INTERNATIONAL

Palestinians can’t live forever in ‘open-air jail’!

by M M Zuhair   The United Nations which adopted the ‘Partition Resolution’ 181 on 29th November 1947 and the UN Security Council that strengthened the partition, which led to the destruction of Palestine as a wholesome State and the creation of Israel within Palestine on 14th May 1948, together with the Western powers which emasculated Palestine as a nation, …

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Mass protests erupt internationally against Israeli war on Gaza

A week after Palestinians initiated an armed uprising against Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, protests are erupting internationally against Israel’s war on Gaza. The fascistic regime of Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered 1.1 million Palestinians to flee Gaza City and go south, along roads bombed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Israel—which has now cut off Gaza’s water, fuel and …

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Israel-Palestine war: Mass slaughter in Gaza lays bare the depth of western racism

A Palestinian girl reacts in the aftermath of a strike amid the conflict with Israel in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 12 October, 2023 (Reuters) Support for the brutal, indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza finds its roots in the historical context of western settler-colonialism   In a stunning turn of events, Palestinian fighters on the weekend launched a …

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Israel is likely to give the Palestinians just two options: forced population transfer or genocide

Palestinians collect their usable belongings under debris after Israeli airstrikes destroyed buildings in Rafah, Gaza on October 12, 2023. [Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency] In the midst of the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza, whereby the Israeli authorities are being accused of actions tantamount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and potentially genocide, the international community by and large …

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War and hypocrisy

We are said to be living in a civilised world, and much is spoken about global democracy, human rights, equality and justice, but the underlying principle of the so-called rule-based world order seems be ‘might is right’ in all but name. More than 2,000 people have reportedly been killed in Gaza, during the past several days, with Hamas and Israel …

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