January
6, 2024
The tireless advocacy seeks to bridge nations in support of
South Africa's pursuit of justice.
Peace activists rally at South Africa's consulate general in Los Angeles, California on January 4, 2024.
.................RATIONAL THINKING.................. مرا جهل در کامِ دیو میبَرَد.............از آن دوستی میکنم با خِرَد
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Friday, January 5, 2024
Inside Israel’s torture camp for Gaza detainees
January
5, 2024
In
early December, images circulated worldwide showing dozens of Palestinian men
in the city of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, who were stripped to
their underwear, kneeling or sitting hunched over, then blindfolded and put
into the back of Israeli military trucks like cattle. The vast majority of
these detainees were civilians with no affiliation to Hamas, Israeli security
officials later confirmed, and the men were taken away by the army without
notifying their families of the detainees’ whereabouts. Some of them never
returned.
Bin Laden’s Curse: Gaza, Iran and the Reemergence of ISIL
January 5, 2024
The responsibility for the bombing
in Kerman, Iran, on Wednesday that killed at least 84 people and wounded
another 284, has been claimed by the ISIL (Daesh, ISIS) terrorist group. The
worst terrorist bombing in Iran since the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) blew up the
Iranian leadership in 1981 struck at a commemoration of the assassination by
Donald Trump of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps General Qasem Soleimani.
US senator vows to make Iran’s ‘worst nightmare’ come true
January 5, 2024
Doing so is “essential” for Israel’s security, Lindsey Graham
argued during his visit to Tel Aviv
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Gaza, Saudi, Iran, Venezuela and More
January
4, 2024
It
would have been outlandish to suggest that a small region like Gaza, seemingly
bereft of significant natural resources, political will of its own, and let
alone sovereignty, would become the world’s most significant geopolitical spot
on earth.
Twin blasts kill dozens near slain Iran commander’s grave
January 4, 2024
Dozens of people
were killed Wednesday in the Iranian city of Kerman after twin blasts near the
burial site of slain military commander Qasem Soleimani, in what officials
called a terror attack.
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Palestine: The Greatest Moral Issue of Our Time
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.”
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
With 70 Percent of Gaza Homes Destroyed, Biden Approves $147M Israel Arms Sale
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
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.
Monday, January 1, 2024
Saving Israel by Ending Its War in Gaza
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”
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
December
27, 2024
Selections
from a year of long-form investigations, global dispatches, political analyses,
commentaries, essays, film reviews and more.
Sunday, December 31, 2023
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.
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Yes, Western Powers Are ‘the baddies’ in Gaza
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
December
30, 2023
Capitalism,
especially U.S. militarized capitalism, is a structural extinction force we
need to confront foremost.
Friday, December 29, 2023
Beyond the US Veto: UN Options to Protect Gaza
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.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Don’t Stop Speaking About Palestine
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 20th century revolutions that changed the shape of the Middle East forever; especially that the revolution occurred in the land he was born in.
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
President Biden: Learn the Names of Children You’ve Helped Israel to Murder
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.
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