Knowing well in advance that Russia would reject it, the U.S. and Ukraine announced with fanfare that its ceasefire deal was in “Russia’s court” in what was an exercise of pure public relations, writes Joe Lauria.
“Obfuscating the killer” — Mohammed El-Kurd on his new book and the kind of journalism that transforms Palestinians into humanitarian subjects, avoiding a critical discussion of Zionism as the root of the occupation and the suffering.
Here we are, watching the Western press give Netanyahu cover to commit more war crimes in full confidence that he will be supported by the Adelson asset in the White House.
“Endemic spiritual death” — Farah El-Sharif on this time of harrowing dehumanization of Muslim communities worldwide by a global Western war of terror.
The “War on Terror” was built on a series of deceptions to persuade the Western public that its leaders were crushing Islamist extremism. In truth, they were nourishing it.