Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, which he is incorporating into Israel. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Notorious as an extremist both in Israel and overseas, yet beloved as a […]
How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New York (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – Recently, The Voice of Hind Rajab won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize in Venice after a 23-minute standing ovation. The docudrama is […]
Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves of famine in Gaza since spring 2024. First weaponized 18 years ago in the Strip, these hunger games could have been preempted several times. Why weren’t they? On Friday, August […]
The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention
Q&A with Dr Steinbock on The Obliteration Doctrine: Part 2 DG Team ( Difference Group ) – The second part of Dr Steinbock’s highly topical new book, The Obliteration Doctrine, examines the West’s long struggle against genocide prevention which has set the stage for mass atrocities. In the second part of The Obliteration Doctrine, Dr […]
The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity
Obliteration and the West’s Complicity A Two-Part Q&A on Dr Steinbock’s The Obliteration Doctrine DG Team Dr Steinbock’s highly topical new book The Obliteration Doctrine is about the genocide in Gaza, the West’s complicity and long struggle against genocide prevention. ( Difference Group ) – In the Bosnian genocide, mass atrocities took place in just […]
How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support
Behind the fog of war and the obliteration of Gaza, Israel’s far-right cabinet has escalated the annexation of the West Bank to Israel. New York (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – Just days ago, the Israeli parliament Knesset passed a motion for the agenda to “apply sovereignty” to the West Bank. Though largely declarative, the […]
Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more twisted view of US national security. Only days ago, President Trump reiterated that Iran will never have nuclear weapons. Yet, according to US intelligence assessments, Iran was up to three […]
How Israeli and International Businesses and Financial Institutions Sustain Illegal Occupation
As the West Bank is being annexed to Israel through blood and violence, many Israeli and international businesses and financials are tacitly supporting the ethnic cleansing with their business operations in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. Recently, the Norwegian parliament rejected efforts to tighten rules on its huge sovereign wealth fund investing in companies operating in […]
The Netanyahu Cabinet’s War against Human Rights in Israel: B’Tselem in the Crosshairs
In early 2023, the most far-right cabinet in Israel’s history launched its war for “judicial reforms” to replace democracy with autocracy. In fall 2023, it began an obliteration war against Gaza. Now it is readying to decimate the last human rights defenders in Israel. New York (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – In the view […]
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