Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, described by some in Congress as a “warlord,” is seeking to expand cooperation with the U.S.
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Our censors, as the record shows again and again, have no special concern about acting in a serious manner. Power has no such obligation. Is there some connection — not quite official but it may as well be — between censorship and presidential politics? I pose the question as a survivor of the Russiagate years, Continue reading »
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a human rights activist, was protesting an illegal West Bank settlement when she was reportedly shot in the head by Israeli soldiers.
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History didn’t start on 7 October. True that. To get a deeper sense of why the shocking destruction in Gaza is happening, we have to revive the forgotten war that the US waged against North Korea in the 1950s. In many ways, it was the template for all that followed. Gaza is tiny: 365 km². Continue reading »
Despite U.S. talk of peace and stability, and two decades of war, the people of Yemen are still suffering.
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A recent, comprehensive social-media interview has provided an acute reminder of how hard it now is to imagine certain flagship, Western current affairs programs drowning their cherished war-drums in a lead weighted bag and applying themselves to investigating pivotal geopolitical challenges with intelligent thoroughness (as Four Corners can still manage (see:Inside Iran: The proxy war Continue reading »
The moral distinction between liberal democracies and dictatorships is being flattened by the carnage in Gaza. For most of human history human rights did not exist. The struggle to secure them arguably began in 1215 with the Magna Carta in England, which promised protection from illegal imprisonment as a right. But it took another 733 years and Continue reading »
Israel’s military operations in the occupied West Bank have killed at least 20 Palestinians over three days.
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New York University students who speak out against Zionism will now risk violating the school’s nondiscrimination policies.
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Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban party has announced that the Nation will be holding a celebratory sausage fest to commemorate the country being declared ”girl germ” free. ”Happy days on the streets of Kabul brother,” said a Taliban Spokesperson. ”Finally men can... Read More ›