ICJ Tells Israel to End Occupation of Palestinian Territories, Pay Reparations

MichelMoushabeck

July 19, 2024

In a landmark opinion issued today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has said that Israel’s 57-year occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip is in breach of international law.

Demonstrators gather outside the Peace Palace, home of the International Court of Justice, to demand a ceasefire and show support for Palestine and Nicarague, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024.

US declares 'mission complete' for Gaza Aid Pier after delivering one day's worth of food

JUL 18, 2024

The Pentagon announced on 17 July that the floating pier built off the coast of Gaza would be dismantled for good, declaring its “mission complete” two months after it started operations.

 

Hopes for Gaza Ceasefire Fade Again

July 17, 2024

Northern and central Gaza have been hit by Israeli airstrikes this week as troops return to battle Hamas fighters in areas they claimed to have cleared many months ago. The intensified military offensive unfolded just days after mediators thought they were making headway in negotiations for a ceasefire. On Friday, Hamas reportedly dropped its insistence on a “complete” ceasefire as a prerequisite for talks.

 

The US Continues To Undermine Its Own Interests in Iran

Ted Snider

July 17, 2024

The American-led isolation of Iran is springing leaks all over. It seems that wherever Iran knocks, everyone answers. Except the United States. Instead, the U.S. continues to close the door, following a long pattern with Iran of undermining its own interests.

 

By failing to stop the Gaza genocide, the ICJ is working exactly as intended

Emilio Dabed

July 16, 2024

Millions worldwide are appalled by what they see as the total failure of the international legal order to prevent Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Despite major cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), there is a growing sense of frustration that the law has not done its job. While understandable, this outrage is based on a fundamental misconception that international law’s objective is to eradicate violence; that may be what the UN Charter promises, but it is not what international law is expected to do nor what it actually does. 

Science and Freedom: Toward a new revolutionary epistemology

MR

July 13, 2024

Paul Robeson, speaking of the scientific achievements of the West which have formed the bedrock of its claim to supremacy, posed a question for the 20th century: “having found the key, has Western man—Western bourgeois man—sufficient strength left to turn it in the lock?”1

 

The Gaza Genocide Deepens: The Reckoning Begins for the Perpetrators

Ralph Nader

July 15, 2024

In the early weeks of Israel’s massive bombardment and invasion of Gaza, the Israeli military was killing anyone who moved and destroying anything that stood.  In response to telephone calls from President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging Netanyahu to minimize civilian casualties reportedly he would respond:  Don’t lecture me, look at what you did to Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Dresden.

 

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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Another deadly strike on a UN school

Mersiha Gadzo and Federica Marsi

July 14, 2024

 

Dozens killed as Israel strikes Al-Mawasi 'safe zone' in Gaza

 

July 13, 2024

Israeli forces killed at least 71 civilians and injured 289 more in a series of massive airstrikes on the Al-Mawasi region on the southern Gaza coast, Al Jazeera reported on 13 July.

 Aftermath of an Israeli strike in Al-Mawasi, Gaza. (Photo credit: BBC)

The People of Gaza Starved as US Built a Public Relations Ploy in the Form of a Pier

 Juan Cole

July 12, 2024

The Navy Times reports that the US aid pier at Gaza will be permanently decommissioned. The $270 million pier could not be reattached this week because of heavy seas.

 

U.S. and Israeli troops assemble the Trident Pier off the shore of the northern Gaza Strip on April 26, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Army Central Command)

The Folly of Empire and the Albatross of Debt

David Stockman

July 12, 2024

Like the case of Rome before it, Empire is bankrupting America. The true fiscal cost of the national security budget is now upwards of $1.3 trillion per year (counting veterans expense and international operations and aid), but there is no way to pay for it.

CBO Projects The Public Debt Will Reach $146 Trillion By Mid-Century

 

What can Palestinian artists do in the face of our slaughter?

Tamer Nafar

July 11, 2024

At the end of December 2023, as the war in Gaza neared its third month, several Palestinian singers in Israel faced harsh criticism online after they promoted their upcoming Christmas and New Year’s performances on social media. This sparked a widespread debate among their fellow Palestinian citizens.

Israel forcibly displaces tens of thousands from Gaza City into deadly 'safe-zones'

July 10, 2024

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from Gaza City in northern Gaza and are on the move with nowhere to go due to new evacuation orders issued by Israel. 

Scientists to Biden: Cancel New Nuclear IBM System

Edward Carver

July 10, 2024

More than 700 scientists on Monday called for an end to the United States' land-based nuclear weapons program that's set to be replaced, following a Pentagon decision to approve the program despite soaring costs.

 

Why the Israeli army is expanding its invasion of Gaza City

Tareq S. Hajjaj

July 8, 2024

he Israeli army’s invasion of Gaza City’s eastern Shuja’iyya neighborhood has entered its second week, and it is now spreading to other parts of the city. The entire city is being put under siege, with its some 300,000 remaining inhabitants trapped in the middle with nowhere to go.

Palestinians flee eastern part of Gaza City after they were ordered by the Israeli army to evacuate their neighborhoods, July 7, 2024. (Photo: Hadi Daoud/APA Images)

Copernicus: June 2024 marks 12th month of global temperature reaching 1.5°C above pre-industrial

July 9, 2024

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables. Additionally, the bulletin also includes highlights regarding the boreal spring (March-April-May). Most of the reported findings are based on the ERA5 reanalysis dataset, using billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world.

Can Iran’s New Reformist President Deliver?

Fariba Amini

July 9, 2024

 

Newark, Delaware (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Elections in Iran have predictable outcomes. The men picked by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, engage in a quasi-debate on TV, but usually the hand-picked guy is bound to win. This year saw a minor upset.

Patriotism

What does patriotism mean?

میهن پرستی

 

میهن پرستی ، عرق میهنی، حُبّ وطن، و اصطلاحاتی از این قبیل چه معنی میدهند؟ فرهنگ وبستر میهن پرستی‌ را عشق به کشور و فداکاری معنی‌ کرده است. در ادامهٔ این تعریف، میهن پرستی‌ را کیفیت از خود گذشته بودن و حمایت شدید از کشور عنوان کرده است.ا