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3 weeks ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Lubna Masarwa |Richard Falk
All bakeries in Gaza have been forced to close down due to Israel’s blockade on food and essentials. Abdel Nasser al-Ajrami, the head of Gaza’s bakery owners’ association, announced on Tuesday that bakeries had shut as a result of lack of fuel and flour. “The World Food Programme [WFP] informed us today that flour had run out in its warehouses,” Ajrami said.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani |Bhabani Nayak |P M Joshy |Richard Falk
RSS Combine’s agenda of Hindu Rashtra has been built upon the narratives through multiple mechanisms. The festivals have been the occasion for promoting its agenda. Also highlighting some deities for ‘social political messaging’ has been in the political arena in a major way. The recently held Kumbh was a mega spectacle, which became more of a National event rather than a religious gathering. One major change for this year’s Kumbh is its heavy marketing as a cultural and developmental showcase.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Richard Falk |VladislavB Sotirovic |Ramzy Baroud |Suresh Khairnar
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Leading European nations have said they support the Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza which opposes any forced displacement of Palestinians, a proposal put forward by US President Donald Trump. Arab leaders met on Tuesday in Cairo for an emergency summit to discuss an Egyptian plan for Gaza’s reconstruction and governance following Israel’s genocide. The summit reaffirmed rejection of any forced displacement of Palestinians.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Richard Falk |VladislavB Sotirovic |Ramzy Baroud |Suresh Khairnar
Geneva (Quds News Network)- A group of more than 30 UN human rights experts said Thursday that Israel has resumed “weaponizing starvation” against Palestinians in Gaza by blocking all humanitarian aid after the first phase of the ceasefire agreement expired. The move “flagrantly breaches international law and any prospects of peace”, the independent UN experts said in a statement on Thursday.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Richard Falk |VladislavB Sotirovic |Ramzy Baroud |George Capaccio
This post is a modified version of a keynote presentation at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul at the start of an excellent two-day conference entitled:Rethinking International Law After Gaza on August 3-4, 2024. Israel’s Recourse to Genocide: Overt Yet DeniedFriends, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen:It is my great privilege to take part in this important gathering.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Michael Albert |Phil Pasquini |Richard Falk |Vikas Meshram
Trump, Musk, Vance, Kennedy and the rest of our new government’s murderous members now oversee political life in the USA. Things were already horrific and have been for ages. But now the worst garbage has fully risen. Humanity has seen this before and the view isn’t pretty. So where is the dump site? Where is the dump truck to remove all of this insidious and barely organic waste matter from public impact?
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini |Richard Falk |Vikas Meshram |Dimitris Eleas
Now fully immersed in this dark new world of government disorder framed by Donald Trump’s theatrics and bravado in signing executive orders to “get the job done” accompanied by flying Sharpie pen photo ops, The Washington Post newspaper’s oft repeated clarion call, warning that “Democracy dies in darkness,” rings truer than ever.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Saleema Gul |Ramzy Baroud |Richard Falk |Abdel Bari Atwan
Time and again, cease-fire agreements have been undermined by Israel’s actions, with violations that reignite violence and perpetuate the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. As Palestinians in Gaza celebrate the announcement of the cease-fire, the relief is palpable but mixed with grief over the atrocities that continue to unfold. For many, the cease-fire serves as a moment of hope, yet the U.S.-Israeli war continues to take lives.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud |Richard Falk |Abdel Bari Atwan |Andre Damon
The headline in the Times of Israel says it all: “For the First Time, Israel Just Lost a War.”Regardless of the reasoning behind this statement, which the article divides into fourteen points, it suggests a shattering and unprecedented event in the 76-year history of the State of Israel. The consequences of this realization will have far-reaching effects on Israelis, impacting both this generation and the next.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Richard Falk |Saleema Gul |Ramzy Baroud |Abdel Bari Atwan
[Prefatory Note: Reflections on the experience of seeing an unusual film in conception, initially published on January 20, 2025 in CounterPunch, and movingly transparent as a cinema experience.]This extraordinary film, on the 2024 Oscar shortlist for documentaries, consists of 22 episodes stitched together by the noted Palestinian film director, Rashid Masharawi, but without any apparent effort to curate a narrative experience of the Gaza ordeal now in its 15th month.
