The Central American nation laid formal charges against the Federal Republic at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday, demanding Berlin stop arming Israel.
WATCH: Nicaragua v Germany on Genocide Complicity
Tag: Gaza
Chris Hedges: The Death of Amr
Pressure Mounts on Sunak to Stop Arming Israel
Former U.K. Supreme Court justices wrote to the prime minister telling him to cease arms sales to Israel amid a “plausible genocide” in Gaza and also stunningly called for sanctions against Israeli leaders, reports Joe Lauria.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: The Revenge to Come
Thousands of Palestinians — and other Arabs — will be planning violent acts of revenge over Gaza. How far will Arab governments go in shielding U.S. and Israeli interests from their angry populations?
WATCH: US Abstains on UN Ceasefire Resoluton
The first resolution calling for a ceasefire was passed at the U.N. Security Council after months of trying when the United States on Monday abstained rather than issue another veto.
When Criticizing Israel Wasn’t Anti-Semitic
Just two decades ago the difference between anti-semitism and criticism of Israel was clear enough for even a U.S. secretary of state to say so, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: Hedges & Finkelstein on Gaza
Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges discuss the Gaza genocide live at 4:30pm EDT Thursday from Princeton University’s McCosh Hall. Watch it here.
Caitlin Johnstone: Blaming it All on Bibi
Coming under fierce attack for supporting genocide, the U.S. establishment has decided to blame it all on Benjamin Netanyahu to insulate itself from further condemnation.
If Israel Wants to Be an ‘Independent Nation,’ Let It Be
Israel knows it’s fully dependent on the U.S. and cannot sustain its nonstop violence without the backing of the U.S. war machine, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
The Legacy of Thatcher’s War on the Miners
Forty years after their powerful union was crushed in an early battle of neoliberalism, still defiant ex-miners marched last weekend to their closed Yorkshire pit to hear their 86-year old former leader reflect on their struggle, reports Joe Lauria.