The “Missiles of April” represent a sea-change moment in Middle Eastern geopolitics — the establishment of Iranian deterrence that impacts both Israel and the United States.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.