The State Department is not actually upset with Ben Gvir and Smotrich for advocating the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, it’s only upset that they said it, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
US Scolds Israeli Officials for Saying Quiet Part Aloud
Tag: Secretary of State Antony Blinken
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Hamas & Arab Public Opinion
The Palestinian people have been waiting for a moment to shake the earth underneath the Israeli army.
Beyond the US Veto: UN Options to Protect Gaza
Any party to the Genocide Convention can submit the matter to the World Court, which could make a finding of genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn. The General Assembly also has an option left.
Palestinians Sue US Leaders for Aiding Israel’s Genocide
Biden, Blinken and Austin are being named in court — as well as in the streets around the world — for their unwavering and illegal support of Israeli genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Gulf Arab Regimes’ Fake Outrage Over Gaza
This may be a new Arab era. The distance between rulers and public has never been wider. The Arab people, under strict conditions of repression, took to social media and the streets to make their rage known to the world.
US & Israel Poised to Open Lebanon Front
M.K. Bhadrakumar analyzes developments in the past few days, including the U.S. announcement that it is deploying a huge nuclear submarine near the war zone.
The Many Lessons of Ukraine War
Combatting Russia to the last Ukrainian was always an odious strategy, writes Chas W. Freeman in this expansive overview.
US Can’t Deal with Defeat
In the U.S., the strongest collective memory of America’s wars of choice is the desirability – and ease – of forgetting them. So it will be when we look at a ruined Ukraine in the rear-view mirror, writes Michael Brenner.
Patrick Lawrence: Unsweet Dreams
The Ukraine question hung over the recent G20 summit even though members have repeatedly signaled their wish to avoid the new cold war that Biden and his foreign-policy people are building.
It’s Hard to Think About the End of the World
Tony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat, just made comments about U.S.-supplied long-range missiles that further raise the risks of a direct confrontation between the world’s two nuclear superpowers, writes Caitlin Johnstone.