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If Hamas is a terrorist organization — which it is, without question, then so is the Israeli government / Biden’s lethal trap

By NORMAN SOLOMON Labels are central to the politics of media. And no label has been more powerful than “terrorist.”  A single standard of language should accompany a consistent standard of human rights, which the world desperately needs. “If thought corrupts language,” George Orwell wrote, “language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and… Read More If Hamas is a terrorist organization — which it is, without question, then so is the Israeli government / Biden’s lethal trap

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Ayatollah’s justice: Iranian mother jailed for 13 years after denouncing the murder of her son

After her son was killed, Yazdani publicly condemned the regime’s attacks on protesters and called for justice for her son and others killed in the demonstrations. Her trial and sentencing came very soon after she was arrested at her home on 22 August. Mohammad Javad Zahedi with his mother, Mahsa Yazdani. She was jailed after… Read More Ayatollah’s justice: Iranian mother jailed for 13 years after denouncing the murder of her son

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Israeli Ministry of Intelligence recommends forcible and permanent transfer of Gaza’s 2.2 million Palestinian residents to Egypt

NB: It is a hundred years since arch-imperialist Lord Curzon, as Britain’s Foreign Secretary in 1923 warned that the driving out of peoples (in the exchanges between Greece and Turkey) was ‘a thoroughly bad and vicious solution, for which the world will pay a heavy penalty for a hundred years to come’: R.M. Douglas, Orderly and Humane: The… Read More Israeli Ministry of Intelligence recommends forcible and permanent transfer of Gaza’s 2.2 million Palestinian residents to Egypt

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Israel reportedly proposed writing off Egypt’s debts for hosting Gaza refugees

An Israeli news report claims that the Netanyahu government has offered a raft of proposals to entice Egypt to open its doors to two million displaced Palestinians, despite Cairo’s rejection NB: Arch-imperialist Lord Curzon, as Britain’s Foreign Secretary in 1923 warned that the driving out of peoples (in the exchanges between Greece and Turkey) was ‘a… Read More Israel reportedly proposed writing off Egypt’s debts for hosting Gaza refugees

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Gangsters are the villains in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ — but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government

Forced removal touched every tribe east of the Mississippi River and several tribes to the west of it. In total, about 100,000 American Indians were removed from their homelands to western reservations. Director Martin Scorsese’s new movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells the true story of a string of murders on the Osage Nation’s land in Oklahoma… Read More Gangsters are the villains in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ — but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government

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The US invaded the island of Grenada 40 years ago. The legacy of revolution lives on

Bhaskar Sunkara You wouldn’t have guessed he was in enemy territory. Addressing 2,500 people at New York’s Hunter College one June night in 1983, Maurice Bishop won the crowd over with ease, covering everything from the Palestinian struggle to Ronald Reagan’s Medicaid cuts. At one point, the 39-year-old prime minister of Grenada described a “secret report” from… Read More The US invaded the island of Grenada 40 years ago. The legacy of revolution lives on

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South American countries recall ambassadors and cut ties with Israel / Belgian workers refuse to handle arms shipments for Israel

A number of South American countries have registered diplomatic protests against Israel, in response to its latest conflict with Hamas, with Bolivia’s leftwing government cutting ties entirely and attributing its decision to alleged war crimes and human rights abuses being committed in the Gaza Strip. The decision by Bolivia was announced at a press conference on… Read More South American countries recall ambassadors and cut ties with Israel / Belgian workers refuse to handle arms shipments for Israel

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‘A new Nakba’: settler violence forces Palestinians out of West Bank villages / Israel bombs Jabalia refugee camp; Director, UNHCHR resigns to protest genocide

Life in Zanuta, a Palestinian village atop a windy ridge in the desolate south Hebron hills, deep in the occupied West Bank, has never been easy. The community are mostly herders who raise goats and sheep through the barren landscape’s scorching summers and freezing winters, and who have steadfastly refused to leave their homes despite… Read More ‘A new Nakba’: settler violence forces Palestinians out of West Bank villages / Israel bombs Jabalia refugee camp; Director, UNHCHR resigns to protest genocide

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