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

Informed Comment daily updates (01/29/2024)

 

How Biden inherited the War with an Iraqi Shiite Militia from Bush, Trump and Netanyahu Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The “Party of God Brigades” (Kata’ib Hizbullah) of Iraq struck the Tower 22 US military base in the far north of Jordan on the border with Syria on Sunday, killing three US military personnel and wounding dozens more. The Shiite militia said that it was part of its continued attempt […]

How Trees and Forests Heal us and make for Well-Being, Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Korean scientists have confirmed that walking through forest areas improved older women’s blood pressure, lung capacity and elasticity in their arteries.  Walking in an urban park with trees, or an arboretum, or a rural forest reduces blood pressure, improves cardiac-pulmonary parameters, bolsters mental health, reduces negative thoughts, […]

As Climate Chaos Accelerates, Governments can’t Afford any other Priority ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In December, the New York Times reported that “Earth is finishing up its warmest year in the past 174 years and very likely the past 125,000.” (Though it’s not the Times’s style, that latter figure should have had a couple of exclamation points after it!) Furthermore, according to the National Oceanic […]

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From the Siege of Leningrad to the Siege of Gaza: Colonialist Mentality UN’s top Court orders Israel to ‘Prevent Genocide’ in Gaza Ron DeSantis: Yet Another Cog in Guantanamo’s Torture Machine Israel’s Reputation forever Besmirched by UN Court Injunction to Cease Genociding Palestinians Biden Must Choose Between a Ceasefire in Gaza and a Regional War Western moral Credibility is dying along with Thousands of Gaza Citizens Israel’s Victory in Gaza turns Pyrrhic as a Majority of Youths and Democrats brand it Genocidal