By Ron Unz • Unz Review • January 27, 2020 From the Peace of Westphalia to the Law of the Jungle The January 2nd American assassination of Gen. Qassem Suleimani of Iran was an event of enormous moment. Gen. Suleimani had been the highest-ranking military figure in his nation of 80 million, and with a […]
Al-Manar | January 25, 2020 The Israeli military analyst Alon bin David said that the Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi has prepared a plan to develop the army over several years, stressing that it suffers from shortage of manpower and lack of combat motivation. The Zionist military expert, Benjamin Amidor, on Saturday also said that […]
If Americans Knew | January 23, 2020 Israel’s Jerusalem Post newspaper reports that “the stakes are extremely high” in the current election for members of the World Zionist Congress (WZC). Elections are held every five years. Voting began Jan. 21 and will end in two months. The Jerusalem Post explains that the WZC is “the […]
By Greg Felton | Institute for Political Economy | January 22, 2020 A government, whatever its nature, rules as an imperial power over its people. The surest way to exercise this control is to prop up the illusion that it acts in the public interest. Paul Craig Roberts and Alvin Rabushka spelled out this salient […]
By Jim Kavanagh | The Polemicist | January 23, 2020 “Praise be to God, who made our enemies fools.” – Ayatollah Khamenei The Killing I’ve been writing and speaking for months about the looming danger of war with Iran, often to considerable skepticism. In June, in an essay entitled “Eve of Destruction: Iran Strikes Back,” […]
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin demonstrates the new Instagram campaign against “antisemitism.” EJC and Israel consider opposition to Israeli human rights violations “antisemitic.” Alison Weir | If Americans Knew | January 22, 2020 UPDATE: In the midst of impeachment proceedings, House Leader Nancy Pelosi has gone to Israel to take part in an event organized by […]
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Israel forces Jerusalemite to demolish his home [Maannews ] By Ramona Wadi | MEMO | January 21, 2020 The EU is predicting an increase in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian dwellings and structures in the occupied West Bank, thus perpetuating the problem of displacement. Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett has described the plan to apply Israeli […]
The Palestine Chronicle | January 21, 2020 Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), following an earlier announcement by the court that it intends to investigate alleged war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. “The US government under President Trump has spoken forcefully against the ICC […]
By Ramzy Baroud | The Palestine Chronicle | January 21, 2020 Billions of US taxpayers’ dollars will continue to be funnelled into Israel in the next fiscal year, and for many years in the foreseeable future. Republican and Democratic Senators have recently ensured just that, passing a Bill aimed at providing Israel with $3.3 billion […]
