Interesting piece from The New Yorker (excerpts below) Amid the escalating horror in Gaza, the President will have to go around Benjamin Netanyahu to forge a postwar vision for the region. “As for his postwar plan for Gaza, Netanyahu offered a laconic mixture of counter-insurgency and Greater Israel fantasies, to which the hostages’ lives seem […]
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Israel has changed their story a number of times already. The location of where food aid would be delivered in north Gaza was shared with Israeli forces before the shooting that killed at least 112 Palestinians, says Muhammad Ahmad, a trustee from a charity that delivered food aid to Gaza. Location of food aid was […]
If you follow 5 + 1 eye media outlets you’d be largely oblivious to the fact that ICJ hearings against Israel’s ethnic cleansing/genocide of Gaza have continued– Below is a brief rundown on the ICJ hearings and the US intelligence assessment on Israel’s claims against UNRWA Israel and UNRWAWeasel wording aplenty, but, no real evidence […]
Yahoo South Africa’s government said Tuesday it had lodged an “urgent request” with the U.N.’s International Court of Justice to consider whether Israel’s military operations targeting the southern Gaza city of Rafah are a breach of provisional orders the court handed down last month in a case alleging genocide. South Africa said it asked the […]
Link The CIA director, William Burns, is expected to join teams from Hamas and Israel in Cairo today for negotiations over a ceasefire and prisoner exchange as international pressure increases to advance the talks. Israel’s delegation includes its heads of intelligence, David Barnea of the Mossad and Ronen Bar, the director of Shin Bet. Also […]
Good article from Responsible State Craft, emphasizing how the media manages your perception by reporting or not reporting on what is really happening. Or what the facts of a matter, any matter, really are. Lies of omission are still lies. Brief explanation below The particular focus is on “topical silences,” those cases where failure to […]
When a wrong was done to one group of people there is no automatic get out of jail card given that allows for them to engage in behaviour that is murderous against others. Israel is not immune to accusations of ethnic cleansing or genocide because of … history. The Conversation Immune to genocide accusations? Israeli […]
Bloomberg Benjamin Netanyahu has long been known as the magician of Israeli politics. The nation’s longest-serving prime minister may have faced daily rallies against his plan to weaken the judiciary, presided over the most right-wing and religious government in Israel’s history and been on trial for bribery and fraud. But Israel seemed secure, and Netanyahu […]
I’m getting the impression the US is managing this war on Israel’s behalf. Some of the quotes from Blinken leave one with that impression. Headline- Blinken Urges Israel to Think of Postwar Role That’s not a call to ceasefire. Or a call to reduce civilian casualties. That’s encouraging Israel to make plans for the land […]
(Bloomberg) — The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea more than two months after being sent to the region following Hamas’ attack on Israel in October, ABC News reported. The carrier and other surface ships that form the strike group will head back to their home port […]