Tag: Middle East

India’s strategic autonomy faces its acid test in West Asia / ये विषगुरू ने अमेरिका से इजाजत मांगी ही क्यों

NB: The BJP/RSS rulers shout from the rooftops about their ‘deshbhakti’ (nation-worship); and the iron will of their leaders. But their foreign policy – unlike Nehruvian non-alignment – has always been guided by a hatred of socialism coupled with pro-Western alliances. They supported the American imperialist aggression in Vietnam as a ‘dharm-yuddha‘ or holy war.… Read More India’s strategic autonomy faces its acid test in West Asia / ये विषगुरू ने अमेरिका से इजाजत मांगी ही क्यों

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Biden delivered the Country to Trump, disbelieving Gaza Death Statistics; they were Underestimates / 17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

Juan Cole Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Democratic National Committee is sitting on a report that demonstrated that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris lost significant support because of Joe Biden’s perceived “blank check” to the Netanyahu government to pursue its total war on little Gaza. This, according to Holly Otterbein at Axios. The analysis is certainly… Read More Biden delivered the Country to Trump, disbelieving Gaza Death Statistics; they were Underestimates / 17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

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Modi in Israel: A diplomatic embrace that will cost India dear

India’s ‘strategic autonomy’ looks more like opportunism, as Modi balances Israel, Iran, and the US while eroding trust in the Global South Bharat Bhushan Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to Tel Aviv, at a time when United States-Iran tensions are high, sends a signal that India has chosen to plant itself firmly in the US-Israeli camp. Modi minced… Read More Modi in Israel: A diplomatic embrace that will cost India dear

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Director of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ declines ‘Most Valuable Film’ award

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania chooses not to claim prize at ‘Cinema for Peace’ gathering in Berlin Six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab was killed along with five relatives and two medics sent to rescue her during an Israeli tank attack in Gaza City on January 29, 2024. (Photo: family photo) Berk Kutay Gokmen The director… Read More Director of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ declines ‘Most Valuable Film’ award

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To Honor the Memory of Those Massacred on October 7, Israelis Must Recognize Their Actions in Gaza

There was a massacre in Israel. In Gaza, there was a genocide. Gideon Levy In the first months following October 7, I constantly used the term massacre to describe what had happened. What I saw with my own eyes as I wandered through the southern border area with photographer Alex Levac could only be defined… Read More To Honor the Memory of Those Massacred on October 7, Israelis Must Recognize Their Actions in Gaza

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Victory in Palestine Action trial, say families / Acquittals Demolish Lies About Palestine Action

Palestine Action activists cleared of the aggravated burglary of a UK subsidiary of an Israeli defence firm The families of six Palestine Action activists have hailed a jury’s verdict as a “monumental victory” after they were cleared of the aggravated burglary of a UK subsidiary of an Israeli defence firm. Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner,… Read More Victory in Palestine Action trial, say families / Acquittals Demolish Lies About Palestine Action

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Starvation by design: How Israel turned food into a weapon of war in Gaza

From destroying calories to ‘re-engineering’ society, data and experts reveal how the hunger in Gaza was not a byproduct of war, but a calculated strategy that reached its deadliest peak in 2025. Mohammad Mansour A malnourished Palestinian child is examined at al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on June… Read More Starvation by design: How Israel turned food into a weapon of war in Gaza

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Olga Cherevko Showed the World What’s Happening in Gaza. Israel Won’t Let Her Return

Olga Cherevko grew up on military bases in Siberia, belonged to a Christian cult in the U.S. and was sent by the UN to some of the toughest places in the world. None of that prepared her for what she saw in Gaza Nir Hasson A crushed ambulance outside a Gaza hospital, photographed by Cherevko.… Read More Olga Cherevko Showed the World What’s Happening in Gaza. Israel Won’t Let Her Return

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Neither turban nor crown, but Woman, Life, Freedom

Anti-regime pictures Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries found in one Iranian hospital amid brutal crackdown on protests Maryam Namazie A new nationwide wave of protest has spread across Iran since 28 December 2025. Initially triggered by acute economic collapse (currency freefall, sharp price rises for basic necessities, and renewed scarcity), it has rapidly become a… Read More Neither turban nor crown, but Woman, Life, Freedom

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