreck the Middle East.
Scott Ritter: The Missiles of April
The “Missiles of April” represent a sea-change moment in Middle Eastern geopolitics — the establishment of Iranian deterrence that impacts both Israel and the United States.
WATCH: UN Security Council Meets on Iran-Israel Conflict
Watch as the council debated rising Mideast tensions after Iran retaliated Sunday for Israel’s attack on its embassy in Damascus.
Secrets of the Weapons Trade
The Australian government is obscuring weapons exports to Israel despite the World Court’s ruling to oppose “plausible genocide,” writes Michelle Fahy.
Vijay Prashad: Violating Diplomatic Missions
From Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus to Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, leaders feel emboldened by the impunity granted by the Global North.
WATCH: Nicaragua v Germany on Genocide Complicity
The Central American nation laid formal charges against the Federal Republic at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday, demanding Berlin stop arming Israel.
How Israel Weaponizes Water
Even before Israel’s most recent attack on Gaza, 97 percent of the water in the sole coastal aquifer of Gaza was already unsafe for human consumption, writes Vijay Prashad.
Over 100 Britons Among Israeli Soldiers & Settlers
The disclosure by the foreign secretary’s staff — in response to Declassified UK’s freedom of information request — suggests Parliament was misled, Phil Miller reports.