Trump halts bombing of Yemen, reportedly under Saudi pressure, and to dismay of Israel
The subtext here is that people in the region believe the U.S. is bombing an Arab country on behalf of Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and to protect Israel from repercussions for its Gaza genocide.
What We Talk About When We Don’t Want to Talk About Nuclear War
The one, in a vain effort to conceal his own ignorance, offers rambling nonsense. The other, accustomed to making her own rules, simply changes the subject.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel rally against military conscription, with one killed after they attack...
Even the proposed legislation restoring exemption from conscription is not worded in a way that it is acceptable to many Haredim, who are therefore peeved at Shas.
Warfare over healthcare: It’s necropolitics all the way down
This is not just an abstract dilemma that many households are facing; it is necropolitics in action, the state-sanctioned power to decide who lives and dies.
Brink of conflict: Escalating tensions in Middle East following Iran blasts
Tensions rise in Kerman: Middle East edges closer to conflict amidst blasts and accusations.
Déjà vu all over again
Such consequences that you have never encountered in your history.
America’s longest war winds down
For one thing should be clear by now: over the course of the nation’s longest war, the American Century breathed its last.
‘Surveillance humanitarianism’: As Gaza starves, US-Israeli plan would further weaponize food
With hundreds of trucks with lifesaving aid waiting at the border, many of Gaza’s kitchens have closed, and Palestinians face mass starvation as rations run low.
Int’l Court of Justice asked to declare Israeli blockade of aid to Gaza civilians...
That is, the court is being asked to declare the current Israeli blockade of civilian food and other aid to Gaza illegal.
Working for a real mad man
The military stood up to Donald Trump. Who will now stand up to the military?