Yoav Litvin

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The art of the Steal: Lawless sheriff Trump goes Rogue in Gaza

2 months ago | juancole.com | Yoav Litvin |Juan Cole

Trump’s plan to turn Gaza into a resort tests public tolerance for illegal and immoral actions, part of a wider pattern of US imperialism, says Yoav Litvin. The new ‘rules-based order’ is that there are no rules, except the capricious decrees of the strongman, writes Yoav Litvin ( The New Arab ) – After two weeks of Donald Trump at the helm, it’s clear the warnings about creeping fascism and America going rogue were too optimistic.
Elon Musk’s ‘Come-to-Zionism Moment’

Jan 22, 2025 | znetwork.org | Yoav Litvin

Elon Musk, the obscenely wealthy, self-appointed messiah of the digital age, wields influence like a neural network running on overload. Hailed by some as a genius in the pantheon of Western capitalism, his ventures range from to audacious plans to transform human brains into glorified USB ports. A serial entrepreneur with a personal life as turbulent as his X feed, Musk has rebooted marriages and ignited controversies.
Elon Musk's 'Come-to-Zionism Moment' and His DOGE Dancing Troupe

Jan 22, 2025 | counterpunch.org | Yoav Litvin

Elon Musk, the obscenely wealthy, self-appointed messiah of the digital age, wields influence like a neural network running on overload. Hailed by some as a genius in the pantheon of Western capitalism, his ventures range from to audacious plans to transform human brains into glorified USB ports. A serial entrepreneur with a personal life as turbulent as his X feed, Musk has rebooted marriages and ignited controversies.
Elon Musk's 'come-to-Zionism moment' and his DOGE dancing troupe

Jan 21, 2025 | newarab.com | Yoav Litvin

Elon Musk, the obscenely wealthy, self-appointed messiah of the digital age, wields influence like a neural network running on overload. Hailed by some as a genius in the pantheon of Western capitalism, his ventures range from to audacious plans to transform human brains into glorified USB ports. A serial entrepreneur with a personal life as turbulent as his X feed, Musk has rebooted marriages and ignited controversies.
The artist’s dilemma - what constitutes selling out?

Dec 20, 2024 | idahopress.com | Yoav Litvin

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) Intellectuals, academics and artists play a unique role in society: they preserve and defend both freedom of expression and the morality of choices. Artists can use their work as a means to communicate messages of dissent and hope in the face of injustice, repression and despair.
Is Piers Morgan normalizing Israel's Genocide?

Dec 9, 2024 | juancole.com | Yoav Litvin |Juan Cole

( Counterpunch ) – Since October 7, 2023, white settler propaganda has ramped up through two insidious tactics targeting western audiences. The first rationalizes Israel’s brutality under the pretext of “self-defense” of a supposed “civilized” western democracy in a barbaric region, exploiting the conflation of Zionism with Judaism and dehumanizing all Palestinian people as “terrorists” to legitimize the ongoing genocide in Palestine and suppress dissent in the United States.
Piers Morgan - Normalizing Israel’s Genocide

Dec 6, 2024 | counterpunch.org | Yoav Litvin

Since October 7, 2023, white settler propaganda has ramped up through two insidious tactics targeting western audiences. The first rationalizes Israel’s brutality under the pretext of “self-defense” of a supposed “civilized” western democracy in a barbaric region, exploiting the conflation of Zionism with Judaism and dehumanizing all Palestinian people as “terrorists” to legitimize the ongoing genocide in Palestine and suppress dissent in the United States.
Trump Vows Military Roundups Of Millions Of Immigrants| Countercurrents

Nov 19, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Patrick Martin |Ranjan Solomon |William D. Hartung |Yoav Litvin

President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he intends to declare a national emergency and use the US military to deport millions of migrants as soon as he takes office next January 20. Trump was quoting and endorsing a posting on his Truth Social platform by Tom Fitton, head of the ultra-right group Judicial Watch.
Project Esther: A Trumpian Blueprint to Crush Anticolonial Resistance

Nov 19, 2024 | counterpunch.org | Yoav Litvin

Donald Trump’s re-election as president of the United States marks a shift in US policy – from the Joe Biden administration’s hypocritical denial of American complicity in Zionist genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity to an unapologetic endorsement of all these actions.
The US Elections Cast A Shadow On Global Democracy| Countercurrents

Nov 18, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Ranjan Solomon |William D. Hartung |Yoav Litvin |M K Bhadrakumar

Many people, especially the democrats in the US, must have gone to be bed the day elections results were announced wondering just what hit them. For the last several months in particular, people were led to believe that it would be a tight election with Kamala Harris actually holding the edge by minuscule percentage pointless. It will take time for the democrats to process and understand the dynamics of what in the final phases of the campaign upset the applecart.