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 …
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 »It was waiting for the superhero Vucic to be free and that he could attend the session on lithium: Who is more afraid – the government or the opposition?
While Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is reportedly waiting for an invitation from the opposition to attend a session dedicated to the excavation of lithium, and during that time there are pre-scheduled obligations, until October 7, when the Speaker of the Assembly has scheduled this session by a “gatherer” the president …
Read More »Nasrallah R.I.P – What really happened and why!
The general secretary of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, is gone. Decades of his reign over Hezbollah, his personal connection to the spiritual leader Khamenei, and his everlasting equations – all gone. He may be mourned by his followers, maybe even by Hezbollah experts, who have studied Nasrallah for years, but many …
Read More »On Influence Operations: Brainpower As A Weapon Of Choice – Analysis
Of Sweet Potatoes and Newsreels (FPRI) — During the American Revolution, a British officer was sent from Charleston under flag of truce to negotiate a prisoner exchange with “Swamp Fox” Francis Marion. The officer was blindfolded but treated courteously as he journeyed under escort to Marion’s hidden camp. The Swamp …
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