Tag: Israel
Sanders moves to block Trump’s $8.56 billion arms deal to Israel
The Vermont senator challenges U.S. involvement in arming Israel amid allegations of war crimes and violations of international law.
Resettling Gaza: Trump’s empire-building agenda?
Critics have accused Trump of endorsing a form of ethnic cleansing, a charge vehemently denied by his administration.
Blueprint for ethnic cleansing: Trump proposes US take over Gaza &...
Trump went even further and said the United States should “own” Gaza and develop it into a seaside tourist destination.
The Israelis left behind in 50 mn. tons of bomb-infested rubble...
Clearing this rubble will be extremely dangerous for so many reasons.
Settler colonialism: ‘It Ends With Us’ in Palestine and Israel
This article refers to both these incidents to analyze the current Palestine-Israel catastrophe.
Israeli airstrikes kill 73 in Gaza just hours after ceasefire announcement,...
Israeli strikes escalate in Gaza even as cease-fire talks continue amidst a humanitarian crisis.
Gaza deal: What it means for peace in the Middle East—expert Q&A
We asked Scott Lucas, an expert in the Middle East conflict at University College Dublin, to explain the key issues that have led to the agreement and what it means for the future of the region.
Israel launched over 1,400 airstrikes on Gaza in December as US...
Israel’s December airstrikes on Gaza exceeded 1,400 as U.S. military aid continued.
The earthquake environmental justice aren’t talking about
In Syria, what happened on Dec. 15 wasn’t an earthquake—it was a massive airstrike that Israel carried out in Syria.
With Israel’s destruction of Kamal Adwan Hospital, UN rapporteur calls for...
Some 350 staff and patients were illegally detained by Israeli forces, though most were subsequently released.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.