Tag: History

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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Standing up for Palestine is also standing up to save the west from the worst of itself

How many times have we been lectured about so-called western values? I am a person born and raised in the west. I am a westerner, and yet those so-called values are sounding very much like Gazans, Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims are utterly disposable. We hear Israel present the situation as if it has no choice… Read More Standing up for Palestine is also standing up to save the west from the worst of itself

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Angry old men set the Middle East ablaze. The young will pay the price

Incompetent and discredited leaders, in thrall to worn-out ideologies, have brought Israel and Gaza to this catastrophe Simon Tisdall ld men start wars. Young men and women fight them. It’s a phenomenon that has broadly held true throughout history. Now, once again, in today’s violence-racked Middle East, the aggressive blundering of angry old men rains… Read More Angry old men set the Middle East ablaze. The young will pay the price

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I remember the times when Palestinians dared to hope for peace. How did it come to this?

The Oslo Accords, signed in 1993, stipulated that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank should constitute “a single territorial unit”. And yet almost immediately after signing the agreement, Israel pursued a policy of severing ties between the West Bank and Gaza, and each from Israel, by making travel to and from the Gaza Strip increasingly difficult for… Read More I remember the times when Palestinians dared to hope for peace. How did it come to this?

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Australia is still in denial, its history of forgetting a festering wrong

The referendum became by proxy a vote on Indigenous peoples’ right to exist in our own land… and our fellow Australians voted to reject us. Imagine – just try – how that feels today Lorena Allam Anthony Albanese was fond of saying, during the campaign, “If not now, then when?” On Saturday night he got… Read More Australia is still in denial, its history of forgetting a festering wrong

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Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them

NB: I post this along with a separate view, contained in this essay: After the pogrom in Israel, the angel of death is licking his lips: Hamas is not identical with the Palestinian cause: it is a curse on it. With a founding charter, never revoked, packed with explicit, medieval anti-Jewish hatred, it has become an… Read More Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them

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On Justice and Sovereignty: The Limits of International Justice Architecture in a World Marred by Conflict and Conquest

By Deepanshu Mohan There is a solar flare of deep inter-state conflict, conquest, and siege erupting all over the globe.   Russia and Ukraine have been embroiled in a long drawn, painful war for over a year and a half. After a 10-month blockade, Azerbaijan launched an attack on Sept. 19, claiming the enclave in a day and causing nearly the entire… Read More On Justice and Sovereignty: The Limits of International Justice Architecture in a World Marred by Conflict and Conquest

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