The Progressive, November 21, 2019]: Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians under occupation and the Israeli occupiers—an imbalance compounded by the fact that as the chief mediator in negotiations, the U.S. is also the primary military, economic, and diplomatic supporter of the occupying power. [T]he illegality of the settlements couldn’t be clearer. Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention…
Month: November 2019
House of Representatives Finally Recognizes Armenian Genocide
The Progressive, November 20, 2019: For decades, the U.S. has refused to acknowledge the systematic killings of 1.5 million Armenians during World War I constituted genocide…
Biden’s Support of Iraq War Shows How He Would Run the White House
Truthout & OpEd News.org: [Biden] supported Bush’s decision to invade even after inspectors found no “weapons of mass destruction”… that says much about the kind of president he’d be…
Biden Has Defended US Allies’ Use of Lethal Force Against Civilians
Truthout November 4, 2019: Abu Hijleh and Saada were just two of scores of Palestinian activists murdered by Israeli assassins in the early 2000s…