Informed Comment daily updates (12/16/2023)

 

“Tell me how this ends” – Gaza Edition Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – General David Petraeus, as he prepared to help lead an invasion of Iraq, famously asked journalist Rick Atkinson, “Tell me how this ends.” No one doubted that the US could invade and occupy Iraq. It just wasn’t clear even to insiders what the US could possibly do to get back […]

US must Back UN Protection of Gaza’s Civilians, not Veto Resolutions to halt Mass Atrocities By Louis Charbonneau | – United Nations Director @loucharbon This week, US President Joe Biden warned Israel it was losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza, which are laws-of-war violations. The United States should now back those words by acting at the United Nations Security Council to pressure Israel, as well as […]

Is Hamas the same as ISIL (the so-called ‘Islamic State Group’)? No . . . and Yes ( The Conversation ) – In the aftermath of Hamas’ bloody raid into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, many Israelis and people around the world equated the newly ultraviolent and audacious Palestinian militant organization with the world’s deadliest terrorist group, ISIL or ISIS – the so-called “Islamic State group” in Iraq and Syria. Israeli Prime […]

Old posts you may have missed

The Plague as Life: 327,000 Stricken with Infectious Diseases in Gaza The Doomsday Machine is Still On: Nothing Can Be Changed until it is Faced In the Caucasus, the US Priority is Fossil Fuels, not Armenians Why did Biden suddenly accuse Israel of War Crimes in Gaza? Getting Serious about Halting Israeli Genocide The Horrors of Gaza: Any Solution to the Current Crisis must Put Palestinians at the Center of Decision-Making From Kishinev to Gaza