The relationship between the Times and Israeli authorities is now exposed to more light than was ever supposed to shine on it.
Patrick Lawrence: Crisis at the NYT
South Africa Calls on ICJ to Stop Israel’s Rafah Assault
Pretoria’s urgent request to the World Court on Tuesday calls for further action as Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed more than 100 Palestinian people across Rafah overnight Monday.
Russian Imperialism?
Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin points to the fundamental difference between imperialism and revanchism as Western critics purposely or ignorantly confuse the two to serve their interests, writes Joe Lauria.
Biden Administration, Canada, European Union, Germany, Human Rights, Legal, Military Industry, Netherlands, U.S., United Kingdon, War Crimes
EU’s Borrell: Cut Off Arms to Israel
On Monday, the EU’s top foreign policy official rebuked the U.S. president and other world leaders for decrying the loss of life in Gaza while also sending weapons to the Netanyahu government.
Dutch Court Blocks Weapons Parts for Israel
With compliance ordered within a week, the Dutch government plans to appeal the ruling, which came Monday as the country’s prime minister was visiting Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
Biden Administration, Censorship, Commentary, France, Germany, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdon
What Has the Putin Interview Achieved?
Vladimir Putin’s challenge was to tell Americans through Tucker Carlson a complicated and unfamiliar narrative of how dearly Ukrainians and Russians are paying for Putin’s initial naïve trust in the West, writes Tony Kevin.
American Empire, China, Colonialism, Commentary, Economy, Latin America, Russia, U.S., U.S. State Department, United Nations, Venezuela
25 Years of Venezuelan Defiance
Some of the nations that have banded together to defend the U.N. Charter — particularly Russia and China — have provided Venezuela with alternatives to the U.S.-dominated financial and trade system, writes Vijay Prashad.
Commentary, France, Israel, Palestine, Politics, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
DIANA JOHNSTONE: Genocide Meets French Devotion to Israel
French support to Israel is longstanding and political, but tinged with semi-religious devotion rooted in recent history.
Chris Hedges: Let Them Eat Dirt
The Nazis in 1942 systematically starved the 500,000 men, women and children in the Warsaw Ghetto. This is a number Israel intends to exceed.
WATCH: All Hands on Deck for Assange
Days before his son’s hearing in London, John Shipton, Julian Assange’s father. addressed a gathering at the National Assembly in Paris this week after a screening of the film Ithaka.
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Dear Mr High Commissioner: Help Free Assange
In an open letter, Christophe Peschoux, recently retired from the U.N. Human Rights Office, calls on his former boss to help the WikiLeaks publisher, whose legal appeal will be heard in London later this month.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Election 2024, NATO, Russia, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
The Biden-Schumer Plan to Kill More Ukrainians
The $61 billion will make no difference on the battlefield except to prolong the war, the tens of thousands of deaths and the physical destruction of Ukraine, writes Jeffrey Sachs.
Pilger & the Palestinians
We lost a major voice in defense of the Palestinian people in the midst of a campaign to eradicate them from Gaza and drive them from the West Bank.
Analysis, Commentary, Constitution, Legal, Media, Press Freedom, Russia, Russiagate, U.S. Supreme Courrt
Scott Ritter: Tucker Madness Is Good for America
Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin tonight will deliver an antidote to dangerous Russophobia in the U.S. while unleashing an insane reaction from Western elites.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Media, Militarism, Propaganda, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, U.S.
Corporate Media’s Push for US War in Yemen
The four leading media outlets studied by MintPress regularly presented the U.S. bombing one of the world’s poorest countries as a method of defending itself. Alan McLeod reports.
Biden Administration, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Militarism, Saudi Arabia, Syria, U.N. Security Council, U.S., U.S. State Department, United Nations
Israel Kills Civilians in Syria; Rejects Gaza Peace Deal
The attacks on Wednesday came hours before top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken, whose stated goal is to restrain regional escalation of the Netanyahu regime’s war on Gaza, arrived in Tel Aviv.
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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Lost & Fearful in The Middle East
Australia, Biden Administration, Canada, Commentary, France, Germany, Human Rights, Israel, Japan, Palestine
Chris Hedges: The Silence of the Damned
Leading humanitarian and civic institutions, including major medical institutions, refuse to denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This exposes their hypocrisy and complicity.
Analysis, Commentary, Legal, Netherlands, Robert Parry, Russia, U.S. State Department, Ukraine, United Nations
ROBERT PARRY: Vindicated on MH-17 Reporting
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.
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Israel’s Claims Against UN Relief Agency Lack Evidence
The Daily Beast also obtained a copy of the Israeli dossier and —similar to Channel 4 — reported Tuesday that it “includes little evidence to back up” Israel’s allegations against UNRWA employees.