By Farrah Hassen | ( Otherwords.org ) – In a shameful moment for U.S. history, an accused war criminal addressed Congress on July 24. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to plead for more arms for his war on Gaza, where the International Court of Justice has found it “plausible” that Israel is committing genocide. […]
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Israel/ Palestine
The UK Labour Party drops opposition to Int’l Criminal Court Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant over Gaza War Crimes
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Labour Party in Britain announced that it would not submit a brief to the International Criminal Court arguing that the court has no jurisdiction over Israeli actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The previous Conservative government of Rishi Sunak had pledged to make such a submission, but the new […]
Watering Down Genocide: No More Moral Compromises on Palestine, Please
( Middle East Monitor ) – Why are many amongst us still tiptoeing around language when it comes to the horrific Israeli genocide in Gaza? Layers of censorship imposed on Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices in corporate and social media seem to have blurred the judgment of some. They continue to speak of a “conflict”, calling […]
Polio in Gaza: What does this mean for the Region and the World
By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute | – (The Conversation) – As war continues to devastate Gaza and its people, we learnt last week that a variant of poliovirus has been detected in the region. The virus was isolated in six sewage samples collected in late June from Khan Younis and Deir al Balah. Most infections […]
Kamala Harris denounces “Catastrophic levels of Food Insecurity” in Gaza, Calls for Permanent Ceasefire, in Pivot From Biden
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Vice President Kamala Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, having had a convenient campaign event out of town that allowed her to be absent from his disgraceful address to Congress, which more than half of congressional Democrats also boycotted. In 1955, sociologist Will Herberg published Protestant, […]
Can Israel and Hezbollah be pulled back from the Brink of War?
By Amin Saikal, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – The Middle East is on the brink of a possibly devastating regional war, with hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah reaching an extremely dangerous level. Washington has engaged in intense diplomacy to persuade the protagonists to pull back from the brink. But US efforts have […]
A Dark Day in American History: War Criminal Netanyahu Defiles Halls of Congress
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s Congressional address on Wednesday marked one of the most disturbing days in American History. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that morning in an email blast, “It is a dark day in US history when an authoritarian with warrant requests from the International Criminal Court […]
Netanyahu Visit Highlights Risk that US Officials could also be Prosecuted under International Law
Human Rights Watch – (Washington, DC) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appearance before a joint session of Congress on July 24, 2024, highlights the continued and significant US supply of weapons to Israel’s military despite credible allegations of ongoing war crimes by Israeli forces in Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today. “US officials are […]
As Hamas War drags on, Israeli Democracy Craters
By Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Suffolk University | – (The Conversation) – As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to address a joint session of U.S. Congress on July 24, 2024, the nation he leads continues its slide away from democracy. Even before Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the country was engulfed by an […]