Tag: Global War and Violence

Aid Massacre: Israeli Forces Kill 75 Palestinians at U.S.-Run Aid Distribution Center. June 3, 2025

Another U.S.-run aid center was the site of a massacre in southern Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on civilians. “The Americans and Israelis set a huge trap for us to lure us here and kill us,” an eyewitness told Mondoweiss. On Sunday morning at dawn, Palestinians from southern Gaza headed to the aid distribution… Read More Aid Massacre: Israeli Forces Kill 75 Palestinians at U.S.-Run Aid Distribution Center. June 3, 2025

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You can oppose Israel’s policies without killing Jewish people

NB: Most of what this author writes is rational and humane. The violent attacks on Jewish Americans simply for being Jews is a horrible crime. The concepts of collective guilt and the inter-generational transfer of guilt are poisonous doctrines. Antisemitism is one of these, and began as a Christian form of bigotry. Its roots lie… Read More You can oppose Israel’s policies without killing Jewish people

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I told the truth about the West Bank and was threatened and assaulted. Now I’m relying on you to act

Our lives are blighted by illegal settlements, and Israel has just approved 22 more. Without concrete action, we will be erased Issa Amro Each of the 22 illegal settlements approved by Israel last week is another nail in the coffin of the peace process, hammered in by the complicity of western governments and corporations. Israeli settlements are… Read More I told the truth about the West Bank and was threatened and assaulted. Now I’m relying on you to act

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The People First: Rohini Hensman on Democracy, Resistance, and the Global Left

NB: An important interview about an important book. DS Documents unearthed by Robert Parry and reported in an article entitled When Israel/Neocons Favoured Iran show that Israel’s Likud government of Menachem Begin became an important source of covert arms supplies to Iran after Iraq invaded Iran in 1980, with the profits being invested in Jewish… Read More The People First: Rohini Hensman on Democracy, Resistance, and the Global Left

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Vermillion Lines

Sushant Singh NB: Anyone interested in a sober analysis of recent events will gain by reading this article. It contains neither drama nor hysteria, but straight talk – whether or not we agree with this or that feature of the analysis. Unfortunately sobriety and truthfulness have disappeared from the mainstream media. Thanks are owed to… Read More Vermillion Lines

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Jewish organizers are increasingly confronting Trump

As the administration continues to exploit antisemitism to arrest protesters and curb academic freedoms, more American Jews are saying ‘not in my name’… “As a Jewish person, I’m really appalled at the idea that they are trying to make it sound as if opposing genocide is somehow antisemitic,” said Josh Dubnau, a professor who received… Read More Jewish organizers are increasingly confronting Trump

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Visual testament

The two-state two-step wasn’t a serious commitment; it was a way of pretending that the shrinking bantustans of Gaza and the West Bank were a state in the making Mukul Kesavan Over the last month, global opinion on Israel’s unending massacre of Palestinians in Gaza has shifted, at least rhetorically. Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and… Read More Visual testament

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How social media lies fuelled a rush to war between India and Pakistan

Disinformation spread to mainstream channels in what experts call deliberate ‘informational warfare’ Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent As missiles and drones crisscrossed the night skies above India and Pakistan earlier this month, another invisible war was taking place. Not long after the Indian government announced Operation Sindoor, the military offensive against Pakistan triggered by a militant attack in Kashmir that… Read More How social media lies fuelled a rush to war between India and Pakistan

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