When deranged leaders invoke divine catastrophe as a political instrument, it is not only their enemies who are consumed. Unless they are stopped, we will all be victims of these two psychopaths.
Jeffrey Sachs: Two Madmen Play God
Tag: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich
First Gaza, Then the World
In the hands of Israel’s genocidal settler-colonial society, the state of exception is a relentless nightmare that will not stop at the borders of Palestine, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Israel on the Brink
Amid the largest genocide of this century in Gaza and the violent ethnic cleansing on the West Bank, two prominent Jewish historians believe that one democratic secular state in Palestine is not only achievable but inevitable, writes Stefan Moore.
19 New Apartheid Colonies for the Occupied West Bank
The move boosts the illegal expansion drive in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed at least 1,039 Palestinians — at least 225 of them children — over the past two years.
Caitlin Johnstone: On the ‘Ceasefire’
There’s not a lot to feel optimistic about here. If the killing does stop on a lasting basis, it will be a pleasant surprise.
The Day After Genocide in Gaza
Neither the Abu Shabab gang nor the Hebron “emirate” will govern Palestinians, either in Gaza or the West Bank, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Chris Hedges: Trump’s Useful Idiots
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.
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.