Reports from around the world on Saturday as popular opposition explodes against Israel’s war and Western support for it it.
Hundreds of Thousands March Against Israel’s War
Analysis, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Iran, Middle East, Middle East, News Analysis, Palestine, Russia, U.N. Security Council, U.S., Uncategorized, United Arab Emirates
US Diplomatic Setbacks Make Isolating Iran Difficult
Not achieving an early ceasefire in Gaza risks Hezbollah opening a second front, confrontation with Iran and a world war, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Nasrallah & the Future of the War
The Hizbullah leader all but made it clear that a larger war is inevitable but he did not want to be the one to announce it.
Caitlin Johnstone: Losing Wolf F’n Blitzer
Not since Iraq has the U.S. empire allowed itself to get caught looking this brazenly evil in front of everyone. There’s only so much propaganda spin you can put on that.
Commentary, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Gaza-Israel Catastrophe — Gaza’s Nightmare
Dan Steinbock lays out the background of the Netanyahu government’s apparent final solution, now underway, for the Palestinian territory. Part 4 in a 5-part series.
Advanced Technologies, Intelligence, Israel, Military, Palestine, Surveillance, U.S., United Nations
Targeting Gaza From US Spy Hub in Australia
Peter Cronau reports on Canberra’s secret support for Israel’s brutal assault on Palestinians in Gaza through NSA intelligence satellites in the U.S. Pine Gap base near Alice Springs.
Asia, Biden Administration, China, Colonialism, Commentary, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Militarism, NATO, North Korea, Palestine, South Korea, U.S., United Nations, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
After Gaza, Conflict in Asia
As the world’s failure to stop massacre after massacre in Gaza shows the deep failure of the U.N.-centered international system, Vijay Prashad turns attention to the conflict looming over Northeast Asia.
Australia, Canada, Commentary, International News Analysis, Israel, New Zealand, Palestine, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Without Hamas, Gaza Would Still Not Be Free
As a classic settler-colonial state, Israel is doing the only thing it knows how to do, writes Jonathan Cook. So long as the West keeps cheerleading, that includes genocide.
Commentary, Intelligence, Israel, Middle East, Militarism, Palestine, Religion, Right Wing, Terrorism, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Gaza-Israel Catastrophe — Far-Right Terror
After the Camp David Accords, the assassins’ message to peacemakers was loud and clear, writes Dan Steinbock: “Don’t even try.” Part 3 of a 5-part series.
Patrick Lawrence: Deeper Into Depravity
In the U.S., those who oppose Israel’s atrocities are getting hit by accusations of anti-Semitism. This reflects a nation in decline, that no longer knows how to make sense of itself.
Afghanistan, Biden Administration, Cold War, Column, Commentary, Europe, Lebanon, NATO, Palestine, Propaganda, Racism, U.S., Ukraine
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Do You Condemn Israel?
The author confronts Western leaders and media for treating the Middle East region with ignorance, racism and disregard for Arab suffering.
Civil Rights, Colonialism, Commentary, Egypt, Human Rights, Israel, Legal, Militarism, Nazism, Palestine, Terrorism, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Gaza-Israel Catastrophe — Autocracy
Dan Steinbock describes the process by which the Netanyahu government has sought to transform Israel from within and annex the occupied territories. Part 2 of a 5-part series.
SCOTT RITTER: John Kirby v. Russian Military
Something is happening between Ukraine and Russia that has the U.S. National Security Council spokesperson desperately trying to prepare the U.S. audience for significant developments.
Afghanistan, Biden Administration, Colonialism, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Germany, Human Rights, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Middle East, Militarism, Nazism, Syria, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Chris Hedges: The Exterminators
Genocide lies at the core of Western imperialism. It is not unique to Israel. It is not unique to the Nazis. It is the building block of Western domination.
Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Militarism, Palestine, Propaganda, U.S., United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Israeli Apologists’ Apartheid Coda
Israel Massacres Civilians to Kill Hamas Leader
Israel has targeted the Jabaliyah refugee camp north of Gaza City for a second day, killing in all at least 100 people and injuring 300, according to the Gaza interior minister.
Caitlin Johnstone: Israel Is Left Only to Gaslight the Public
Israel works so hard to distort your perception of reality because a lucid perception of reality is highly unfavorable to Israeli information interests.
Civil Rights, Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Militarism, Palestine, Right Wing, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Gaza-Israel Catastrophe: ‘Strategy of Tension’
The current war is the latest manifestation of a strategy dating from the aftermath of the 1973 October War and rise of U.S.-Israeli ties, writes Dan Steinbock. First of a five-part series.
New Document Leak on Plan to Expel Gaza Population
A leaked document from the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence to an Israeli news site on Monday lays out a plan to transfer more than 2 million Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt’s Sinai desert, reports Joe Lauria.
The ‘Genocide Moment’
Gaza’s utter devastation and masses of civilians facing death from bombardment and deliberate starvation already presents the world with a spectacle of mass murder of unspeakable proportions, writes Gareth Porter.