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By Bernhard Schell
CAIRO, 25 March 2023 (IDN) — The United Nations has warned that eight years of protracted multilateral conflict in Yemen, with the involvement of Saudi Arabia, has produced the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. Over two-thirds of Yemen's population—21.6 million people—are in acute need of humanitarian assistance, and more than 20 million people require urgent health assistance.
The writer is Distinguished Associate Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
"Let me begin by saying, we were almost all wrong, and I certainly include myself here."—David Kay, Head of the Iraq Survey Group, during testimony to the US Senate on 29 January 2004.
By Alon Ben-Meir*
NEW YORK, 22 March 2023 (IDN) — Israel is facing the greatest danger since its inception—not from any regional adversarial power but from within, led by a largely corrupt cast of political characters and shepherded by a criminal who is willing to destroy the country only to escape justice.
By Thalif Deen *
UNITED NATIONS, 18 March 2023 (IDN) — When the United States was embroiled in political and military conflicts with Iran and Iraq, President George W. Bush and his aides at the White House continued to mispronounce the names of the two countries, giving them an American linguistic twist: I-RAN and I-RAQ.
Injecting an element of humour into a much-maligned invasion, a late-night stand-up comedian remarked amid laughter: “We should never invade a country unless our leaders know how to correctly pronounce the name of that country.”
By Jeremy Earp*
“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.” — Viet Thanh Nguyen
NORTHAMPTON, MA, USA (IDN) — As mainstream U.S. media outlets pause to remember the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it’s clear that there’s a lot they hope we’ll forget— first and foremost, the media’s own active complicity in whipping up public support for the war.
By Norman Solomon
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17 2023 (IDN) — Vast quantities of lies from top U.S. government officials led up to the Iraq invasion. Now, marking its 20th anniversary, the same media outlets that eagerly boosted those lies are offering retrospectives. Don’t expect them to shed light on the most difficult truths, including their own complicity in pushing for war.
By Norman Solomon*
SAN FRANCISCO, 9 March 2023 (IDN) — This week, when the New York Times featured an opinion piece by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, it harmonized with a crescendo of other recent pleas from prominent American supporters of Israel.
By Bernhard Schell
CAIRO | AMMAN, 8 March 2023 (IDN) — The devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February caused over 4540 deaths and nearly 9000 injuries in northwest Syria.
As the Syria cholera situation report points out, around 90 000 Syrians have been displaced in the northwest and many have found refuge in overcrowded camps and collective reception centres.
By Alon Ben-Meir*
The following is the third instalment in a series of three articles. The first addressed how Israel lost its way, the second dealt with how the Palestinians lost their way. The following article offers a way out of their 75-year-old bloody and perilous conflict.
NEW YORK, 2 March 2023 (IDN) — It is time for Israel and the Palestinians to face the bittersweet truth and accept certain realities on the ground that neither side can change short of a calamity. These inescapable realities will frame the contours of a peace agreement in the context of an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian confederation.
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, 2 March 2023 (IDN) — When the 193-member UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on 23 February calling on Russia to “immediately, completely and unconditionally” withdraw all of its military forces from Ukraine and the cessation of hostilities, the vote was 141 in favour, 32 abstentions and seven against.
Besides Russia, the six “noes” included Belarus, North Korea, Mali, Eritrea, Nicaragua and Syria, the only Middle Eastern country openly supportive of the invasion.
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