Informed Comment daily updates (01/31/2024)

 

Jewish American Dilemmas: Netanyahu’s War Crimes, Trumpian Antisemitism and the Fringe Left Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Let’s face it. Israel under PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi), isn’t helping the fight against global Antisemitism, and is fueling the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) Movement. The war crimes in Gaza have been augmented by a recent conference led by Bibi, to re-colonize Gaza with renewed Haredim settlements. […]

Freezing Aid to Gaza: Israel’s International War against the UN Relief and Works Agency by Dr Binoy Kampmark Imperilled, tormented Palestinians in Gaza had little time to celebrate the January 26 order of the International Court of Justice.  In a case brought by South Africa intended to facilitate a ceasefire and ease the suffering of the Gaza populace, Israel received the unwanted news that it had to, among other […]

Remote Warfare and Expendable People: Forever War means never Having to say you’re Sorry ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In war, people die for absurd reasons or often no reason at all. They die due to accidents of birth, the misfortune of being born in the wrong place — Cambodia or Gaza, Afghanistan or Ukraine — at the wrong time. They die due to happenstance, choosing to shelter indoors when […]

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Huge Israeli Conference in Jerusalem Plots Squatter-Settlements in Gaza once it is Ethnically Cleansed Most Palestinians in Gaza are now Displaced at least Twice Over. They have a Right to Choose where to Return Ruling by UN’s Top Court means the U.S. and Canada could be liable for Complicity in Gaza Genocide How Biden inherited the War with an Iraqi Shiite Militia from Bush, Trump and Netanyahu How Trees and Forests Heal us and make for Well-Being, As Climate Chaos Accelerates, Governments can’t Afford any other Priority From the Siege of Leningrad to the Siege of Gaza: Colonialist Mentality