Israel’s national broadcaster Kan uploaded this song to X (formerly Twitter) in which Israeli children sing in celebration and support for the Israeli army’s mass extermination campaign of Palestinians in Gaza.   The sweet faces of children make an incongruous accompaniment to the genocidal lyrics of the so-called Friendship Song 2023. “Autumn night falls over the beach of Gaza, planes …

Carts have become the main mode of transport for civilians to move around areas in search of food, daily necessities or to flee Israeli bombardment   Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza ride an animal-drawn cart southward, as Israeli tanks roll deeper into the enclave, 9 November 2023 (Reuters) Just a few weeks ago, carts drawn by donkeys and horses were a …

UK and EU leaders blindly following US foreign policy on Israel and Gaza obviously learned nothing from the catastrophic western interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan   US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (C) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the G20 summit in New Delhi on 10 September 2023 (AFP) Since Hamas’s surprise attack …

Amid an upswell of student support for Palestinians, Israel advocacy groups are weaponizing civil rights law to quell dissent. Schuyler Mitchell, Prem Thakker November 16 2023, 5:29 p.m. IN FRONT OF Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library, seven infant-sized bundles of white cloth rested on the steps, splattered with red paint. Behind the swaddles, plywood boards read “10,600 lives slaughtered,” “4,412 children,” and …

The ICC is a “puppet institution”. What’s needed is a country to invoke the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice. Here’s how, with argument, phone numbers, addresses and emails. Some of the greatest successes in recent human history have combined protest movements with strong diplomatic moves. In February 1998, the Clinton administration seemed poised to inflict a massive …