Poor Ophelia divided from herself and her fair judgment Without the which we are pictures, or mere beasts…. — Hamlet (IV.v.) As was the case with the British and Roman empires that preceded it, Washington has long had a fondness for the divide and conquer paradigm and has ruthlessly fomented sectarianism in the post-Cold War […]
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are the Tories facing electoral oblivion, Trump's victory in Iowa and Gary Lineker's claim not to realise he was tweeting anti-Israel propaganda.
It should surprise no one that the prize-match fight for the rule of international law has pitted Israel and South Africa against each other at the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The world is split between those who have crafted a self-serving global and regional order that guarantees them impunity whatever their crimes, […]
The British media’s complicity in Israel’s slaughter in Gazaby Ian SinclairMorning Star7 December 2023 Printed in full by Jadaliyya, on October 24 Rami Ruhayem, a BBC correspondent based in Beirut, sent an extraordinary email to BBC Director General Tim Davie, raising “the gravest possible concerns” about the corporation’s post October 7 coverage of the Israel-Palestine […]
Israel’s relationship with the United Nations, international institutions and international law has at times bristled with suspicion and blatant hostility. In a famous cabinet meeting in 1955, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion famously knocked back the suggestion that the United Nations 1947 plan for partitioning Palestine had been instrumental in creating the State of Israel. “No, […]
The 1948 Convention on Genocide defines genocide as "...acts committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group." Israel has killed more than 23,000 Palestinians, including more than 8,000 children. An estimated 85% of the population of Gaza has been displaced.
On Friday, January 12, the US led strikes across rebel-controlled areas of Yemen and killed 5 Houthi fighters as retribution against months of attacks on Red Sea shipping. National Security spokesman John Kirby claims the US is not interested in a proxy war with Iran, but the US strikes could lead to larger conflict.
J R Leach In the dusty corridors of intellectual exploration, I, an avid follower of Jordan B Peterson’s insights into Jungian psychology and Nietzschean philosophy, find myself confronting a recent heartbreak. At first, I chose to ignore it, not ready for what it actually meant. But I’ve mulled over it for a bit now and …
Thousands have gathered in London's Trafalgar Square for a 'Stand with Israel' event, demanding the release of hostages from Gaza and marking 100 days since the October 7th attacks.
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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill desperately tried to persuade United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to declare war on Germany and enter World War II. The U.S. president recognized Nazi Germany’s threat to Western civilization and U.S. interests but his intuition told him that the American people were not ready for battle. Complicating a proposed […]
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