«La guerre, c’est la paix». La dette est une bonne chose. La liberté, c’est l’esclavage. Nous vivons dans une société de contre-vérités où le joueur de flûte sera payé, et la dette effacée. L’encre de la signature du président [Joe] Biden transférant 61 milliards de dollars supplémentaires au trou noir …
Read More »Rafah : Courez, courez dit le bourreau
Après que plus de la moitié de la population de Gaza ait trouvé refuge dans la ville frontalière de Rafah, Israël continue son horrible jeu. Des centaines de milliers de personnes sont forcées de fuir, une fois de plus. Nous publions ci-dessous un nouveau texte de Chris Hedge. «Courez, demandent …
Read More »U.S. Repatriates Citizens from Syria and Urges Other Countries to Follow Suit
The United States government has repatriated twelve people from detention camps in northeastern Syria, including ten individuals from the same family, in what was the largest single repatriation of U.S. citizens since the collapse of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate in March 2019.The United States is now urging countries to …
Read More »Weaponizing Antisemitism
All of us—and we are legion across the world must keep our eyes on the genocide in Gaza, as well as on the vicious pogroms underway in the West Bank. A recent statement by James Elder of UNICEF reports that in Rafah, “The European hospital is crammed with severely injured …
Read More »President Xi In Europe: European Union-China Catch 22 For US?
In 2021, the talk of “Strategic Autonomy” was buzzing in Europe’s corridors of power towards greater European independence primarily from dependence on the US led by French President Emmanuel Macron. Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reshaped Europe’s economic strategy to “De-Risking” to reduce economic dependence on China following Washington’s dictates’ …
Read More »Robert Reich: Antisemitism? – OpEd
My father, Ed Reich, was haunted by antisemitism his entire life. He grew up in New York City in the 1910s and 1920s. He was often taunted for being Jewish. The colleges he applied to had quotas on Jewish applicants. He and many in his generation witnessed or experienced the …
Read More »110,000 Flee Rafah As Israeli-Hamas Fighting Continues
The United Nations says about 110,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah as of Friday amid fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants, along with Israeli bombardments that have stepped up in and around the city. Meanwhile, cease-fire talks brokered by Qatar and Egypt have apparently stalled. …
Read More »Moscow’s Plan For Splitting Up Kazakhstan Is Most Probably Already Working, But Very Few People Notice – OpEd
Dr. Stephen Blank, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program, in his piece entitled “Is Kazakhstan Russia’s Next Target?” and published by Real Clear Defense, raises the question in the following way: “Is Kazakhstan, rather than another European state, Russia’s next target?”. Further, he explains what …
Read More »Iran Update, May 11, 2024
Key Takeaways: Northern Gaza Strip: The IDF issued evacuation orders for civilians around Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, due to Hamas reconstituting militarily there.Southern Gaza Strip: The IDF issued expanded its evacuation orders for civilians around Rafah, extending the evacuation zone to two refugee camps and nearby neighborhoods.West Bank: CTP-ISW did …
Read More »Iran Update, May 10, 2024
Palestinian militias conducted at least 17 attacks targeting the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Zaytoun on May 10, suggesting that Hamas was able either to preserve or reconstitute military capability in Zaytoun despite IDF operations there.[i] The IDF launched a re-clearing operation into Zaytoun neighborhood, southern Gaza City, on May …
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