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 […]
UN Rapporteur Bashes Eritrean Defence Forces for Atrocities in Tigray
BRUSSELS | 27 October 2023 (IDN) — UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, has expressed “great concern” that almost a year after the signature of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), “Eritrean families continue to […]
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 […]
Zimbabwe Grieves Young Miners Trapped Underground
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | HARARE | 24 October 2023 (IDN) — Dozens of mothers have been sleeping on the floor just outside Bay Horse Mine, hoping for any signs of life of their husbands and sons. When the disaster occurred, the men had been working in an inactive gold mine […]
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 […]
US Likely to Persist with Renewed Pacific Role Despite Island Nations’ Doubts
Viewpoint by Shailendra Bahadur Singh* SUVA, Fiji | 23 October 2023 (IDN) — Pacific Island nations have been skeptical about the recent revival in U.S. interest in the region. Despite those misgivings, likely, Washington is back for the long haul. China’s rise to a major economy—second only to the United States—is reshaping the world, notwithstanding […]
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 […]
Retaliatory Attacks Threaten Palestinian People and Culture
By Jamshed Baruah NEW YORK | 19 October 2023 (IDN) — The US Pen Association, PEN America, mourns the devastating deaths of civilians in Gaza and condemns threats to free expression and the free flow of vital information to the public, including the international community, as a result of the escalating conflict between Israel and […]