Palestine: The Greatest Moral Issue of Our Time

M.Reza Behnam

January 3, 2024

Long before South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice on 29 December 2023 over its genocidal war on Gaza, its iconic anti-apartheid leader, Nelson Mandela, who came to embody the struggle for justice worldwide; stated, “Palestine was the greatest moral issue of our time.” 

With 70 Percent of Gaza Homes Destroyed, Biden Approves $147M Israel Arms Sale

SharonZhang

January 2, 2024

As many as 80 percent of buildings in northern Gaza have been destroyed, a recent analysis found.

Burying the Future Under the Rubble That Is Gaza

Claudia Lefko

January 2, 2024

Despite the data showing the devastating impact of violence and war on children, the last decades have been the worst of times for children. And the United States remains a global outlier by refusing to sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

 

Dark Charcoal and Seven Giants

 Once upon a time, long, long, time ago, when people spoke in verses only, there was a peasant woman named Mrs. Charcoal who worked in a coal mine. She lived with her husband, and they had no children.

Saving Israel by Ending Its War in Gaza

Jeffrey D. Sachs

January 1, 2024

The Israeli government argues that it is in a mortal fight for survival against Hamas, and therefore must take every measure, including the very destruction of Gaza, to survive. This is false.

 

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam: “When New Year’s rainclouds wash the tulip’s face”

Juan Cole

January 1, 2024

In the quatrains attributed to the medieval Iranian astronomer Omar Khayyam, the Rubáiyát, the renewal that comes with New Year is an important theme. Since the Iranian New Year is held on the spring solstice (typically March 21), it is associated with the rebirth of greenery. This year I’m sharing some of my translations of poems attributed to Khayyam beyond those collected in the 1460 compilation of Mahmud Yerbudaki, which I translated and published at IB Tauris in 2020. These are from various medieval manuscripts, some of them excerpted and published by E. H. Whinfield in 1882.

From U.S. Politics to Global Voices: Truthdig’s 2023 Highlights

Staff/ Truthdig

December 27, 2024

Selections from a year of long-form investigations, global dispatches, political analyses, commentaries, essays, film reviews and more.

 

The World Has Lost John Pilger

Consortium News

December 31, 2023

One of the greatest journalists and filmmakers of any generation has died at age 84, his family announced on Sunday.

 

Yes, Western Powers Are ‘the baddies’ in Gaza

JonathanCook

December 30, 2023

There is nothing humanitarian about bombing trapped civilians in Gaza, turning their tiny prison enclave into rubble, reminiscent of earthquake disaster zones but this time an entirely man-made catastrophe.

 

We Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Created

PeterHandel

December 30, 2023

Capitalism, especially U.S. militarized capitalism, is a structural extinction force we need to confront foremost.

 

Beyond the US Veto: UN Options to Protect Gaza

MarjorieCohn

December 29, 2023

Any party to the Genocide Convention can submit the matter to the World Court, which could make a finding of genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn. The General Assembly also has an option left.

 

Don’t Stop Speaking About Palestine

ChaumtoliHuq

December 28, 2023

No matter the challenges of speaking up in the United States, censorship is deadly for Palestinians.

 

America and Iran

"America and Iran" is the title of a book by John Ghazvinian. According to Wikipedia, the author was born in Iran in 1974, and when he was one year old, his family moved to England. Therefore, he was not in Iran during the revolution of 1978-79, beside of the fact that he was too little to experience it then, regardless. As a journalist, however, he might have been interested in learning and writing about one of the 20^th century revolutions that changed the shape of the Middle East forever; especially that the revolution occurred in the land he was born in.

President Biden: Learn the Names of Children You’ve Helped Israel to Murder

NormanSolomon

December 27, 2023

To: President Joe Biden

You’ve often spoken of how much you care about children and how terrible it is when they’re murdered. “Too many schools, too many everyday places have become killing fields,” you said at the White House last spring on the one-year anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde. At the time of that tragedy in Texas, you had quickly gone on live television, speaking gravely.

President Biden: Learn the Names of Gaza’s Slaughtered Children

Norman Solomon

December 26, 2023

In the wake of Uvalde, you wondered why we are willing to live with this carnage. Are Gaza's children not worthy of the same empathy?

Some Youtube Videos About Gaza and Assange

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qeqqdl5juM 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVola8gwQHE 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4yt3r3Gsbk 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3MmelMe9eI

Israeli propaganda inadvertently reveals stunning Gaza tunnels

Prisoners of Context- An Analysis

LawrenceDavidson
December 10, 2023

Part I—We Are Encased in Context

One of the first things they tell you in tenth grade biology class is that we are all submerged in an ocean of air. That is an ocean made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% other gases plus water vapor. Just like a fish out of water, we can’t survive outside of this environment. However, what they don’t tell you in tenth grade, though they really should, is there are other environments just as pervasive that surround us and, for better or worse, help shape us by their content.

Israel and Genocide: Not Only In Gaza

MarkLewis Taylor

December 22, 2023

It was on the streets of Guatemala City in 1987 when I began awakening to Israel’s partnership with the USA in facilitating genocide.

 

My Own Brush with Death Has Intensified My Opposition to U.S. Imperialism

TedGalen Carpenter

December 22, 2023

Many readers of Antiwar.com have wondered why they have seen no new articles from me in more than 6 weeks.  The answer is that I was battling heart and other health issues that nearly took my life.  At one point, my principal cardiologist told my wife that I was unlikely to make it out of the hospital.  Subsequently, I spent 3 weeks in the Intensive Care Unit trying to prove him wrong.  Fortunately, I survived the crisis and am now on the road to (a slow) recovery.