Tag: Imperialism

‘No Civilians. Everyone’s a Terrorist’: IDF Soldiers Expose Arbitrary Killings and Rampant Lawlessness in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor

‘Of 200 bodies, only 10 were confirmed as Hamas members’: IDF soldiers who served in Gaza tell Haaretz that anyone who crosses an imaginary line in the contested Neztarim corridor is shot to death, with every Palestinian casualty counting as a terrorist – even if they were just a child. These accounts of indiscriminate killing… Read More ‘No Civilians. Everyone’s a Terrorist’: IDF Soldiers Expose Arbitrary Killings and Rampant Lawlessness in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor

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Biden has paved the way for Trump’s egregious flouting of international rules

The Biden administration has repeatedly undermined international institutions and law to shield Israel. This will come back to haunt them Mohamad Bazzi Donald Trump wants to revive American imperialism. For weeks, the president-elect has threatened to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal, possibly by military force. And he promised supporters that he would pressure Canada, through economic warfare,… Read More Biden has paved the way for Trump’s egregious flouting of international rules

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Israel Will Have to Pay a Heavy but Inevitable Price for Hostage-release Deal

After talking about ‘total victory’ for months, Netanyahu folded under Trump’s pressure. The emerging deal means Israel will forgo the obliteration of Hamas’ regime, leaving the terror group free to entrench its position in Palestinian society – but there is no choice: the hostages and soldiers being killed in Gaza for no reason are out… Read More Israel Will Have to Pay a Heavy but Inevitable Price for Hostage-release Deal

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Gaza death toll 40% higher than official number, Lancet study finds

Analysis estimates death toll by end of June was 64,260, with 59% being women, children and people over 65 Research published in the Lancet medical journal estimates that the death toll in Gaza during the first nine months of the Israel-Hamas war was about 40% higher than numbers recorded by the Palestinian territory’s health ministry.… Read More Gaza death toll 40% higher than official number, Lancet study finds

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The Hindu: Gaza and the moral crisis facing us. The Guardian on Gaza: a deepening disaster

NB: Since the relentless assault on the Vietnamese people from 1963 till 1975, there has been no crime more brutal, racist and criminal than what the USA and its proxy Israel have done in the past 14 months. As a conscientious Israeli newspaper says, after this there will be no turning back, Israel will implode… Read More The Hindu: Gaza and the moral crisis facing us. The Guardian on Gaza: a deepening disaster

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‘Flat packing them’: British soldier says S.A.S. described killing Afghans in casual way

Inquiry hears elite forces had a ‘kill all males on target whether they posed a threat or not’ policy in Afghanistan Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor Afghans who were killed by members of the SAS in Afghanistan were described dismissively as having been “flat packed” according to revealing testimony given by a former member of the elite… Read More ‘Flat packing them’: British soldier says S.A.S. described killing Afghans in casual way

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Oblivion Culture: Countering the German taboo on Palestinian trauma

A decisive part of the trauma experienced by Palestinians in Germany comes not only from its being rendered taboo, but also from what Pierre Bourdieu calls symbolic violence. The term describes the violence of those discourses that normalize and legitimize systemic violence…. Symbolic violence justifies the expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians and the seizure of… Read More Oblivion Culture: Countering the German taboo on Palestinian trauma

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Gideon Levy on Israel’s ‘Moral Blindness’: Gaza Babies Freeze, Strikes Kill Medical Workers, Reporters

This war should have ended a long time ago, and Israel continues and continues, really now without any purpose except of mass killing — killing and killing and killing for the sake of killing: Gideon Levy In northern Gaza, the director of the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital says five medical workers were among 50 people killed… Read More Gideon Levy on Israel’s ‘Moral Blindness’: Gaza Babies Freeze, Strikes Kill Medical Workers, Reporters

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