Hanin Majadli Israelis believe that Israel and the U.S. are fighting for democracy, freedom and human rights in Iran, but if human rights were their guiding principle, the state of affairs would not be as it is in the West Bank, and the Gaza war would not have reached the dimensions of genocide. There are… Read More It’s Astonishing How Israelis Can Identify Cruel, Evil Regimes, but Just Not Their Own
NB: The BJP/RSS rulers shout from the rooftops about their ‘deshbhakti’ (nation-worship); and the iron will of their leaders. But their foreign policy – unlike Nehruvian non-alignment – has always been guided by a hatred of socialism coupled with pro-Western alliances. They supported the American imperialist aggression in Vietnam as a ‘dharm-yuddha‘ or holy war.… Read More India’s strategic autonomy faces its acid test in West Asia / ये विषगुरू ने अमेरिका से इजाजत मांगी ही क्यों
Juan Cole Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Democratic National Committee is sitting on a report that demonstrated that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris lost significant support because of Joe Biden’s perceived “blank check” to the Netanyahu government to pursue its total war on little Gaza. This, according to Holly Otterbein at Axios. The analysis is certainly… Read More Biden delivered the Country to Trump, disbelieving Gaza Death Statistics; they were Underestimates / 17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis
The Captive Mind, Czesław Miłosz’s searing anatomy of authoritarianism, highlights the dangers of self-deception in the name of ‘realism’ The Captive Mind, Czesław Miłosz’s searing anatomy of authoritarianism, tells a story drawn from an older Polish novel by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Insatiability. Europe is about to be overrun by a Sino-Mongolian army that dominates from… Read More Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: From a book on authoritarianism, lessons on ‘realism’ for India
India’s ‘strategic autonomy’ looks more like opportunism, as Modi balances Israel, Iran, and the US while eroding trust in the Global South Bharat Bhushan Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to Tel Aviv, at a time when United States-Iran tensions are high, sends a signal that India has chosen to plant itself firmly in the US-Israeli camp. Modi minced… Read More Modi in Israel: A diplomatic embrace that will cost India dear
Indian media estimate the deals could total $10 billion and are expected to focus on air defense systems against missiles and drones. ‘The mini-war with Pakistan last year led to a shift. India woke up’ Hagai Amit In July 2017, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Israel, he and Prime… Read More The Multibillion-dollar Arms Deals Driving India’s Modi’s Visit to Israel
The UN Special Rapporteur joins Mehdi and our Zeteo town hall audience to call out global powers and promote BDS, as a Zionist disinformation campaign tries to cancel her and get her fired Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, joins Mehdi in a town hall with Zeteo’s paid subscribers after a disinformation campaign… Read More Francesca Albanese Talks Israel, Epstein and the ‘Orgy of Power’
Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania chooses not to claim prize at ‘Cinema for Peace’ gathering in Berlin Six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab was killed along with five relatives and two medics sent to rescue her during an Israeli tank attack in Gaza City on January 29, 2024. (Photo: family photo) Berk Kutay Gokmen The director… Read More Director of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ declines ‘Most Valuable Film’ award
There was a massacre in Israel. In Gaza, there was a genocide. Gideon Levy In the first months following October 7, I constantly used the term massacre to describe what had happened. What I saw with my own eyes as I wandered through the southern border area with photographer Alex Levac could only be defined… Read More To Honor the Memory of Those Massacred on October 7, Israelis Must Recognize Their Actions in Gaza
Palestine Action activists cleared of the aggravated burglary of a UK subsidiary of an Israeli defence firm The families of six Palestine Action activists have hailed a jury’s verdict as a “monumental victory” after they were cleared of the aggravated burglary of a UK subsidiary of an Israeli defence firm. Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner,… Read More Victory in Palestine Action trial, say families / Acquittals Demolish Lies About Palestine Action
After the truth-shower 