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It is tempting to argue that Israel’s new military doctrine is predicated on perpetual war—but the reality is more complex. Not that Israeli Prime...
It is tempting to argue that Israel’s new military doctrine is predicated on perpetual war — but the reality is
In the Middle East, the perception of ordinary Americans has long followed a familiar script: detached, uninformed, inward-looking, and politically...
A ceasefire in Lebanon was announced on Thursday by US President Donald Trump, but its reality tells a very different story. The ceasefire was not the...
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In the Middle East, the perception of ordinary Americans has long followed a familiar script: detached, uninformed, inward-looking and politically
The knives are out—and this time, they are not aimed at Tehran, but at Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. Even the ever morally flexible Chris...
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According to Israel’s new death penalty law, Palestinian children, like adults, could, in practice, find themselves facing the gallows. This might...
“I call up France, Macron – whose wife treats him extremely badly. Still recovering from the right to the jaw.” It is not the first time that...
“Israel must immediately release Gazan doctor Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya,” UN experts said in a recent statement, in unequivocal terms. Dr. Abu Safiya...
Those who had the misfortune of growing up in a war zone require no explanation. War is hell, it is true—but for children, it is something else...
The judgment on the Trump administration’s war on Iran is already largely settled across mainstream media, public opinion, and much of the...
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Some are expressing frustration that Iran’s conditions to end the war have not explicitly and unequivocally included a demand to end the Israeli...
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Is Israel’s trajectory toward isolation and collapse self-inflicted, and has Zionism reached the point of no return? Every war led by Benjamin...
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred style of declaring...
How do you bomb a country “without mercy”—and end up strengthening it? When US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that Washington would...
Joe Kent’s resignation is not an anomaly but an alarm: elite dissent is surfacing early because this war is built on deception. Joe Kent’s...
When Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched their military aggression against Iran on February 28, they appeared convinced that the war would be...
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Doubtless, the war launched by US President Donald Trump is not popular among ordinary Americans. According to the latest public opinion poll, only a...
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If you are not paying attention to the dramatic developments between China and the United States, you must understand that something consequential has...
Democracy is invoked as moral legitimacy in war, while Iran’s authority rests on layered political, religious, and historical foundations....
If you are not paying attention to the dramatic developments between China and the US, you must understand that something
When British author David Icke wrote his seminal work, The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World, published in 1999, he was not speaking...
America is barreling towards authoritarianism at such a breakneck pace that it should alarm every single one of us. But instead of meeting this moment...
A January 2026 Gallup poll showed that 89 percent of all Americans expect high levels of political conflict this year, as the country heads toward one...
While many nations occasionally resort to a “state of exception” to deal with temporary crises, Israel exists in a permanent state of exception....
A January 2026 Gallup poll showed that 89 percent of Americans expect high levels of political conflict this year, as
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sounded more like a populist leader than a former central banker during his address at the World Economic Forum in...
Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the...
First, let’s dissect this puzzle. On February 29, 2024, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent shockwaves when he informed lawmakers in the House...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will come at a price: more Palestinian deaths, extensive...
The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of...
UN Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will come at a price: more Palestinian deaths, extensive
In the face of the international legal and political systems’ paralyzing silence and utter failure to hold Israel accountable for its genocide in...
Has Donald Trump's sharp rebuke of Israel in his October 23 Time Magazine interview fundamentally changed the calculus in the Middle East? His...
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