Support and Weapons Commentary by Ben Norton Israel would not realistically be able to wage war on Gaza without US support. Citing a senior Israeli air force official, prominent newspaper Haaretz reported that, “without the…
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Not A Ceasefire Mediator Commentary by Belén Fernández On July 21, 2006, nine days into the 34-day Israeli war on Lebanon that killed 1,200 people, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice opined that “an…
Assassinated Aysengur Eygi By Colonel (ret) Ann Wright U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was working to “gather the facts” about U.S. citizen Aysenur Eygi’s killing by Israel military forces. They Know…
Commentary by Jeffrey D. Sachs In 1999, when Vladimir Putin became Prime Minister and in 2000 when he became President, Putin sought friendly and mutually supportive international relations between Russia and the West. Many European…
Atomic Weapon Abolitionists By Jessica Corbett The NATO military block announced on Oct. 11 that its annual nuclear exercise is set to begin in mid-October—news that arrived just as Japanese atomic bomb survivors who advocate…
It doesn’t mean what you think it does Commentary by Arwa Mahdawi If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy, wrote Orwell. That applies today more than ever. I…
Commentary by Nesrine Malik In July, Benjamin Netanyahu received a standing ovation after his speech to US Congress. It was a moment that seemed to usher in a new phase of the war in Gaza—one…
of the Israel Divestment Movement By Marianne Dhenin The United States has historically provided hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid to Israel. The flow of taxpayer funds to Israel’s military has only increased…
What is Alternatives to Violence Project? Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is a volunteer organization that offers three-day full immersion experiential workshops that enable people to lead more enriching and fulfilling peaceful lives through attitude…
It’s not just our tax dollars they’re after, it’s our children. Commentary by Dennis Kucinich The coming wars are not patriotic. They are the result of the abject failure of political leadership and a long…