Tag: Middle East

BIDEN’S LAWYERS ARE URGING THE WHITE HOUSE TO CHANGE COURSE ON GAZA

IN A MESSAGE to Attorney General Merrick Garland and other senior officials this week, federal government attorneys invoked British abolitionist William Wilberforce: “You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.”  The letter, drafted by unnamed legal and policy staff at more than two dozen federal agencies, argues… Read More BIDEN’S LAWYERS ARE URGING THE WHITE HOUSE TO CHANGE COURSE ON GAZA

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Indo-Palestine Solidarity Network

Commemorates the 78th Anniversary of the NAKBA of 1948, when over 7.5 lac Palestinians were driven from their homes and villages by violence and terror ************************ GAZA casualties, live statistics United Nations Documentation on the Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem The Crisis of Ideology The west’s complete contempt for the lives of Palestinians will… Read More Indo-Palestine Solidarity Network

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Israeli military not a professional army; its ground incursions look like ISIS terror attacks

GAZA casualties, live statistics Israeli ground assaults in Gaza Strip reveal mass graves, war crimes publicized for fun, mass slaughter, human shield taking, and widespread torture.  by Robert Inlakesh Although most modern armies have committed war crimes, the Israeli military does not operate like a professional force, but rather a collection of ill-disciplined racist militia groups.… Read More Israeli military not a professional army; its ground incursions look like ISIS terror attacks

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Top Israeli Arms Maker Unwittingly Reveals Its Largest Foreign Customer: India

Avi Scharf India is the largest foreign customer of Israeli defense giant Israel Aerospace Industries, the company revealed in its 2023 annual report based on a Haaretz analysis of company statements from recent years. According to the annual report, sales to India came in at $953 million last year, about a quarter of the company’s… Read More Top Israeli Arms Maker Unwittingly Reveals Its Largest Foreign Customer: India

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There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise

Simon Tisdall The latest twists and turns in negotiations to end the war in Gaza appear labyrinthine and confusing. But it’s really not that complicated. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, must compromise on the outstanding details of the proposed ceasefire deal and Hamas’s weekend counter-offer – and immediately halt Israel’s criminal bombing of Gaza and reckless military incursions… Read More There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise

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Munitions India Ltd Exported Ordnance to Israel as Gaza Was Reduced to Rubble

The Modi government licensed a shipment in January 2024, the very month the ICJ ruled that “at least some of the acts and omissions alleged … to have been committed by Israel in Gaza appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the [Genocide] Convention.” R. Ramachandran New Delhi: The Adani group’s drone… Read More Munitions India Ltd Exported Ordnance to Israel as Gaza Was Reduced to Rubble

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How Israel Violates International Law in Gaza: Expert Report

An independent expert report lays out how Israel systematically violated U.S. and International Law in Gaza, concluding that Israel launched indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilian areas due to “extremely relaxed rules of engagement.” By Steve France / Mondoweiss ust days after the Biden administration showered the Israeli military with billions of dollars more in lethal… Read More How Israel Violates International Law in Gaza: Expert Report

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Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘support’ of women’s rights

NB: The Saudi regime and its brutal leadership believes advocacy for women’s equality to be equivalent to terrorism. The regime is a crucial ally of the USA and UK; and we do not find any instances of attempts at so-called ‘regime change’ being promoted over there by the (ha ha) ‘Free World’. PS – the… Read More Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘support’ of women’s rights

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In Gaza Protest, Columbia Students Occupy Hamilton Hall, Site of Historic 1968 Takeover

GAZA casualties, live statistics NB: Nothing is ever repeated with precision, but American imperialism and its proxies (to use a favourite phrase of their Orwellian media) has been rampaging through the world for many decades after the end of the World War. Vietnam, Chile, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the endless war on the Palestinian population, are… Read More In Gaza Protest, Columbia Students Occupy Hamilton Hall, Site of Historic 1968 Takeover

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