Tag: justice

We owe it to humanity to see the rules of war are observed – no matter how tough a test the Israel-Hamas conflict proves

George Monbiot We owe it to humanity to see the rules of war are observed – no matter how tough a test the Israel-Hamas conflict proves George Monbiot For almost 4,000 years, some governments have insisted that if wars must be fought, there should be rules. The first known code, by the Babylonian king Hammurabi,… Read More We owe it to humanity to see the rules of war are observed – no matter how tough a test the Israel-Hamas conflict proves

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Toxic Netanyahu could drag Biden down in his fight for political survival

Simon Tisdall Is that it? Is that the best western leaders can do as the midnight hour approaches? Kindly Joe Biden doled out sympathy and dollars in a seven-hour visit to Israel. Tiny amounts of aid are dribbling into Gaza. Two hostages out of 200 have been released. But there is no ceasefire, no “humanitarian… Read More Toxic Netanyahu could drag Biden down in his fight for political survival

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‘We have a chance to change Poland’: how young voters shaped the election result

Turnout in this election was 74.3%, a record that exceeded even the turnout of 1989, a vote that triggered the collapse of the Soviet-backed communist system. Key to that was the mobilisation of youth The last time anyone other than the Law and Justice party (PiS) ruled Poland, Aleksandra, a sociology student in Warsaw, was 10.… Read More ‘We have a chance to change Poland’: how young voters shaped the election result

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‘A textbook case of genocide’: Israeli Holocaust scholar Raz Segal decries Israel’s assault on Gaza

Raz Segal, an Israeli expert in modern genocide, calls Israel’s assault on Gaza a textbook case of “intent to commit genocide” and its rationalization of its violence a “shameful use” of the lessons of the Holocaust. Israeli state exceptionalism and comparisons of its Palestinians victims to “Nazis” are used to “justify, rationalize, deny, distort, disavow… Read More ‘A textbook case of genocide’: Israeli Holocaust scholar Raz Segal decries Israel’s assault on Gaza

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Biden’s Historically Illiterate and Hypocritical Speech on Ukraine and Gaza

JUAN COLE Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration’s foreign policy is a mess and lacks any real consistency. This messiness was on full display in the president’s brief address on Thursday evening, a plea for Congressional funding of both the US struggle to get Russia back out of Ukraine and of support for the extremist… Read More Biden’s Historically Illiterate and Hypocritical Speech on Ukraine and Gaza

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‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory

‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territoryHerders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign The tiny settlement overlooking the Bedouin village of Ein Rashash is named “Angels of Peace”, but, says Sliman al-Zawahri, its residents have visited only violence, fear… Read More ‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory

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Biden’s Israel trip reflects a flawed and hypocritical policy / State Department official resigns over Biden’s handling of conflict

The Biden administration also bears a wider responsibility for the deterioration in Gaza and the extinguishing of Palestinian political aspirations Mohamad Bazzi oe Biden flew to Israel on Wednesday to prove how deeply he and the US political establishment support Israel, even as it intensifies its indiscriminate bombing of Gaza, demands the forced displacement of… Read More Biden’s Israel trip reflects a flawed and hypocritical policy / State Department official resigns over Biden’s handling of conflict

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Delhi Court Upholds Release Of Electronics Devices Seized From Editors Of ‘The Wire’, Says Police Causing Undue Hardship To Them

A Delhi Court has dismissed a plea moved by the Delhi Police against a magisterial court’s order which ordered the release of the electronic devices seized from editors of “The Wire” during searches conducted in October last year in relation to an FIR lodged against them by BJP leader Amit Malviya. The judge added that… Read More Delhi Court Upholds Release Of Electronics Devices Seized From Editors Of ‘The Wire’, Says Police Causing Undue Hardship To Them

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Gaza conflict spills into the West Bank as settler attacks and clashes leave dozens of Palestinians dead

By Zeena Saifi, Becky Anderson and Kareem Khadder, CNN Ibrahim Wadi, 62, and his son Ahmad, 24, were on their way to a funeral for four Palestinians shot dead by Israeli settlers in their occupied West Bank community, when their car came under attack. The father and son were driving through the small village of… Read More Gaza conflict spills into the West Bank as settler attacks and clashes leave dozens of Palestinians dead

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A real friend of Israel would be making it face up to some uncomfortable truths

Haggai Matar Deterring a regional war, if that is what US officials are most concerned about, is indeed a legitimate cause. Biden was also right to denounce the war crimes committed by Hamas on 7 October. The massacres of entire families inside their homes, of defenceless party-goers in the middle of a field, culminating in a death toll… Read More A real friend of Israel would be making it face up to some uncomfortable truths

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