Until recently, Israeli politics did not matter to Palestinians. Though the Palestinian people maintained their political agency under the most demoralizing conditions,…
In a blog entry, reflecting on the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Bali, Indonesia on July 7-8, the High Representative of the…
Originally posted in Counterpunch. One of the reasons that Russian media has been completely blocked in the West, along with the…
The End of Laissez-Faire
How the Last Year Redefined the Struggle for Palestinian Freedom
How Mali Became Another Front for the Ukraine War
If Palestinian refugees are removed from the list of political priorities concerning the future of a just peace in Palestine, neither justice nor peace can possibly be attained
Let us not forget that millions of people are going hungry, paying the price for a global conflict of which they are not part
Gaza has been under an Israeli economic blockade for many years, and food that Israel allows to the Strip is rationed and manipulated by Israel as an act of collective punishment
Ukraine needs peace and security, not perpetual war that is designed to serve the strategic interests of certain countries or military alliances
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