Author: Dilip

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Biden’s Israel trip reflects a flawed and hypocritical policy / State Department official resigns over Biden’s handling of conflict

The Biden administration also bears a wider responsibility for the deterioration in Gaza and the extinguishing of Palestinian political aspirations Mohamad Bazzi oe Biden flew to Israel on Wednesday to prove how deeply he and the US political establishment support Israel, even as it intensifies its indiscriminate bombing of Gaza, demands the forced displacement of… Read More Biden’s Israel trip reflects a flawed and hypocritical policy / State Department official resigns over Biden’s handling of conflict

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Delhi Court Upholds Release Of Electronics Devices Seized From Editors Of ‘The Wire’, Says Police Causing Undue Hardship To Them

A Delhi Court has dismissed a plea moved by the Delhi Police against a magisterial court’s order which ordered the release of the electronic devices seized from editors of “The Wire” during searches conducted in October last year in relation to an FIR lodged against them by BJP leader Amit Malviya. The judge added that… Read More Delhi Court Upholds Release Of Electronics Devices Seized From Editors Of ‘The Wire’, Says Police Causing Undue Hardship To Them

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Gaza conflict spills into the West Bank as settler attacks and clashes leave dozens of Palestinians dead

By Zeena Saifi, Becky Anderson and Kareem Khadder, CNN Ibrahim Wadi, 62, and his son Ahmad, 24, were on their way to a funeral for four Palestinians shot dead by Israeli settlers in their occupied West Bank community, when their car came under attack. The father and son were driving through the small village of… Read More Gaza conflict spills into the West Bank as settler attacks and clashes leave dozens of Palestinians dead

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A real friend of Israel would be making it face up to some uncomfortable truths

Haggai Matar Deterring a regional war, if that is what US officials are most concerned about, is indeed a legitimate cause. Biden was also right to denounce the war crimes committed by Hamas on 7 October. The massacres of entire families inside their homes, of defenceless party-goers in the middle of a field, culminating in a death toll… Read More A real friend of Israel would be making it face up to some uncomfortable truths

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Professor Rita Giacaman on The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth: Occupation and Resistance (2018)

In this presentation on ‘The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth: Occupation and Resistance’, Professor Rita Giacaman addresses the impact on wellbeing on young Palestinians as a result of prolonged military occupation. In exploring this issue, Professor Giacaman also considers the positive steps Palestinian youth take to resist the oppressive conditions they face. Decades of studying… Read More Professor Rita Giacaman on The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth: Occupation and Resistance (2018)

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No Path to Ending Bloodshed If Palestinian Rights Continue to Be Denied

By Michel Moushabeck / Truthout Since last weekend I’ve been glued to the news and frantically checking on my family and friends in Gaza and the West Bank. I grieve for the loss of Palestinian and Israeli lives and I mourn with all those who lost loved ones and those who continue to suffer the consequences… Read More No Path to Ending Bloodshed If Palestinian Rights Continue to Be Denied

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United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Adopted by Resolution 260 (III) A of the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 Article 1: The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish. Article 2: In the present Convention, genocide… Read More United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

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The West is the best; or this way to the genocide, ladies and gentlemen

The Israeli army, before the current assault, had killed 7,779 Palestinians in Gaza since 2000 including 1,741 children and 572 women, according to the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem. This figure does not include Gazans who died due to drinking contaminated water or being denied access to medical treatment. Nor does it include the rising… Read More The West is the best; or this way to the genocide, ladies and gentlemen

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The danger of leaving things be: how the world ‘failed miserably’ in the Middle East

The sensitive national security ministry was given to ultra-nationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir, a man with a criminal record so long one judge told the New Yorker: “They had to change the ink on the printer.” .. Daniel Kurtzer, former US ambassador to Israel, took to the pages of the Washington Post to urge Biden to recognise… Read More The danger of leaving things be: how the world ‘failed miserably’ in the Middle East

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