At this point, Washington’s defense of Israel becomes as baldly obscene as the apartheid state’s long record of lawless aggression toward the Palestinian population.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Decency Becomes Indecent
Tag: Gaza
West Bank Clergyman Calls on NZ PM to Oppose Israel’s War Crimes
Vice chancellor of Bethlehem University Brother Peter Bray says what he has witnessed is ‘close to genocide’ and is pushing NZ’s caretaker PM to speak out against collective punishment of Gazans, writes Mick Hall.
Israel Ready to Arrest Journalists for Reporting Facts
Israel’s communications minister has acknowledged that his proposal is aimed at shutting down Al Jazeera in Israel and Gaza. A Monday vote on the regulations was postponed by the attorney general.
WATCH: CNLive! — Global Greens: War or Peace? (in Gaza & Ukraine)
Peace was among the worldwide Green movement’s founding principles. But with wider wars threatening in Ukraine and the Middle East, the Green movement is divided over peace and war.
WATCH: A Last Message From Gaza?
“Today may be my last day. My family and I will not make the mistake of the Nakba of 1948. … I do not forgive the world, from east to west, for what will happen to us.”
The US Quandary Over Gaza
Despite the massive show of force off the waters of Israel, the Biden Administration is profoundly uneasy about any escalation of the conflict into a wider war, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
When Israel Worried About Killing Civilians in Gaza
It seems now light years away from when Israel worried about the international reaction to killing Gazan civilians, as Joe Lauria reported in this interview with an ex-Israel Navy commander and Shin Bet chief in 2012.
Lawless in Gaza: Why the West Backs Israel No Matter What
As Western politicians line up to cheer on Israel as it starves and bombs Gaza’s civilians, it’s important to understand how we reached this point – and what it means for the future, writes Jonathan Cook.
Ray McGovern: A Matter of Justice
The extremists now heading the Israeli government have made no secret of their plans to move even more forcefully against the Palestinians. It was and is a powder keg that has now exploded.
SCOTT RITTER: Israel’s Massive Intelligence Failure
The origins of Israel’s intelligence failure on the Hamas attacks can be traced to the decision to rely on AI instead of the contrarian analysis born of the earlier intelligence failure of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.