Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Special Committee of the United Nations Office of the High Commission on Human Rights has issued a new report […]
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Boycott of Israel Spreads in European Civil Society over Gaza War, Could Cost $5 bn/ yr
By Juan Cole The ill-considered and remarkably brutal Gaza war likely will give further impetus to the Boycott, Sanction and Divestment movement by Western civil […]
Gaza: Khuzaa district Flattened, Evidence of Israeli Atrocities
Channel 4 News: “WARNING – this report contains graphic images some viewers may find distressing. Paul Mason reports on the end of the proposed 72-hour […]
Obama steps up to call Bush-era CIA Torture “Torture,” Despite Legal Implications
CNN points out that President Obama’s forthright condemnation of Bush administration-era CIA torture could cause legal problems for Agency employees, and that the Congressional report […]
Is Israel Committing a Genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza?
By Luke Peterson Yes, Israel is committing genocide. What we are witnessing now is the extension of the program of national erasure against the Palestinians […]
Are Israelis and Zionists really talking about a Final Solution of the Palestinian Problem?
By Juan Cole The Times of Israel published and then removed from its site an essay by Yochanan Gordon that openly called for genocide against […]
Gaza: Israel has Left 1.7 mn. with no Clean Water, Little Electricity
By Luisa Gandolfo, University of Aberdeen When Operation Protective Edge commenced on July 8, Israel pledged to draw on lessons learned from previous conflicts to […]
CIA Chief Shocking Admission: We spied on Senate staffers
By Jon Queally, Commondreams Yes, Admits CIA Chief, We Spied on Senate Panel Investigating Torture The findings of an internal investigation at the Central Intelligence […]
About a Girl: To ‘Liesel’ in Gaza…
Girl in Gaza. (origin of photos unknown) by ROBIN KIRK for ISLAMiCommentary Of all of the images of the destruction being visited upon Gaza and […]
Gaza: Analysis shows Israel Keeps Changing Justification
AJ+ Analysis of tweets from Israeli military over past few weeks shows that the justification for its attack on Gaza keeps changing, with previous narratives […]