By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 30 January 2024 (IDN) — Sometimes there’s a thin line between vile demagoguery and pure idiocy. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi straddled both during a Sunday (28 January) appearance on CNN, when she smeared protesters who’ve been demanding a ceasefire to end Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian people in Gaza. “The former […]
Palestine Will Survive, Deeply Wounded — Israel’s Future Hangs In the Balance
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 30 January 2024 (IDN) — It is easy to be cynical about the international rule of law. No sooner had the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Israel is plausibly committing genocide […]
Gaza War: Reading the ICJ Order Regarding ‘Genocide’
By A.L.A. Azeez* MELBOURNE | 27 January 2024 (IDN) — Concerning the Order delivered by the International Court of Justice indicating Provisional Measures against Israel in the case brought by South Africa under the provisions of the UN Genocide Convention, questions galore on different aspects were addressed. A question pertains to why the ICJ has […]
The West – Morally Bankrupt and Complicit in Ethnic Cleansing – Part 1
By Seevali Abeysekera* LONDON | 20 January 2024 (IDN) —The destruction of Gaza by the modern-day equivalent of a medieval killing machine called the IDF has not only highlighted the absolute barbarity and bloodlust of the state of Israel, but also exposed the grotesque values of its sycophantic acolytes in the West and other parts […]
It Is Time For A Reckoning
Dr Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 19 January 2024 (IDN) — My recent article, “Why the Two-State Solution is the Only Viable Option to the Exclusion of Any Other,” solicited many different reactions. It became clear to me that many who read it have succumbed to the pervasive narrative that such a solution is simply […]
How the Gaza War Can Be Big News & Invisible at the Same Time
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 19 January 2024 (IDN) — Zen wisdom tells us that the finger pointing at the moon is not the moon. Yet it’s easy to fall into the illusion that when we see news about the Gaza war, we’re really seeing the war. We are not. What we do routinely […]
Will New Regional Conflicts Accelerate Iran’s Plans to go Nuclear?
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 18 January 2024 (IDN) — The Israeli-Hamas war has ignited a new Middle Eastern regional conflict involving the United States and the Houthis in Yemen, a militant group described as proxies for Iran. The Iranians have long been accused of funding and arming not only the Houthis, but also […]
Gaza War: How South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel Is Shaping Up
By Carlo Aldrovandi* The writer is an Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. DUBLIN | 17 January 2024 (IDN) — Over the past few days, South Africa has made its case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, accusing the Israeli government of committing genocide with its 100-day assault […]
Middle East: Two-State Solution is the Only Viable Option
By Alon Ben-Meir * NEW YORK | 16 January 2024 (IDN) — Although the two-state solution has been all along the only viable option that best serves Israel’s national security and political interests and meets the Palestinians’ national aspiration for statehood, the Israel-Hamas war has only reaffirmed that there is no other option The Israel-Hamas […]
Iran Can Be Belligerent, But It Doesn’t Help to Confront It Constantly
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 16 January 2024 (IDN) — Of all the present foes of America, it is Iran, which has consistently been, over time, the number one. Since its Islamic Revolution in 1979 that overthrew the secular-minded Shah and supplanted him with a militant, sometimes warlike, Islamic theocracy, it has been America’s […]