Time to acknowledge that the president chose the circumstances that led to US complicity Trita Parsi Reprinted with permission of the author, from Responsible Statecraft (Jan 16, 2025) There is little doubt that President-elect Donald Trump’s posture vis-a-vis Israel is a key reason why a ceasefire in Gaza has finally been achieved. According to…
By Chris Hedges ScheerPost Israel, going back decades, has played a duplicitous game. It signs a deal with the Palestinians that is to be implemented in phases. The first phase gives Israel what it wants — in this case the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza — but Israel habitually fails to implement subsequent phases that would lead…
Many mainstream news outlets, in reporting on this incident, are referring to Max Blumenthal and Sam Husseini as “activists” or “protesters,” when in fact they are both accredited journaists who have been properly vetted for attendance at White House news conferences. Here’s Democracy Now‘s report: “How Does It Feel to Have Your Legacy Be…
[Editor’s comment: Gee, once again morality and practicality coincide. When will Democrats learn that they will continue to lose until they return to representing the working class? In the meantime, we can thank the Democrats for Trump. Don] “Twenty-nine percent of non-voters who supported Biden in 2020 said U.S. support for the genocide was…
[Editor’s Note: Consider the following shocking fact as you read Normon Solomon’s article below: “We received some cases where the parents wrote the names of their children on the legs and abdomen,” Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Masri, the head of the emergency department Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, told CNN. He said parents were worried that…