By Dr Alon Ben-Meir* A people are being erased not in a single cataclysm, but through daily terror: bulldozers, armed settlers, night raids, demolished homes, and stolen water. The West Bank’s suffering is not a security policy—it is a warning of Israel’s own moral collapse NEW YORK | 10 October 2026 (IDN) — There are crimes […]
Picasso’s Personal Mythologies: Three Paintings at the Currier Museum
By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 9 October 2026 (IDN) — Manchester’s Currier Museum is currently presenting Personal Mythologies: Picasso in the 1940s and 50s—a small exhibition consisting of three paintings, two of which are on loan through October: L’Homme au béret basque (1946) and The Two Children (1954). The third, belonging to the Currier collection, is the […]
Germany’s Ukraine Policy: The Merz Factor
By Wolfgang Bittner* The following commentary reflects the author’s personal assessment of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s policy towards Ukraine. GÖTTINGEN, Germany | 9 October 2026 (IDN) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was pleased that Viktor Orbán was not re-elected and that the EU can transfer 90 billion euros to Ukraine. On 14 April 2026, he […]
EEPA reports on Eritrean forces seen in Adigrat, Tigray
BRUSSELS | 8 October 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Ethiopia, the migration and refugees situation, the situation in Sudan, the regional and international situation, Eritrean forces seen in Adigrat, Tigray, PM Abiy Ahmed sworn in for a new term, Commemoration of shipwreck in Lampedusa Situation […]
Breaking the Cycle of Violence
By David L. Phillips* OXFORD, UK | 8 October 2026 (IDN) — Israel colluded with Hamas for decades, seeing it as a counterweight to Fatah and the Palestinian Authority. Israel’s approach culminated in the terror attack on October 7, 2023 that killed 1,200 Israelis and 252 hostages. Does Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bear responsibility for the […]
Two Percent of the Christians in Gaza Killed by the IDF
By Benoit Lannoo* ANTWERP, Belgium | 7 October 2026 (IDN) — On the Instagram account of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa reported early Saturday morning that an airstrike on an apartment building in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City had killed, in addition to three other Palestinians, Maysa Abu Dawood and her […]
Germany’s Unfinished Sovereignty: Is Neutrality Still Possible?
By Wolfgang Bittner* GÖTTINGEN, Germany | 6 October 2026 (IDN) — Recently, there have been calls for Germany to become neutral,[1] as Stalin had already proposed in 1952. At that time, he offered the other three principal victorious powers of the Second World War negotiations on a peace treaty with Germany. The condition was the […]
EEPA reports on ENDF recaptures Mekelle
BRUSSELS | 5 October 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Ethiopia, the situation in Sudan, the international and regional situation, ENDF recaptures Mekelle, nighttime ENDF drone strikes target civilian infrastructure across Tigray, WFP trucks attacked in Kordofan Situation in Ethiopia (per 5 October) The Ethiopian National […]
Gaza Shattered the Myth of the “Most Moral Army”
By Alon Ben-Meir* Israel’s claim that the IDF is “the most moral army in the world” did not survive Gaza. What emerged was not moral exceptionalism, but a machinery of devastation so vast that the slogan now stands as an indictment—of power without restraint and conscience without consequences NEW YORK | 3 October 2026 (IDN) […]
Asia, Africa and the Struggle for a New Global Order
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | NEW YORK | 3 October 2026 (IDN) — The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations, brought world leaders and delegations to New York in late September 2026. Their speeches addressed political governance, economic development, conflicts, inequality, […]