New York Times Lies That Hamas Has Been Firing Roc...
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 19, 2018 | Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US | 11 |
Attacking Syria: Implications for the Rule of Law
Posted by Richard Falk | Apr 19, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics | 0 |
Media Cover-up: Shielding Israel is a Matter of Po...
Posted by Ramzy Baroud | Apr 18, 2018 | Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics | 0 |
Are We Over the US/UK Fomented Crisis In Syria?
Posted by Paul Craig Roberts | Apr 14, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US | 1 |
How the Federal Reserve System Harms the Economy
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 6, 2018 | Economy, Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, US | 0 |
Review of Richard Falk’s “Palestine’s Horizon: Toward a Just Peace”
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 23, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Essays, Palestine, Reviews | 0 |
In “Palestine’s Horizon: Toward a Just Peace”, Richard Falk emphasizes the present need “to take stock, and reformulate a vision and strategy to guide the Palestinian struggle”. The book is an invaluable contribution precisely because it goes so far in doing just that.
Read MoreNew York Times Lies That Hamas Has Been Firing Rockets at Israel
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 19, 2018 | Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US | 11 |
The New York Times claims that, until the demonstrations began in Gaza last month, Hamas had been firing “a fairly steady tempo” of rockets at Israel. In fact, it had been firing none.
Read MoreAttacking Syria: Implications for the Rule of Law
by Richard Falk | Apr 19, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics | 0 |
The breakthrough idea in the Charter is to limit as much as language can, discretion by states to decide on their own when to have recourse to acts of war. Syria is the latest indication that this hopeful idea has been crudely cast in the geopolitical wastebasket.
Read MoreMedia Cover-up: Shielding Israel is a Matter of Policy
by Ramzy Baroud | Apr 18, 2018 | Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics | 0 |
It is incumbent on us to expose this sinister relationship and hold mainstream media to account for covering up Israel’s crimes, as well as Israel for committing these crimes in the first place.
Read MoreAre We Over the US/UK Fomented Crisis In Syria?
by Paul Craig Roberts | Apr 14, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US | 1 |
It would be a mistake for anyone to conclude that common sense has prevailed and the conflict has been resolved. What has prevailed is the Joint Chiefs’ fear of a defeat. The next crisis that Washington orchestrates will be on terms less favorable to Russian arms.
Read MoreHow the Federal Reserve System Harms the Economy
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 6, 2018 | Economy, Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, US | 0 |
Jeremy R. Hammond explains how the Federal Reserve System harms the economy by effecting a transfer of wealth upward, serving the interests of the political and financial elite at the expense of the rest of society.
Read MoreThe Two-State Solution vs. the ‘Peace Process’, and Why the Distinction Is Critical
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Mar 31, 2018 | Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics | 17 |
There is a strong tendency among Palestinian supporters to equate the two-state solution with the goal of the US-led so-called “peace process”. This is a fundamental error with important strategic consequences in terms of achieving an end to Israel’s occupation regime.
Read MoreWho Wants to Kill Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah?
by Ramzy Baroud | Mar 24, 2018 | Editor's Picks, News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics | 1 |
The primary motive for the assassination attempt on Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah may have been to obstruct reconciliation efforts between Hamas and Fatah, which would serve Israel’s interests.
Read MoreThe ‘Skripal poisoning’: Lies Can Lead To War
by Paul Craig Roberts | Mar 16, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Europe, Politics, Viewpoints | 6 |
Both US and UK experts do not think that the alleged Russian nerve agent used in the alleged Skripal poisoning even exists. Perhaps this is why the British government will not agree to any tests and can supply no evidence.
Read MoreWorld War 3 Is Approaching
by Paul Craig Roberts | Mar 14, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Politics, US, Viewpoints | 1 |
The US government’s threats against Russia are driving the world to World War III and extinction.
Read MoreThe Gulf Crisis Reassessed
by Richard Falk | Mar 14, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Essays, Middle East, Politics | 0 |
The “13 Demands” from the coalition of states that have implemented a blockade of Qatar are incompatible with principles of international law.
Read MoreAhed Tamimi’s Generation: Why the Youth in Palestine Must Break Free from Dual Oppression
by Ramzy Baroud | Mar 8, 2018 | Editor's Picks, Palestine, Politics, Viewpoints | 0 |
Ahed Tamimi epitomizes the antithesis of everything that the Palestinian Authority stands for. She is strong, morally-driven and defiant; the PA is subservient, morally bankrupt and quisling.
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