World - Part 11

Israeli military admits massacre of unarmed Gaza protesters was intentional – then deletes tweets
The Israeli military has admitted that its bloody crackdown on unarmed Palestinian protesters was “accurate and measured.” The Israel Defense Forces, which shot hundreds of Gazans with live ammunition, likewise said, “we know where every bullet land ...[Read more]
0
Like
Save
Emmanuel Macron’s Government Has Banned Palestine Solidarity Demonstrations
The French interior minister has issued a blanket ban on protests in solidarity with Palestine. For months, Emmanuel Macron’s government has joined the far right in denouncing “Islamo-leftism” — a war on anti-racist movements that is now undermini ...[Read more]
0
Like
Save
The Nakba Continues
The both-sides-have-their reasons-but-Israel-is-the-victim stories follow an expected pattern. Israeli Jews, still living in the shadow of the Holocaust, return to their rightful homes and then fight for every inch of what is justly theirs. They are repea ...[Read more]
0
Like
Save
But What About Hamas Rockets?
The U.S.-backed, armed, and funded extreme right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is currently engaged in a systemic collective punishment campaign against the people of Gaza. More than two million of them are trapped in an open-air prison camp with ...[Read more]
0
Like
Save
What Kind of Democracy Kills Children?
During a press briefing on Tuesday, US State Department spokesman Ned Price discussed Israel’s latest all-out assault on the Gaza Strip — dubbed Operation Guardian of the Walls — which had begun the previous day and quickly dispensed with thirty Pal ...[Read more]
1
Like
Save
US preacher asks followers to help buy fourth private jet
Jesse Duplantis said God had told him to buy a Falcon 7X for $54m (£41m). He added he was hesitant about the purchase at first, but said God had told him: "I didn't ask you to pay for it. I asked you to believe for it." Although preachers owning private ...[Read more]
0
Like
Save
There’s Nothing Complicated About What’s Happening in Palestine
The mainstream media is habitually attached to diverting almost every conversation about the death of Palestinians toward Hamas and its rockets. On the morning of May 11, the head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK, Husam Zomlot, was on BBC Newsnight, e ...[Read more]
0
Like
Save
This Is Not Fine: Why Video of an Ultranationalist Frenzy in Jerusalem Is So Unsettling
WEEKS OF PROTESTS in Jerusalem, where Palestinians are resisting an effort by Israeli settlers to force them from their homes and challenging Israeli police restrictions on their freedom to worship at Al Aqsa Mosque, spiraled into armed conflict on Monday ...[Read more]
0
Like
Save
State Dept Spokesperson Under Fire for ‘Spineless’ Refusal to Condemn Israel’s Killing of Children in Gaza
Asked straightforwardly whether he condemns the killing of Palestinian children, Price replied that the Biden administration does not "have independent confirmation of facts on the ground yet" and is "hesitant to get into reports that are just emerging." ...[Read more]
3
Like
Save
New Documentary “Exterminate All the Brutes”€ Was 500 Years of Genocide in the Making
“Exterminate All the Brutes” is a sprawling disquisition — four episodes, each an hour long — into the invention and consequences of 500 years of “white” supremacy, presented via a high-gloss pastiche of old footage, newly filmed dramatization ...[Read more]
0
Like
Save
United States Withdraws From Afghanistan? Not Really
The United States, it appears, is willing to allow the Taliban to return to power with two caveats: first, that the U.S. presence remains, and second, that the main rivals of the United States—namely China and Russia—have no role in Kabul. In 2011, U. ...[Read more]
0
Like
Save