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View from Israel: When has the Israel-Palestine conflict ever responded to Cartesian logic?

8:37 21.10.2023

View from Israel: When has the Israel-Palestine conflict ever responded to Cartesian logic?

Sooner or later, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s destructive political magic, which has kept him in power for 15 years, was bound to usher in a major tragedy. A year ago, he formed the most radical and incompetent government in Israel’s history. Don’t worry, he assured his critics, I have …

View from Palestine: It is not a Hamas-Israeli conflict

8:36 21.10.2023

View from Palestine: It is not a Hamas-Israeli conflict

At one time, the ‘Arab-Israeli Conflict’ was Arab and Israeli. Over the course of many years, however, it was rebranded. The media is now telling us it is a ‘Hamas-Israeli conflict’, writes Ramzy Baroud, the editor of ‘The Palestine Chronicle’. But what went wrong? Israel simply became too powerful. The …

French financial prosecutors raid Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters

8:34 21.10.2023

French financial prosecutors raid Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics said on Thursday their headquarters had been raided Wednesday by the country's national financial prosecutor and a judicial source said the raid, which also targeted event management firms, were part of an ongoing probe into alleged favoritism, France 24 informs. "Paris 2024 confirms that …

British charity is over: Homes for Ukraine funding halt could put thousands on streets

8:33 21.10.2023

British charity is over: Homes for Ukraine funding halt could put thousands on streets

Sponsorship arrangements for more than 130,000 Ukrainians who fled to UK are due to end next March 2024, reveals ‘The Guardian’. Thousands of Ukrainians who fled to the UK after the Russian invasion are at risk of homelessness if ministers go ahead with plans to end funding for a scheme …

‘The American Conservative’: No more malarkey on Ukraine!

11:57 20.10.2023

‘The American Conservative’: No more malarkey on Ukraine!

Biden must tell the American people what we’re doing here, and why. America needs to hear from its own president, not Volodymyr Zelensky, about what is going on in Ukraine, stresses ‘The American Conservative’. America just can’t get enough of Endless War it seems; otherwise why would it keep getting …

The Washington Post: “Xi, with ‘no limits’ partner Putin, says U.S. holding back Global South”

11:55 20.10.2023

The Washington Post: “Xi, with ‘no limits’ partner Putin, says U.S. holding back Global South”

Chinese leader Xi Jinping laid out a vision for a revamped version of his signature “Belt and Road” investment initiative and promised continued economic support for nations that sign on to China’s remade world order, stresses ‘The Washington Post’. With guest of honor Russian President Vladimir Putin, who shares his …

After the Israeli strike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip it is necessary to turn to Russia and China

11:52 20.10.2023

After the Israeli strike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip it is necessary to turn to Russia and China

The bombing and killing of at least 500 people at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital by the Israeli occupation forces in central Gaza late on October 17 was seen by many as no accident. Much like the bombed hospital, often described as “a safe haven of peace and compassion in the midst …

Israel needs an exit strategy. Can US help?

11:09 19.10.2023

Israel needs an exit strategy. Can US help?

Israel needs an exit strategy, if past experiences in Lebanon and Gaza gave any lessons, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. One, the Biden Administration will be seen as backing Israel to the hilt by way of meeting its security needs but Washington will not be drawn …

FT: Republican chaos hampers US effort to send more aid to Israel and Ukraine

11:08 19.10.2023

FT: Republican chaos hampers US effort to send more aid to Israel and Ukraine

Republicans’ failure to select a new Speaker of the House risks complicating White House efforts to send billions of dollars in extra US military aid to Israel and Ukraine, as lawmakers brace for a third week of chaos on Capitol Hill, notes ‘The Financial Times’. Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden’s national …

When technology does not work as advertised: Some lessons from Ukraine and Gaza

11:07 19.10.2023

When technology does not work as advertised: Some lessons from Ukraine and Gaza

Along with the much-discussed intelligence failure in Israel, there is growing awareness that many of America's and Israel's high tech weapons fail to perform as advertised. The same goes for many European systems. We were told, for example, that both the Abrams tanks and the German Leopards were vastly superior …

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