Israel/ Palestine

“Entire Families Vanished:” Israeli Air Force Burns up 20 Refugee Tents, kills 40, in Strikes on Humanitarian Zone

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera Arabic reports that the Israeli occupation army committed yet another massacre on Monday evening, targeting a tent encampment of internally displaced refugees in the al-Mawasi area of the district of Khan Yunus in the south of the Gaza Strip. Civil defense said that 40 persons were killed, and […]

Iran

Is it time to retire the Phrase ‘Arab-Israeli Conflict?’ Hostilities now extend beyond those Boundaries

The Conversation

By Nader Habibi, Brandeis University | – (The Conversation) – The current phase of fighting in the Middle East began almost a year ago, with the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and the subsequent pummeling of Gaza by Israel. But to many academics, foreign policy experts and international observers, what is taking place is […]

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US State Department declines to Condemn Israel for Shooting American Activist in the Head, Killing Her

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Basil Maghrebi at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday, Israeli troops killed an American observer in the West Bank with a gunshot to her head, as she participated in a procession at Beita south of Nablus in the Palestinian West Bank. Aysenur Eygi, 26, a US citizen, […]

Economy

Israel: 11 Months of War have Battered the Country’s Economy

The Conversation

By Amr Saber Algarhi, Sheffield Hallam University and Konstantinos Lagos, Sheffield Hallam University | – After 11 months of war, Israel is facing its biggest economic challenge in years. Data shows that Israel’s economy is experiencing the sharpest slowdown among the wealthiest countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Its GDP contracted […]

Israel

When does Defense turn into Aggressive Destruction? – Far-Right Zionism and Gaza

Yoav Litvin

( Counterpunch ) – The most significant recent escalation in the ongoing Zionist real estate project, enabled by apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people, occurred on October 7th, 2023, when Hamas fighters broke through Gaza’s prison fence, carrying out a bloody incursion on Israeli military installations and border towns. Since, the Israel “Defense” Forces […]

Israel/ Palestine

Is Gaza America’s Heart of Darkness?

William J. Astore

( Tomdispatch.com ) – During World War II, American leaders proudly proclaimed this country the “arsenal of democracy,” supplying weapons and related materiel to allies like Great Britain and the Soviet Union. To cite just one example, I recall reading about Soviet armored units equipped with U.S. Sherman tanks, though the Soviets had an even better […]

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4 Dead in Mass Shooting in Georgia dominated Media; 42 dead in Mass Bombardment in Gaza Ignored

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The ongoing carnage wrought on ordinary Americans by this country’s bizarrely permissive gun laws dominated the cable news networks for hours on end on Monday, as a 14-year-old shooter killed 4 persons and wounded 9 at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. Two of the dead were also 14-year-olds, destined […]

Epidemics

Israel’s War on Gaza created Ideal Environment for Polio Virus, Limiting Clean Water and Sanitation

The Conversation

Gaza Israel Polio

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli Incursions into the West Bank risk Fuelling Palestinian Resistance rather than Quelling It

The Conversation

By Leonie Fleischmann, City, University of London | – (The Conversation) – As the war in Gaza rages on, the situation in the West Bank has deteriorated. On August 28, Israeli forces began carrying out raids on the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm in the north of the territory, as well as the Al-Far’a refugee […]