Dr. Naledi Pandor: The Global Anti-Apartheid Conference on Palestine

Naledi PandorForeign Minister Dr. Naledi Pandor on the indivisible bond of solidarity between South Africa and the Palestinian people, “forged by the crucible of the two nations’ respective liberation struggles.”  The following speech was delivered on May 10, 2024 by the South Africa Minister of International Relations Dr. Naledi Pandor to the Global Anti-Apartheid Conference on…

Rafah: ‘The Scenes of the Nakba are Repeating’

Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Mahmoud Mushtaha Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 7, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) With Israeli forces entering Gaza’s southernmost city, Palestinians describe their hardships and fears in the Strip’s last vanishing refuge. Israel’s long-threatened invasion of Rafah has begun. Under cover of intense aerial…

Dear U.S. Left: Stop Asking Me to Vote!

Editorial Comment: I encourage people to read Mark E Smith – Consent To Tyranny. Mike Flugennock “Democracy” is an impediment to change. “Democracy” is a prison, and we need to jump the guards and bust out. At this point, it should be abundantly clear that “revolution is the ONLY solution” isn’t just a tight, clever…

Israel’s Brutality Against Palestinians Draws on British Rule

A Bustos British soldiers in Palestine during the Arab revolt, 1936. (Photo: SZ via Alamy) Britain’s “mandate” over Palestine from 1920-48 left an apparatus of repression which Israel inherited and still uses today in its ferocious war on Palestinians. Israel’s present use of collective punishment against Palestinians owes much of its origins to British rule…

Operation Legacy: How Britain Covered Up its Colonial Crimes

Audra Diptée The British sought to cover up their atrocities in Africa and the Caribbean by manipulating information to obfuscate history.  In 2011, the world learned of the secret British policy called Operation Legacy that was implemented in the 1950s. The goal of this policy was to remove incriminating documents from former colonies in the months before…

Let Israel’s Leaders Get Arrested for War Crimes

Gideon Levy All decent Israelis must ask themselves the following questions: Is their country committing war crimes in Gaza? If so, how should they be stopped? How should the culprits be punished? Who can punish them? Is it reasonable for crimes to go unprosecuted and criminals to be exculpated? One may, of course, reply in…

Enforcing Silence on Genocide

Elizabeth Vos The U.S. public should by now be realizing that instead of stopping genocide, U.S. institutional and media authority is actively stamping out cries to stop the mass murder being committed with U.S. complicity. Developments on university campuses and in Congress this week showed that the U.S. government’s top priority is not protecting students…

Rafah Invasion Imminent

Maureen Clare Murphy Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, on 30 April. Palestinian human rights groups say that Israel has escalated its attacks in Rafah, southern Gaza, where approximately 1.3 million people, the vast majority of them displaced from other areas in the territory, are…

NAMRU-6: A Threat to Latin America

Misión Verdad NAMRU-6 receives visit from the U.S. Ambassador to Peru, Lisa Kenna. BSL-3 containment laboratories are designed to work with risk group 3 microorganisms, which include parasitic infections such as malaria and leishmaniasis, viral and bacterial diseases. The existence of US biolaboratories in Peru poses a risk to the entire region. Namru-6 is a…

From Gaza to Guantanamo: The Horrors of Western Imperialism

Mnar Adley  An unflinching look at the parallels between Israeli atrocities and Western crimes, exposing the systemic violence inherent in US foreign policy. Over the past six months, we have witnessed some of the darkest moments in human history and some of the worst of its capabilities. Every day, we collectively watch in horror as…

How Britain Shields Israel from War Crime Charges

John Mcevoy and Phil Miller Benny Gantz received temporary immunity to meet David Cameron in March. (Photo: X) The Conservatives have repeatedly protected Israeli politicians, spies and soldiers from being arrested for war crimes when they visit Britain, a new list reveals. Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz among ten Israelis granted special immunity from prosecution…

As ICC Interviews Gaza Hospital Staff, US Threatens Against Prosecuting Israeli Officials for War Crimes

The Cradle  Gaza’s two largest hospitals, Al-Shifa and Al-Nasser, have witnessed brutal Israeli attacks throughout the war International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have held meetings with the staff of Gaza’s two largest hospitals, Al-Shifa Hospital in the north of the strip and Al-Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis. Two unnamed sources told Reuters on…

War on Gaza: How Israel Relies on Foreign Fighters to Carry Out its War Crimes

Ali Bakir and Mehmet Rakipoglu Israeli soldiers walk near the border with Gaza Strip in southern Israel on 12 March, 2024 (AFP) Thousands of people from countries around the world have joined the war against Palestinians The US recently threatened to impose sanctions on Netzah Yehuda, an Israeli army unit established around 25 years ago to integrate ultra-Orthodox men into the military. While…

Palestine: Is the UN System Still Relevant?

Maren Mantovani UN Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland. Image credit John Samuel We are failing every day to force a ceasefire and stop the genocide. But failure is not an option. We must refocus this moment. Two months after its first order of provisional measures to halt Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the International Court of Justice (ICJ)…

Israel’s Psychological War on the Palestinians

Ghina Abi-Ghannam Walid Daqqa’s Searing Consciousness (Or on Redefining Torture) On April 7th 2024, Walid Daqqa was martyred in Zionist captivity 37 years and 2 weeks after he was arrested on March 25th 1986. The Israeli military court prosecuted Walid for his role in commanding a unit that killed an active-duty Israeli soldier– an accusation that he…

Meta and Lavender

Paul Biggar Palestinians transport the wounded and try to put out a fire after an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Shaboura refugee camp in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, November 17, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) A little-discussed detail in the Lavender AI article is that Israel is killing people based on being in…

US Sanctions Are Killing Venezuelans

Andreína Chávez Alava US sanctions against Venezuela have led to severe episodes of food insecurity, which have taken years of grassroots efforts to overcome. Sanctions are political, not legal instruments. Their goal is to cause pain and suffering in order to force populations to overthrow their own governments and surrender their sovereignty. After Venezuelan president…

US Reimposes Illegal and Inhumane Oil Sanctions on Venezuela: The New York Times Runs Cover

Roger D. Harris A minute after midnight on April 18, the US reimposed coercive economic measures designed to cripple Venezuela’s oil industry. Later that day, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a new sanctions bill on Nicaragua. Meanwhile, Cuba protested the US’s six-decade blockade as talks resumed between the two countries on migration. At…