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The Shameful UN ‘List of Shame’: Equating between the Israeli Perpetrator and the Palestinian Victim

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A History of Israeli Destruction of the Two State Settlement

One has to be either ignorant or corrupt to claim that the Two State Solution is a realistic idea. It is not unlikely that Joe Biden is both. 

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Two State Soltution Feature photo

Since President Biden still insists that he is committed to the Two State Solution, maybe we should take another poke at it. A fresh look cannot hurt at what has become the most common phrase in the discourse on Palestine-Israel.   1947 There have been several versions of the Two State idea. The one that came closest to being implemented

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The Rise of BRICS: The Economic Giant that is Taking on the West

The global fight ahead is perhaps the most consequential since World War II. While NATO will continue to fight for relevance, Russia, China, and others will invest in various economic, political and even military infrastructures, in the hope of creating a permanent and sustainable counterbalance to Western dominance.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
BRICS Summit Feature photo

The G7 summit in Elmau, Germany, June 26-28, and the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, two days later, were practically useless in terms of providing actual solutions to ongoing global crises - the war in Ukraine, the looming famines, climate change and more. But the two events were important, nonetheless, as they provide a stark example of the

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Who is Biden Working For? On Israel Visit, “Zionist” Biden Whitewashes Israel’s Crimes

Judging by his performance, Joe Biden is working for AIPAC and not for the American people. He hit every note, shook every hand and repeated his mantras, clearly trying to please his donors back home.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Biden Israel Feature photo

Upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, which sits on the lands of the occupied Palestinian city of El-Lyd, President Joe Biden repeated his age-old mantra, “You don’t have to be a Jew to be a Zionist.” Indeed you do not. To be a Zionist, you only need to be a racist, a supporter of the hate-filled, violent, intolerant apartheid regime that has

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Worsening Chaos: Israel’s Political Instability is Now the Norm

Even if a purportedly centrist or even leftist prime minister finds himself at the helm of the government, outcomes will not change when the Knesset – in fact, most of the country – is governed by a militaristic, chauvinistic, and colonial mindset.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Naftali Bennett

The collapse of the short-lived Israeli government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid validates the argument that the political crisis in Israel was not entirely instigated and sustained by former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Bennett’s coalition government consisted of eight parties, welding together arguably one of the oddest

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Leaked Docs: Facebook ‘Bot’ Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency

U.K. intelligence-linked communication firm Valent has been advising Facebook on which accounts to ban for inauthentic behavior and on suspicions for being foreign-backed disinformation operations. But documents show that Valent itself is secretly funded by U.S. regime change organization USAID. This connection might explain the recent mass purgings from Sudanese and Ethiopian social media.

Kit Klarenberg
By Kit Klarenberg
Valent Feature photo

Documents shared with MintPress reveal that Valent Projects – a shadowy communications firm that advises social media platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns – has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for “counter disinformation and communications support.” This relationship has

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Unilever ‘Succumbs to Bullying’ Over Ben & Jerry’s Settlement Boycott

“This isn’t about BDS, but rather Israel’s attempts to shape the public narrative into believing the settlements and Israel are indistinguishable.” – Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace

Jessica Buxbaum
By Jessica Buxbaum
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OCCUPIED WEST BANK — Last week, U.S. ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s sued parent company Unilever to stop the sale of its product in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Following Israel’s assault on Gaza and occupied East Jerusalem in May of last year, Ben & Jerry’s announced last year it would stop selling

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