The “War on Terror” was built on a series of deceptions to persuade the Western public that its leaders were crushing Islamist extremism. In truth, they were nourishing it.
Jonathan Cook: 30 Years of Middle East Lies
Tag: Hamas
Caitlin Johnstone: Slaughtering During a ‘Ceasefire’
Drop Site News reports that more than 80 Palestinians have been killed since Jan. 19 by IDF forces. Imagine if 80 Israelis had been killed by Hamas during that time.
The Ceasefire So Far
Nothing we’ve heard so far from the Israeli state gives confidence that the Gaza ceasefire agreement will last past the first phase, writes Michel Moushabeck.
WATCH: For Once Trump Gets It Right on Censorship
Robert Scheer discusses Trump’s executive order banning government censorship and a range of free-press matters with Consortium News’ editor in chief Joe Lauria.
After Ceasefire, Israel Turns on Regular Target — Jenin
After the Israeli attacks this week on the Jenin refugee camp, Maha Nassar focuses on why the camp is a common target of Israeli offensives and a center of Palestinian militant resistance.
Starmer’s Support for Gaza Ceasefire Riddled With Lies
Estimates are that it will take 80 years to rebuild Gaza, writes Jonathan Cook. How is a “sovereign and viable Palestinian state,” or a “better future,” going to emerge out of ruins on that scale?
Chris Hedges: The Ceasefire Charade
Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every subsequent phase and reignites its military assault.
Blinken Says Israel’s Assault Helped Create as Many Hamas Members as It Killed
Speaking before the ceasefire was announced, Blinken effectively said Israel hadn’t made any advancements in its stated mission of defeating Hamas in more than 15 months of the Israeli military’s genocide in Gaza, writes Sharon Zhang.
Caitlin Johnstone: US Says It’s Genocide … in Sudan
While indirectly backing the genocidal atrocities it now denounces in Sudan, the Biden administration pushes through an $8 billion weapons shipment to Israel as a blood-soaked punctuation mark on the U.S. president’s far-too-long political career.
Israel, Not the ‘Liberators,’ Will Decide Syria’s Fate
Syria’s future under al-Qaeda spin-off HTS will come in two flavours only, writes Jonathan Cook. Either submit and collude like the West Bank, or end up wrecked like Gaza.