The assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah’s secretary-general for more than 30 years, in a September 27, 2024 Israeli airstrike is being viewed by anti-resistance-axis politicians and journalists, both inside and outside Lebanon, as a rare historic and “golden opportunity” to remove Hizbullah from the equation and rebuild Lebanon. This opportunity, …
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Hezbollah c’est moi: The Party of God without Hassan Nasrallah
On September 27, the unimaginable happened. At approximately 5:22 p.m. local time, reports emerged of a massive Israeli strike on the predominantly Shia southern suburbs of Beirut, known colloquially as Dahiyeh. Six buildings had been flattened, throwing up pillars of thick reddish smoke against Beirut’s skyline, and an anchor with …
Read More »What to know about Iran’s missile attack and Israel’s operations in Lebanon and Gaza
Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel caused few casualties and little damage, but it marked a further escalation of tensions in the Middle East as Israeli forces battle Tehran’s militant allies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Israel has vowed to retaliate against Iran. At the heart of the recent …
Read More »Israelis Emerge from Bomb Shelters after Iranian Missile Barrage with Very Few Injuries Reported
The Israeli military cleared the public to exit their bomb shelters and announced that very few injuries were reported after Iran launched a barrage of some 180 ballistic missiles toward the country on Tuesday. Fire could be seen over the night skies of Israel as missiles exploded overhead. The Israel …
Read More »‘Let’s just fight’: How Britain prefers war over peace in Ukraine
Boris Johnson avoided promoting a compromise peace in Ukraine after Russia invaded. Now, Labour continues to help prolong the conflict to secure British interests. Last week, defence secretary John Healey announced that the UK “will continue to step up our support to help Ukraine achieve victory” in its war with …
Read More »RAF spy flights over Gaza risk complicity in Israeli torture
Britain’s military could be receiving intelligence from Israel that was obtained under torture, campaigners fear. Israel’s torture of Palestinian prisoners should have serious consequences for UK intelligence cooperation with Tel Aviv, human rights groups have warned. It comes as Keir Starmer suspended some arms exports to Israel last week, which …
Read More »RAF spy flights over Gaza risk complicity in Israeli torture
Britain’s military could be receiving intelligence from Israel that was obtained under torture, campaigners fear. Israel’s torture of Palestinian prisoners should have serious consequences for UK intelligence cooperation with Tel Aviv, human rights groups have warned. It comes as Keir Starmer suspended some arms exports to Israel last week, which …
Read More »War of Legitimacy – How the ICJ, UNGA Challenged Decades of Israeli, US Arrogance
Two historical events regarding the Israeli occupation of Palestine have taken place on July 19 and September 18. The first was a most comprehensive ‘advisory opinion’ by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which reiterated that the Israeli occupation of Palestine is illegal and must come to an immediate end. …
Read More »“Escalation Dominance” . . . and the Prospect of More Than 1,000 Holocausts
Everything is at stake. Everything is at stake with nuclear weapons. While working as a nuclear war planner for the Kennedy administration, Daniel Ellsberg was shown a document calculating that a U.S. nuclear attack on communist countries would result in 600 million dead. As he put it later: “A hundred …
Read More »Why Tensions in the South China Sea Are Bolstering the U.S.-Philippines Alliance
Manila has fully allied with Washington amid increasingly dangerous standoffs with Beijing in the South China Sea, heightening the prospect of a wider war. Why has the South China Sea become a source of contention in the region? Chinese leader Xi Jinping has continually projected China’s strength abroad, particularly in …
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