Middle Orient

We have both been reporting on and protesting against U.S. war crimes for many years, and against identical crimes committed by U.S. allies and proxies like Israel and Saudi Arabia: illegal uses of military force to try to remove enemy governments or “regimes”; hostile military occupations; disproportionate military violence justified …

No water,no medicine,no fuel,no food,no hope ,that is the daily reality of life for Gazans suffering under these unbearable, intolerable vicious unwarranted attacks. All of the above facts are crimes against humanity and war crimes under the 4th Geneva convention. Article 18 refers specifically to the safe guarding of hospitals …

The southern arena: The IDF integrated maneuver in the Gaza Strip continued. It focused onthe Shati refugee camp and the Rantisi Children’s Hospital, where the IDF exposed a basementused by Hamas terrorist operatives and where Israeli hostages may have been held. Hamasstill claims its operatives are inflicting losses on the …

There is no more humming and hawing in Washington and Tel Aviv, as more weapons, battle plans, troops, and allies are amassed to deepen the war on Gaza and destroy the Palestinian resistance. Thirty days after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood destroyed Israel’s psychological deterrence, Washington and Tel Aviv continue to take …

While Israel has dropped the equivalent of two nuclear bombs on Gaza – and mulls over the prospect of deploying an actual one – normalized Arab regimes are quietly protecting their commitment to support Tel Aviv over Tehran. “The world cannot see another Hiroshima. If the world sees 100,000 people …

As the west’s support for Israel’s Gaza war becomes indefensible, Moscow aligns itself with the global majority in defense of Palestine. The complex, nuanced issue of Russia’s geopolitical neutrality in the Israel-Palestine tragedy was finally clarified last week, in no uncertain terms. Exhibit A is Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing …

Parmi les nombreuses voix qui ont soutenu Israël, certaines comme le conseiller à la sécurité nationale de la Maison Blanche, Jake Sullivan, lui ont demandé de conduire ses opérations dans Gaza de manière à cibler le Hamas, pas les civils. D’autres voix, moins amènes, l’ont accusé de violer le droit …

Less than a week after Hamas’s devastating attacks on October 7, Israel’s intelligence ministry produced a chilling document. It advocated that Israel remove all of Gaza’s Palestinian population and forcibly resettle them in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. In November, a poster advertising a far-right rally in Tel Aviv juxtaposed an …

The United States carried out two air strikes in Syria against Iran and its aligned groups on Sunday, the Pentagon said, in the latest response to a series of attacks against American forces in Syria and in Iraq. In a statement, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the strikes targeted …

Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack seems to have been planned with specific goals in mind, yet without considering the wider consequences for the movement. A pattern is emerging in Hamas’ behavior where its short-term plans produce unexpected achievements and consequences that supersede the movement’s political capacity to deal with them. The …