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The resolution empowers member states to make collective recommendations, but it is legally nonbinding. The US veto on Friday against a proposed UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza has triggered conversation and a call to action to use a rare United Nations resolution in …

L’armée israélienne a élaboré des plans pour envahir le Sud-Liban, ce qui risque d’aggraver encore le conflit au Moyen-Orient, selon le Times. La publication note que les Forces de défense israéliennes (FDI) «veulent repousser les formations armées de l’organisation chiite Hezbollah jusqu’au fleuve Litani». Il s’agit d’une frontière d’une «importance …

As Israel manipulates the truth and silences Palestinian voices to justify its violence, art and culture are powerful tools of resistance, writes Zoe Lafferty. The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) invasion in Jenin Refugee Camp had been ongoing for 30hrs when they entered The Freedom Theatre just past 9am. Ransacking the …

Israel won’t succeed in its goals to ethnically cleanse Gaza due to the heroic steadfastness of Palestinians, says Mustafa Barghouti, but the price is their blood, unless all people of conscience use all possible channels to force Israel to stop. After Israel resumed its all-out assault on Gaza, the bombardment …

Note: We can see how the Biden administration will attempt to wash its hands of the Israeli genocide in Gaza it financed, armed and propagandized: blame it on the “rogue” government of Benjamin Netanyahu, the man Biden rushed to Tel Aviv to give a full-frontal embrace only weeks ago. Netanyahu …

After Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, Israel is focusing on defending its northern communities from the far more powerful Lebanese Hezbollah. To re-establish a buffer zone, Israeli officials have insisted that Hezbollah’s forces withdraw 18 miles north of the Israel-Lebanon border, in accordance with a 2006 ceasefire agreement. …

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s early December trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sought to demonstrate that the United States and Europe have failed to isolate the Russian leader.The recent trip helped Putin take advantage of worldwide criticism of U.S. support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza and …

Despite the fact that during the bombing of the Gaza Strip by Israeli troops not only hospitals and mosques, but also Christian churches were destroyed, many people who call themselves Christians and are not ethnic Jews actively support Israel’s actions. Where did this phenomenon come from? The fact is that …

Given that the U.S. presence is vital for the survival of the AANES, the prospect of withdrawal leaves the entire issue uncertain Akil Mahfouz writes in Athr Press. While the Autonomous Administration and the SDF exert significant control in eastern Syria, the region faces persistent high levels of perceived threats. …

With their uncritical support of Israel, Western leaders have kickstarted the same polarization in Muslim societies that led to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and the birth of violent Islamic fundamentalism. The Western world is unequivocal in its support of Israel in the ongoing Gaza conflict. This much has been clearly …