Informed Comment daily updates (04/07/2024)

 

The U.S. used to Stand up to Israeli Expansionism: Time for Biden to Show Eisenhower’s Spine Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – President John. F Kennedy coined the term “special relationship” to describe the American-Israeli relationship. This “special relationship” has only continued to grow stronger, sometimes by fits and starts, since the inception of the Jewish state in 1948.  Despite its support for Israel, when it came to the issue […]

Against genocide: A conversation with Ofer Cassif Stephanie Van Hook

Why Countries selling Israel Weapons for Gaza Campaign are Violating International Law By Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, University of Bristol | – The UK government has received internal legal advice that Israel has broken international humanitarian law in its current war on Gaza. The advice was revealed by Alicia Kearns, the Conservative chair of the House of Commons foreign affairs select committee, in a speech to a fundraising event […]

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