By Abba A. Solomon* SEATTLE, Washington | 2 November 2023 (IDN) — Today’s siege of Gaza is the latest iteration of a more than century-long effort to instill a controlling fear of, and “respect” for, Jews in the non-Jewish inhabitants of Palestine. In the 20th century, the growing Zionist community in Palestine was, in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Israel-Palestine: India’s Surprising Change of Course
While many countries of the Global South stand by the Palestinians, India is on Israel’s side. Why? By Herbert Wulf* BONN | 27 October 2023 (IDN) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement immediately after the Hamas attack left no room for ambiguity: We are ‘deeply shocked by the news of the terrorist attack in Israel […]
Israel-Palestine: There are No Military Solutions
Time for a ceasefire and humanitarian protection of the Gaza Population “You shall love truth and peace.” Zechariah 8:19 By Kevin P. Clements* This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. TOKYO | 26 October 2023 (IDN) — The world and the Middle East do not need another […]
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. […]
African Nations ‘Deeply Divided’ Over Israel-Hamas Split
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 24 October 2023 (IDN) — Back in 1963, the founders of the Organization of African Unity pledged to work and speak as one, forge an international consensus in support of the liberation struggle and fight against apartheid. Their aims were high. The achievements less so. A […]
Hamas Engaged in Mass Murder. Israeli Army is Killing Palestinian Civilians
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 24 October 2023 (IDN) — Labels are central to the politics of media. And no label has been more powerful than “terrorist.” A single standard of language should accompany a consistent standard of human rights, which the world desperately needs. “If thought corrupts language,” George Orwell wrote, “language can […]
United Nations Can Bring About Peace Between Israel and Palestine
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 20 October 2023 (IDN) — Following Hamas’s heinous attack on innocent Israeli civilians, senior Israeli military strategists are threatening the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. This would be another Nakba (Arabic for catastrophe), akin […]