Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Cup, disputed territory and green energy are three of the things that increasingly make the world go round, […]
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Israel caused $5 billion in damage to Gaza, 40,000 Homes Destroyed or Damaged
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s offensive on Gaza has caused over $5 billion of damage to homes and infrastructure in the Strip, the Minister of Public […]
Israeli Soldiers Deliberately Shot down Fleeing Civilians (Stories begin to Leak out) – HRW
By Human Rights Watch When will there be justice for the civilians in Khuza’a, who suffered shelling for days, then faced deadly attacks by Israeli […]
Hiroshima Taught us that the “National Security State” isn’t about Security for us (Noam Chomsky)
By Noam Chomsky via Tomdispatch.com If some extraterrestrial species were compiling a history of Homo sapiens, they might well break their calendar into two eras: […]
British Cabinet Member Resigns over UK Gov’t Gaza Stance, wanted to go to ICC
Channel 4 News “Sayeeda Warsi, the minister who quit over Gaza, says she had to stand down because of the UK’s “indefensible” position. Watch her […]
Israel Still Holding Gaza Civilians Hostage, Doesn’t Get Geneva Conventions
By Juan Cole The Israeli government is saying that it will only let in building materials so that Palestinians in Gaza can rebuild or repair […]
Climate Change, Dirty Natural Gas, and the Gaza War
By Juan Cole Calls by Israeli politicians in mainstream positions for the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza in part reflect frustration over the […]
Product Placement takes over the Media & subverts the News (John Oliver)
By John Oliver “The line between editorial content and advertising in news media is blurrier and blurrier. That’s not bullshit. It’s repurposed bovine waste.” HBO: […]
“We are all Gaza”: West Bank protests Israeli Brutality, Divide & Rule Tactics
By Daoud Kuttab (Maan News Agency) Analysis: Gaza and the West Bank are one political entity The admission was buried deep in a long drawn […]
The Battered People of Gaza: “We’re not Abandoning the Resistance & No Peace until the Blockade is Lifted”
Paul Mason, Channel 4 News (Gaza City) “In the destroyed suburb of Zeitoun in Gaza City Paul Mason finds local support for Hamas still strong.” […]