A barrister for Israel argued that Israeli prime minister and cabinet members’ statements of intent to commit genocide were mere “random assertions,” and he instead accused South Africa of complicity in genocide, reports Joe Lauria.
Israel presented its defense on the second day of a two-day hearing at the World Court in South Africa v. Israel on the charge of genocide. Watch the replay.
Israel is reeling under collective shock because of its tendency to pay close attention to analyses of Israel and its supporters — while largely neglecting the Palestinian viewpoint, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Gareth Porter reviews the Netanyahu government’s process of planting stories of nonexistent atrocities by Hamas on Oct. 7 with credulous foreign-news outlets and the Biden administration.
Hamas’ Oct. 7 operation laid waste to Israel’s belief that Palestinians can be siphoned off into Bantustans while the colonizing state enjoys peace and expansion, writes Tareq Baconi.
The Palestinian people have been waiting for a moment to shake the earth underneath the Israeli army.
The pro-Israel affinity of propagandists aligned with majoritarian Hindutva political forces in India is rooted in Islamophobia, writes Ullekh N.P., and the MSM remains silent about it.
U.S. lawmakers, in the last quarter of 2023, approved a series of resolutions smearing pro-Palestine activism as anti-Semitic and giving Israel PR cover for its open-ended killing spree, writes Corinna Barnard.
False accusations of anti-semitism are all Israel and its defenders have left. Once the “But Hamas!” and “But Oct. 7!” excuses are spent, false accusations of hating Jews is all that remains, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
