US Foreign Policy

( Tomdispatch.com ) – With recent polls giving Donald Trump a reasonable chance of defeating President Biden in the November elections, commentators have begun predicting what his second presidency might mean for domestic politics. In a dismally detailed Washington Post analysis, historian Robert Kagan argued that a second Trump term would feature his “deep thirst […]

Dissent

Gaza: 400K Rally in DC against “Genocide Joe;” Massive Protests in Johannesburg, London, other Capitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Millions of protesters came out around the world on Saturday, answering the call of Palestinian activists to rally against the ongoing Israeli attack on Gaza on a “Global Day of Action for Palestine.” Close to home, an estimated 400,000 demonstrated in Washington, D.C., and scattered what looked like bloodied dolls […]

Houthi

US-UK Airstrikes Risk strengthening the Houthi Rebels in Yemen and the Region

The Conversation

By Mahad Darar, Colorado State University | – The U.S.- and U.K.-led strikes on the rebel Houthi group in Yemen represent a dramatic new turn in the Middle East conflict – one that could have implications throughout the region. The attacks of Jan. 11, 2024, hit around 60 targets at 16 sites, according to the […]

Genocide

The Int’l Court of Justice Case is a Chance to hold Israel and the US to Account for Genocide

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

( Code Pink) – On January 11th, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague is holding its first hearing in South Africa’s case against Israel under the Genocide Convention. The first provisional measure South Africa has asked of the court is to order an immediate end to this carnage, which has already killed […]

Featured

Poll: Americans have no Idea what Biden Means when he says he is a Zionist, or What Israel’s Ideology is

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Shibley Telhami and Michael Hammer have a new commentary out based on their polling at the University of Maryland’s Critical Issues Poll during the past year. One of the three issues they address is Israel/ Palestine. They found that 62% of Americans have no idea what Zionism is. Zionism is, […]

Featured

Genocide Denialism and the South African Complaint: USG Spokesmen like Kirby are the Goebbels of the 21st Century

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden Administration continues to run a scam on the US public and the world by running interference for the Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The smarmy and duplicitous spokesman for the US National Security Council, John Kirby, responded to the South African complaint against Israel to the International […]

Guns

Dear President Biden: About your Record on Guns, Arms, and Belligerence

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden Dear Joe, I would wish you a Happy New Year; but it seems trite and banal, given all the challenges and troubles you and our country face in 2024 – some inherited from previous administrations, others of your own making. Americans are 10 times more […]

Anti-War Movement

Just Say No: Biden Must Create Peace out of the Gaza Crisis and Rein in the Israeli Right

Lior Sternfeld

Take a Leaf from the Book of George H. W. Bush

China

The US and China at Year’s End: Still Treading on the Precipice

Michael T. Klare

( Tomdispatch.com) – This hasn’t exactly been a year of good news when it comes to our war-torn, beleaguered planet, but on November 15th, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping took one small step back from the precipice. Until they talked in a mansion near San Francisco, it seemed as if their […]