Jimmy Carter Warned Us About Israeli Apartheid admin, January 5, 2025January 13, 2025 The Progressive January 2, 2025: The late President Jimmy Carter… was met with intense criticism for insisting that standards of peace, human rights, and international law should apply not just to countries hostile to U.S. interests, but to U.S. allies like Israel as well. Particularly controversial was Carter’s 2006 book,… Continue Reading
Reaction to ICC Indictment Reveals US Bipartisan Contempt for International Law admin, December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 The Progressive, December 5, 2024 by Stephen Zunes:Examines Washington’s hysterical and dishonest reaction to the International Criminal Court’s indictments of two Israeli leaders for war crimes [Source] Continue Reading
3 Interviews on the ICC indictments of 2 Israeli Leaders & US Response admin, December 8, 2024December 10, 2024 An eight-minute interview for the main Singapore television news on the impact of the indictments Al-Jazeera English half hour conversation with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese and Israeli scholar Ori Goldberg on the ramifications of the ICC’s indictments (and a Daily Telegraph “Quotable” one-minute… Continue Reading
UN: Charter Reform & Threat If Trump’s Elected admin, October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 Two articles quoting Dr. Zunes:* On the threat to the United Nations system if Trump is elected.Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Director of International Studies at the University of San Francisco, who has written extensively on the politics of the United Nations, told IPS: “Yes, this would indeed be… Continue Reading
Video: Oxford Union Debate Against Military Intervention to Promote Democracy admin, October 9, 2024January 13, 2025 This House Would Fight for Democracy, Liberty & the Rule of Law Abroad, April 8, 2023 [11 mins., Prof. Stephen Zunes’ impassioned argument against John Bolton.] Continue Reading
Israel’s Orwellian Strategy in Lebanon admin, October 9, 2024October 9, 2024 The Progressive October 2, 2024 … the Biden Administration is largely backing Israel’s Orwellian strategy in Lebanon: “escalate to de-escalate.” The upsurge in violence followed the controlled explosions detonated by Israel of pagers and walkie-talkies… killed dozens of people—including children and health care workers — and wounded thousands… only a… Continue Reading
Democratic Platform Defies International Law on the Middle East admin, August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 Truthout August 29, 2024Despite indications Harris will have a better foreign policy than Biden, the Democratic Party’s platform’s segment on the Middle East — written primarily by Biden’s team — is very disappointing… Continue Reading
Video Panel – Brave Resistance: Iran’s Women Prisoners Up Against Execution Surge & Threats Of Wider Regional War admin, August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 August 25, 2024 panel, Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco panel: Dr. Zunes addressed U.S. policy and the prospects of change in Iran (segment starts at the 13:35 mark, and in the Q&A session starting at the 1:32:30 mark). Continue Reading
Is the UN Ready for a Second Trump Presidency? admin, August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 Inter Press Service August 29, 2024: This article, which examines the dangers to the United Nations system should Trump return to office, quotes Dr. Zunes:Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Director of International Studies at the University of San Francisco, who has written extensively on the politics of the United… Continue Reading
Interview: Israel/Palestine civilian deaths, US Policy & ICJ finds West Bank occupation illegal admin, August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 KPFA Pacifica Network July 19,2024 Recent developments in Israel/Palestine, including mounting civilian casualties, U.S. policy and the International Court of Justice decision finding the Israeli occupation of the West Bank illegal (25 mins. starting at 1:05:00) Continue Reading
Interview: As Israel Refuses to End Genocide in Gaza, Threat of War With Hezbollah Looms admin, August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 Truthout July 2, 2024: By Daniel Falcone with Stephen Zunes and Lawrence Davidson. Also summarized by HeadTopics.com. For the past eight months, Hezbollah has attacked the northern portion of Israel in an attempt to pull the Israeli army out from Gaza, reports Al Jazeera. Fears of a wider war have… Continue Reading
A Move to Out-Maneuver the US Veto to admit the State of Palestine as a UN member admin, August 7, 2024August 8, 2024 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 21, 2024 (IPS) Inter Press Service, by Thalif Deen, quoting Dr. Stephen Zunes: “It has been U.S. policy since 1990 to withdraw funding from any United Nations agency which grants Palestine member status…’” Continue Reading
Gaza War Webinar: Escalating Famine & Genocide. Arab Organization for Human Rights-UK admin, August 7, 2024August 10, 2024 Dr. Zunes speaks for the first seven minutes on U.S. policy then briefly again at the 1:11:30 mark [Source] Continue Reading
Interviews: Middle East,KPFA Oct. 2023-July 2024 admin, August 7, 2024August 8, 2024 Twelve more interviews on KPFA Evening News aired Sundays on KPFA-FM and Pacifica Radio Network affiliated stations October 7, 2023 through July 2024 Continue Reading
Biden Continues to Provide Israel Billions for War Crimes admin, May 26, 2024August 8, 2024 Truthout May 26, 2024: Biden’s administration is violating US law by continuing to send military aid to Israel despite Gaza war crimes [and] growing popular opposition… Continue Reading
Biden’s Response to Israel’s ICC Prosecution Is an Attack on International Law admin, May 26, 2024August 8, 2024 Truthout May 22, 2024: This marks the first time in US history a sitting president has openly sided with suspected war criminals… Continue Reading
Interview: Status of Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara for Emmaus, Stockholm admin, May 26, 2024August 30, 2024 ALSO SEE Dr. Zunes’s book and website: Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution Emmaus Artikel 2, Stockholm May 2024 An hour-long May 2024 interview (in English) of Dr. Stephen Zunes and a prominent Sahrawi activist in Stockholm on the situation in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara and international legal implications. Continue Reading
Not only the fate of the people of Western Sahara is at stake. admin, May 26, 2024August 7, 2024 Emmaus Artikel 2, Stockholm May 2024 (Dr. Stephen Zunes is quoted extensively): The opposition to Trump’s rushed and unrighteous recognition of Morocco’s alleged sovereignty over Western Sahara prompts President Biden to correct this mistake… Biden could resend the U.S. recognition with the stroke of a pen, however, this has put… Continue Reading