Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – The Israel Lobby’s Useful Idiot

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – The Israel Lobby’s Useful Idiot

The long nightmare of oppression of Palestinians is not a tangential issue. It is a black and white issue of a settler-colonial state imposing a military occupation, horrific violence and apartheid, backed by billions of U.S. dollars, on the indigenous population of Palestine. It is the all powerful against the all powerless.  Israel uses its modern weaponry against a captive population that has no…

China’s Diplomatic Evolution: A Potential Ally for Palestinians’ Quest for Justice

China’s Diplomatic Evolution: A Potential Ally for Palestinians’ Quest for Justice

It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East conflicts. In fact, it already has. In the case of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, however, mediation is hardly the issue. Even before Beijing successfully managed to achieve reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran last April, Chinese diplomacy has shown…

What Is Happening in Syria?

What Is Happening in Syria?

Which are the governments generally regarded as “rogue” by an overwhelming majority of the world’s nations? If you answered either Russia or China you would be wrong, even though many countries have condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine on grounds that no government has an intrinsic right to invade another unless there is an imminent serious…

Blind Loyalty or Selective Blindness? American Politicians’ Perplexing Support for Apartheid Israel

Blind Loyalty or Selective Blindness? American Politicians’ Perplexing Support for Apartheid Israel

Democratic New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is visiting Israel as part of a congressional delegation that he is leading as these words are being written. Despite what is sure to be a busy schedule, Jeffries found the time to record a video that was posted on AIPAC’s Youtube channel. In it, he says that the…

Why Peace Talks, but No Peace?

Why Peace Talks, but No Peace?

Rarely mentioned in current commentaries on the war in Ukraine, in the early weeks that followed the February 24, 2022, Russian invasion, Russia and Ukraine engaged in three separate and significant attempts to negotiate a peaceful settlement. Those negotiations had several important things in common. All three could have ended the war before the devastation…