Too many taking sides in this conflict miss the true nature of Hamas – and Netanyahu

Jonathan Freedland Recall how counter-terrorist strategists had to rethink all that they knew when first confronted with suicide bombers. It’s hard to deter a terrorist who does not fear death. That’s true writ large for an organisation that has explicitly said it is “proud to sacrifice martyrs”. Not its own leaders, mind, many of whom live in… Read More Too many taking sides in this conflict miss the true nature of Hamas – and Netanyahu

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Israel’s Secret Plan of Ethnic Cleansing (w/ Jessica Buxbaum)

On this episode of Journalists for Sale, co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos talk to Jessica Buxbaum, the American-Israeli journalist who covers Israel and Palestine for MintPress News and has also been featured in a number of other outlets including the Middle East Eye, The New Arab, The National, Al Jazeera and Mondoweiss. Based in… Read More Israel’s Secret Plan of Ethnic Cleansing (w/ Jessica Buxbaum)

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IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ

Julian Borger in Washington Prior to their capture of Dar al-Shifa hospital, the Israel Defense Forces went to great lengths to depict the medical complex as a headquarters for Hamas, from where its attacks on Israel were planned. The evidence produced so far falls well short of that. IDF videos have shown only modest collections… Read More IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ

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Brave Labour MPs have voted with their conscience. Where is Keir Starmer’s ?

a Palestinian child is being killed every 10 minutes, entire generations of families have been wiped out. Like anyone seriously engaging with the past weeks’ events, they know Israel’s government is hardly being subtle: this weekend, a minister claimed Israel was instituting a new Nakba, the expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians in 1948; that the defence minister justified a… Read More Brave Labour MPs have voted with their conscience. Where is Keir Starmer’s ?

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Renewed Fascism: In Gaza Western Elites Live Out Genocidal Fantasy Against Global South

“Only those who can kill deserve to live” : American-led liberalism boils down to this See the full interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-vi… This is a mask off moment for the imperialist West. All of the sociopathic narcissism that underpins the dystopian global order they created is on display for everyone to see. They have made… Read More Renewed Fascism: In Gaza Western Elites Live Out Genocidal Fantasy Against Global South

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Claudia Koontz: Hitler’s Assault on the Golden Rule

First posted December 29, 2011 The Third George J. Wittenstein Lecture: Hitler’s Assault on the Golden Rule  To ‘resist’, from the Latin resistere, means to stand fast, to uphold principles against pressure to abandon them Claudia Koonz discusses the appeal of the Nazis’ mandate to ‘Love only the neighbour who is like thyself’ Using examples… Read More Claudia Koontz: Hitler’s Assault on the Golden Rule

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Bertrand Russell’s Last Message on Israel and Palestine

This statement on the Middle East was dated 31st January, 1970, and was read on 3rd February,the day after Bertrand Russell’s death, to an International Conference of Parliamentariansmeeting in Cairo. See/hear on YouTube. The latest phase of the undeclared war in the Middle East is based upon a profoundmiscalculation. The bombing raids deep into Egyptian… Read More Bertrand Russell’s Last Message on Israel and Palestine

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