By Lowana Veal REYKJAVIK, Iceland | 5 November 2023 (IDN) — While the global media is focusing on the decision of Finland and Sweden to join NATO against the backdrop of the Ukraine War, along with the Israel–Palestine conflict, little attention is paid to the Nordic Council of Ministers and the vision of the Nordic […]
Horrific Humanitarian Situation in Gaza
By J C Nastranis NEW YORK | 4 November 2023 (IDN) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres has reiterated his appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza war raging since 7 October. He said he was “horrified” by a strike on an ambulance convoy outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip on 4 November. According […]
COP28, Peace and the Pacific Islands
By Volker Boege* Toda Peace Institute issued this article, and it is being republished with their permission. BRISBANE, Australia | 1 November 2023 (IDN) — COP28 (the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) takes place from 30 November to 12 December in Dubai. As UN Secretary-General António Guterres […]
Israel Can Turn Carnage into Peace
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 1 November 2023 (IDN) — Israel is running out of time to save Israel is running out of time to save itself—not from Hamas, which lacks the means to defeat Israel militarily, but […]
New Report Examines Racism and Racial Discrimination in the UN System
By Shihana Mohamed* UNITED NATIONS | 31 October 2023 (IDN) — In 2020, the UN Secretary-General made formal acknowledgement that racism exists within the United Nations in 2020. He said, “Racism is the repudiation of our common humanity—of the Charter of the United Nations—of all that we are and all that we do. We must […]
The US Foreign Policy Elite Leans Towards War
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 31 October 2023 (IDN) — At last, a book that attacks the “Blob” and holes it below the water line. Whether it can sink it is another matter. I’m talking about a book published by Harvard Professor of International Affairs Stephen Walt, “America’s Foreign Policy Elite and the Hell […]
Zionism– Apartheid and Racism Morphing into Ethnic Cleaning and Genocide? – Part 2
By Seevali Abeysekera LONDON | 28 October 2023 (IDN) — Basic Law, also known as Nations Law—this apartheid law states that national rights in Israel belongs ONLY to the Jewish people. This was in effect the founding principle in which “the Jewish state” was established. Military law applies to Palestinians living in the occupied territories […]
Zionism — Apartheid and Racism Morphing into Ethnic Cleaning and Genocide? – Part 1
By Seevali Abeysekera* LONDON | 28 October 2023 (IDN) — The barbaric murderous attack on Israel by HAMAS and the equally barbaric, callous and murderous response by Israel has made the world recoil in horror at the complete disregard for innocent human lives by both Hamas and Israel. HAMAS is a brutal Islamist organisation, if […]
Rising Military Conflicts Result in Over 114 million Refugees
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 26 October 2023 (IDN) — The staggering number of military conflicts worldwide—including the most recent in Gaza—continues to rise, resulting in civilian deaths, devastation of cities and villages, along with millions of refugees and widespread famines and food shortages In a report released on 25 October, the UN refugee […]
Gaza Conflict: The Cauldrons We Make
By Tisaranee Gunasekara* “Do not use our death and our pain to bring the death and pain of other people and other families…” Israeli peace activist Noy Katsman (eulogy for his brother Hayim Katsman murdered by Hamas on October 7) COLOMBO | 25 October 2023 (IDN) — Jewish Currents is a US-based leftwing Jewish magazine. […]