Paul Rogers

6 days ago | znetwork.org | Paul Rogers

Although Donald Trump is thoroughly unpredictable on many issues, his support for Israel’s government remains firm for now, allowing Binyamin Netanyahu to continue with the devastating war in Gaza. Israel aims to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its Palestinian population and repopulate it with Jewish settlers, according to work by the Washington-based Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

1 week ago | opendemocracy.net | Paul Rogers

Although Donald Trump is thoroughly unpredictable on many issues, his support for Israel’s government remains firm for now, allowing Binyamin Netanyahu to continue with the devastating war in Gaza. Israel aims to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its Palestinian population and repopulate it with Jewish settlers, according to work by the Washington-based Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

2 weeks ago | opendemocracy.net | Paul Rogers

As Donald Trump’s global tariffs come into effect – with the world continuing to reel and the markets still in turmoil from the shock of their announcement – it makes sense to look for parallels in US political history to try and better understand the plan. The law-breaking of the Nixon administration and his eventual resignation may be comparable, as may Eisenhower’s bitter anti-left attacks of McCarthyism in the early 1950s. You could perhaps also compare Trump’s actions to Franklin D.

1 month ago | opendemocracy.net | Paul Rogers

¿Por qué la idea de Donald Trump de convertir Gaza en la Riviera de Medio Oriente fue tan útil para el primer ministro israelí Benjamín Netanyahu? Para entenderlo, vale la pena echar un vistazo rápido a las primeras etapas de este conflicto centenario. Israel se convirtió en un estado en 1948, después de lo que los israelíes llaman su Guerra de Independencia y los palestinos llaman Nakba, que en árabe significa “catástrofe”.

1 month ago | opendemocracy.net | Paul Rogers

From the start of this, Israel’s fifth recent war in Gaza, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and government have insisted that every possible care is being taken to minimise civilian casualties. But this week, its airstrikes reportedly killed 183 Palestinian children and wounded another 220 on the first day of Israel ending the ceasefire. In total, 436 Gazans died on 18 March alone, making it one of the deadliest days since the war started 18 months ago.