By refusing to acknowledge or name the genocide in Gaza, and persecuting those who do, the liberal class in the U.S. provided the bullets to their executioners.
Chris Hedges: Trump’s Useful Idiots
Tag: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich
Caitlin Johnstone: Israel Shows Its Hand on Gaza
Israeli officials leave no doubt about why Israel is taking a slow-motion strangulation approach to Gaza — to maintain key Western support and shield themselves from war-crimes tribunals.
Gaza’s Graveyard of Illusions
Even a “great tactician” such as Benjamin Netanyahu cannot market genocide as a victory, writes Ramzy Baroud. Nor can a disreputable and dysfunctional army secure a strategic triumph.
‘Gideon’s Chariots’ Aim to Finalize the Genocide
Having gotten away with so many atrocities while the international community looks away, Israel just unveiled the latest escalation of its illegal collective punishment of Gazans, writes Abby Zimet.
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.
Chris Hedges: Genocidal Scorecard
U.N. Special Rapporteur Albanese’s report is an an urgent appeal for a full arms embargo and sanctions on Israel until the genocide of Palestinians is halted.
Chris Hedges: Extermination Works. At First.
In the long term, this indiscriminate violence waged by Netanyahu and those driving Middle East policy in the White House creates adversaries that, sometimes a generation later, outdo in savagery — we call it terrorism.
The Chris Hedges Report: Israel’s Mask Is Slipping
“No going back to Oct. 6” — David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, lays out the essential context of the conflict in Gaza and what to anticipate going forward.
Palestinians Demand ICC Arrest Warrant for Smotrich
Comments this week by the Israeli finance minister about starvation were seen as an “explicit admission of adopting and bragging about the policy of genocide.”
Chris Hedges: The Old Evil
The dramatic escalation of violence in the West Bank is overshadowed by the genocide in Gaza. But it has become a second front. If Israel can empty Gaza, the West Bank will be next.