“It took the weight of the British Empire to turn the Zionist dream … into an agenda.” Historian and author Eugene Rogan on the consequences of the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Chris Hedges Report: Roots of Mideast Conflict
Category: United Nations
Suspending Israel From the UN
Members could employ the same mechanism used in 1974 to freeze apartheid South Africa out of the General Assembly, Anton Ferreira reports.
Israel Staging Largest Attack on West Bank in Decades
Israel Katz, Israel’s foreign minister, indicated that this was a planned escalation, saying the military was operating in “full force.”
Probing US Regime-Change in Pakistan & Bangladesh
Jeffrey D. Sachs says the U.N. should investigate the charges that Imran Khan and Sheik Hasina have leveled against Washington.
Scott Ritter: Remembering Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue, the legendary American television talk show host, died Sunday at 88. The author recalls his appearances on Donahue’s top-rated show as he questioned the rationale to invade Iraq in 2003.
SCOTT RITTER: A Farewell to Truth
The F.B.I. agents did more than seize my personal electronics when they searched my home on Aug. 7, the author writes. They stole the truth.
Is the Ukraine War Spilling Into Africa?
In the aftermath of a deadly ambush of Russian troops operating alongside Malian armed forces, Damilola Banjo looks into fears of parts of Africa becoming a proxy war zone.
Palestinians Blame US for Massacre in Gaza
The Palestinian Authority says it holds the Biden administration responsible for the attack on the al-Tabin school due to its financial, military and political support for Israel.
Palestinians Demand ICC Arrest Warrant for Smotrich
Comments this week by the Israeli finance minister about starvation were seen as an “explicit admission of adopting and bragging about the policy of genocide.”
What the UN Chief Can Do for Gaza
Mona Ali Khalil urges António Guterres to invoke Article 99 again. This time not to make exhortations, but to account for what has happened on and since Oct. 7 and chart a path to lasting peace.