CN Founder Robert Parry’s reporting on the MH-17 air disaster was vindicated when the World Court last week refused to blame Russia for shooting down the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014.
ROBERT PARRY: Vindicated on MH-17 Reporting
Category: U.S. State Department
The US Toppling of Imran Khan
The Pakistani leader probably sealed his fate when, at a rally, he berated the West for pressuring him to condemn Russia over Ukraine at a vote in the United Nations, writes Jeffrey Sachs.
Court Hears Case Alleging Biden Complicit in Genocide
The Center for Constitutional Rights’ case against the U.S. president and secretaries of state and defense seeks an emergency injunction to stop aiding Israel’s bombing.
Biden’s War on Yemen
The unspoken premise for U.S. airstrikes against the Houthis’ is that an active genocide should be permitted to continue, argues Caitlin Johnstone.
How Israel Leverages Genocide With Hamas ‘Massacres’
Gareth Porter reviews the Netanyahu government’s process of planting stories of nonexistent atrocities by Hamas on Oct. 7 with credulous foreign-news outlets and the Biden administration.
US Scolds Israeli Officials for Saying Quiet Part Aloud
The State Department is not actually upset with Ben Gvir and Smotrich for advocating the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, it’s only upset that they said it, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
US Congress: ‘We Stand With Genocide’
U.S. lawmakers, in the last quarter of 2023, approved a series of resolutions smearing pro-Palestine activism as anti-Semitic and giving Israel PR cover for its open-ended killing spree, writes Corinna Barnard.
IDF Knew Real Hamas HQ While Lying About al-Shifa
While telling the world that Hamas HQ was under al-Shifa Hospital, the IDF had already found the actual command center 8.5km away, reports Gareth Porter.
Caitlin Johnstone: White House Fears Gaza Pause Will Let World See Too Much
Washington is nervous the four-day military pause in Gaza could allow journalists to report the extent of the enclave’s devastation, further turning public opinion against Israel.
Blades of Grass
Israelis joke about needing to decimate each generation of Palestinian militants as “mowing the grass,” an ugly metaphor that’s penetrated think-tanks in Official Washington, Elizabeth Murray first reported in 2012.