https://znetwork.org/author/khurypetersen-smith/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:56:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/khurypetersen-smith/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/2024-will-be-remembered-as-the-year-israels-global-legitimacy-fully-unraveled/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/2024-will-be-remembered-as-the-year-israels-global-legitimacy-fully-unraveled/#respond Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:56:11 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1278315 Since the state of Israel’s founding, its leaders and supporters have sought acceptance among other states as a peer, and legitimacy in the eyes of the global public. It has achieved mixed success on the former — and failed repeatedly on the latter. The examples are numerous. The 2022 World Cup, for one, saw a [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/2024-will-be-remembered-as-the-year-israels-global-legitimacy-fully-unraveled/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-humanitarian-pause-in-gaza-proves-diplomacy-works-now-we-need-a-real-ceasefire/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-humanitarian-pause-in-gaza-proves-diplomacy-works-now-we-need-a-real-ceasefire/#respond Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:50:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1258048 The pause in the fighting in Gaza — with some humanitarian aid allowed in and exchange of some Israeli and Palestinian captives — is important, but not nearly enough. We need to fight for a permanent ceasefire. What’s in the new agreement? In the current deal between Israel and Hamas — brokered by Qatar, Egypt, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-humanitarian-pause-in-gaza-proves-diplomacy-works-now-we-need-a-real-ceasefire/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-bid-to-join-nato-sweden-and-finland-back-turkish-repression-of-kurds/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-bid-to-join-nato-sweden-and-finland-back-turkish-repression-of-kurds/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:57:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1249721 As Ukrainians face a brutal and ongoing Russian siege, NATO’s July summit has endangered and betrayed Kurdish people, cruelly trading the fate of one occupied and repressed group for another. 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