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Opinion

Israel’s willing executioners

Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to flee, once again, after more than half of Gaza’s population took sanctuary in the border town of Rafah. This is part

History of US activism for Palestine

While their ultimate impact should not be exaggerated, the protests for Palestine taking place on US college campuses are historic, writes As‘ad AbuKhalil THERE is a long history of muted protests

Plastics: an ocean justice crisis

Much like the case of climate change, those who bear the worst impacts of plastics gain the fewest benefits from their production or use, writes Rachel Bustamante AS THE fourth negotiating

Opening cash spigot for Ukraine

YOU know the White House has wrapped itself into a pretzel, when it beseeches its Ukrainian attack dog to stop assaulting Russian oil refineries, while simultaneously going bananas over the

Holy war today

‘ISRAELIS are unified to eliminate this evil from the world’, said prime minister Netanyahu in November 2023. ‘You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible.’

The heat’s on – big time!

‘Nearly nineteen thousand (19,000) weather stations have notched record high temperatures since January 1.’ — Earth’s Record Hot Streak Might be a Sign of a New Climate Era, The Washington

Impotence of Antony Blinken

With the US unable to compete in the EV market and desperate in Ukraine, the secretary of state traveled to China to talk at Beijing for his domestic audience, writes Patrick

Sermon for Gaza

IN THE conflicts I covered as a reporter in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans, I encountered singular individuals of varying creeds, religions, races and nationalities who

India’s billionaire wealth is on display as nation votes

THERE are several exercises in extremes playing out in India right now. Nearly a billion people are voting in elections that will last into early June, braving record-high temperatures to

Big bang: Israel’s path to self-destruction

IN STRIKING at the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1 Bibi Netanyahu has made himself an April Fool. Israel has been bombing Syria for years with no provocation or