Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on October 12, 2023. (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) “It is highly unusual for the president to bypass congressional oversight through an emergency declaration,” the lawmakers noted after… Continue reading
A talk Given by Chris Hedges at The Islamic Society of Central New Jersey This is a talk I gave on Jan. 18 to a largely Muslim audience of several hundred people at The Islamic Society of Central New Jersey. LINDSAY RUBÉ JAN 23, 2023 (chrishedges@substack.com) Link to video: https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/the-death-of-israel-a-talk-given?r=e0iq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola speaks at a press conference outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague on January 11, 2024. (Photo: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images) “Whatever the outcome, we are witnessing an amazing moment of rule of international law history,” said Amnesty International secretary general… Continue reading
THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case South Africa v. Israel – Oral argument of South Africa January 11, 2024, 9:30 am-12 noon CET (3:30 am-6:00 am ET; 12:30 am-3:00 am PT) THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case South… Continue reading
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé reframes ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’ as a colonizing force that is inherently undemocratic due to its necessary subjugation of Palestinians. BY CHRIS HEDGES JANUARY 5, 2024 (therealnews.com) Israeli forces detain Palestinians protesting against the demolition of a building belonging to Palestinians, which they claimed… Continue reading
South Africans hold a Free Palestine March on December 16, 2023 in Eldorado Park, South Africa. (Photo by Laird Forbes/Gallo Images via Getty Images) The African country, one journalist noted, “fought for its own liberation against an apartheid regime supported for decades by the U.S.” JULIA CONLEY Dec 29, 2023… Continue reading
Join CODEPINK SF as we demand an end to the siege on Gaza. We will hold a a rally, picket line, die-in, display of children’s shoes, chalking, singing and poetry, bloody red handprints, reading of murdered Children’s names and an attempt to deliver a petition asking Israel to ceasefire and stop the genocide. We… Continue reading
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) talks with reporters after a Senate luncheon in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) Israeli atrocities in Gaza are being carried out by “bombs and equipment produced and provided by the United States and heavily subsidized… Continue reading
POSTED INEDGE OF SPORTS TV Senator Schumer referenced an article of mine from The Nation as an example of anti-Semitism. As an anti-Zionist Jew, I’d like to challenge him to a debate. BY DAVE ZIRIN DECEMBER 7, 2023 (therealnews.com) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following… Continue reading
