I’ve not big on anniversaries. Never have been. Seismic events, joyous or tragic, don’t resurface for me at multiples of 365 days adjusted for leap years. They do so for other reasons or none at all. So I missed yesterday’s … Read More »
Some of us have being saying since early 2022 – see Yes, Ukraine IS in the grip of Nazis – that Zelensky has been a captive of far right and viciously antisemitic “nationalists” since the day he took office in … Read More »
As the world stares into the abyss of all out war in the Middle East, with every prospect of going global, the question could not be more pertinent. Israel’s crimes against humanity, before and after October 7, have been enabled … Read More »
With four points to make this morning, I’ll take things allegro. POINT One: the Israeli regime does not want peace Its lead actors never did, though their hasbara has long made skilful use of what one of Israel’s most persistent … Read More »
Yesterday Nova Media ran a short feature on the denunciation by Britain’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, of Iran’s missile strike on Israel. Michael Walker reminds us that Starmer … … remained relatively mute as Israel killed 40,000 Palestinians in … Read More »
Since news came in yesterday evening of Iran’s strike, I’ve been reading and listening to every non-corporate media account I can get my hands on. What can we say, right now, with any confidence? Iran has shown it can inflict … Read More »
Samuel also said to Saul, “The LORD anointed you king over His people. Now heed the words of the LORD: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him when he came up from Egypt. … Read More »
The opening image of my post three days ago, What is Hezbollah? Have I overestimated Hezbollah? (And if so, Iran?) Have I placed too much faith in the confident assessments of men like Scott Ritter, the former UN weapons inspector … Read More »
We don’t yet know if Hassan Nasrallah – subject of my post two days ago, What is Hezbollah? – was killed by Israel’s terrorist attack on Beirut on Friday evening. Given that Israeli leaders lie the moment their lips move, … Read More »
The Economist today, September 27 2024, highlighting added In this week’s contents round up, Economist Editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes writes: This month I spent a week in Ukraine. Together with my expert colleagues, Oliver Carroll and Arkady Ostrovsky, and our … Read More »