By Dr Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 21 March 2024 (IDN) — Since the Iranian revolution in 1979, the US has not developed a long-term strategy toward Iran but instead has made tactical moves to deal with the various conflicting issues with Tehran as they arose. Conversely, from the time the clergy assumed power, Iran […]
Record Number of Syrians Need Aid After 13 Years of War
By Bernhard Schell CAIRO | 17 March 2024 (IDN) — “There are currently more Syrians in need of aid than any other time since the war began,” said Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. “An entire generation has been born into war, knowing nothing but insecurity and deprivation, and facing shock […]
Biden’s Balancing Act: Israel’s National Security vs The Palestinians’ Humanitarian Crisis
By Dr Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 15 March 2024 (IDN) — In recent weeks, the Biden administration has found itself facing a serious dilemma as to how to balance its commitment to Israel’s national security along with the humanitarian crisis facing the Palestinians in Gaza. Whereas the United States provides military aid to Israel, […]
Achieving the Two-State Solution in the Wake of the Gaza War
By Jeffrey D. Sachs & Sybil Fares* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 7 March 2024 (IDN) — Peace can come through the immediate implementation of the two-state solution, making the admission of Palestine to the United Nations the starting point, not the […]
Nine thousand Women Killed in Gaza
BERLIN | 2 March 2024 (IDN) — With the war on Gaza approaching its five-month mark, the UN has warned of a looming famine. UN Women says the war is also a war on women. Data available from this United Nations Entity shows that it kills and injures women in unprecedented ways. An estimated 9,000 […]
Gaza: Worst Famine Fears Realised as 10th Child Reportedly ‘Starves to Death’
By UN News UNITED NATIONS | 1 March 2024 (IDN) — Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus on Friday amid reports from the enclave’s authorities that a tenth child had died from malnutrition and dehydration. “The official records yesterday or this morning said there was […]
Gaza War: Europe, Israel and the US Form the Triangle of Guilt
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* ‘Z’ originally published this article under the Creative Commons licence. COIMBRA, Portugal | 26 February 2023 (IDN) — In 1947, Karl Jaspers published a short book entitled The Question of German Guilt (Die Schuldfrage)[1]. It was the time of a Germany devastated in body and soul, a pariah people, disgraced […]
Still No End in Sight to The Devastating Gaza War
By Tor Wennesland The following are extensive excerpts from the Briefing by the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, on the Situation in the Middle East. UNITED NATIONS | 22 February 2024 (IDN) — As we approach 140 days of devastating war, there is still no end in sight. No end to […]
Gaza War: Biden Still Has the Chance to Prevent Genocide
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 20 February 2024 (IDN) — The cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is filled with religious extremists who believe that Israel’s brutality in Gaza is at God’s command. According to the Book […]
Gaza: UN Court Finds “Plausible” Evidence of Israel Conducting a Genocidal War
By Vijay Prashad* This article was produced by Globetrotter. NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, USA | 1 February 2024 (IDN) — On January 26, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released their 29-page order that found “plausible” (paragraph 54) evidence that Israel was conducting a genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. The court intervened in that […]