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Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them

The next stage of this struggle will be a massive campaign of industrial slaughter in Gaza by Israel, which has already begun. Israel is convinced greater levels of violence will finally crush Palestinian aspirations. Israel is mistaken. The terror Israel inflicts is the terror it will get.

Chris Hedges
By Chris Hedges
Israel gaza airstrikes Feature photo

Washington DC — (Scheerpost) — The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations, the kidnapping of civilians, the barrage of rockets into Israel, drone attacks on a variety of targets from tanks to automated machine gun nests, are the familiar language of the Israeli occupier. Israel has spoken this

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Netanyahu’s Humiliating Reality Check: Israel’s ‘Invincible’ Army Falls Short

It is unclear what direction Netanyahu will choose. But either way, no matter what will happen in the coming days and weeks, Israel has, in many ways, already lost the war.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Benjamin Netanyahu Feature photo

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had often boasted about the readiness of his army to deal with and eliminate all threats to Israel's ‘security.’ The Israeli military, too, has contributed to the Israeli hasbara that Tel Aviv would be able to face several threats at all fronts, from Gaza to the West Bank, to Lebanon, and Syria. But

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Ambassador of Israeli Crimes: How Gilad Erdan Become a Defender of Women’s Rights in Iran

A defender of war crimes, like Gilad Erdan, must not be allowed to serve two roles: an apologist for the mistreatment of women in Palestine and a freedom fighter for women anywhere else.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Gilad Erdan

A new trend is emerging in the Israeli hasbara discourse targeting Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims: women’s rights. The word ‘new’ is not exactly accurate. The misuse of the genuine struggle for women’s rights in the Arab and Muslim world is only new insofar as the increasing reliance on the tactic within the larger Israeli propaganda

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Chris Hedges: Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail

The wave of global popular protests that erupted in 2010 and lasted a decade were extinguished. This means new tactics and new strategies, as Vincent Bevins explains in his book “If We Burn.”

Chris Hedges
By Chris Hedges
Protest (Assembly Required) – by Mr. Fish

Washington DC — (Scheerpost) — There was a decade of popular uprisings from 2010 until the global pandemic in 2020. These uprisings shook the foundations of the global order. They denounced corporate domination, austerity cuts and demanded economic justice and civil rights. There were nationwide protests in the United States centered around the

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Israel’s State Archives Reveal Long and Sordid History With Anti-Semitic Extremists in Europe

Drawing on Israel’s own state archives, Jessica Buxbuam reveals how fears of anti-Semitism rising in Europe haven’t stopped it from engaging with the continent’s anti-semitic extremists — a policy of the state even before its inception.

Jessica Buxbaum
By Jessica Buxbaum
Israel far right extremists Feature photo

Across Europe, far-right populism is surging. Right-wing parties with neo-fascist roots are part of governing coalitions or increasing their parliamentary seats. Yet fears of anti-Semitism rising in Europe haven't stopped Israel from engaging with Europe's extremists — a policy of the state even before its inception. In August, Israel's

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Why China’s Rapid Rise is Terrifying the United States, with John Ross

While many in the West take a very dim view of China, China expert John Ross is far more positive, telling MintCast that China has seen the highest sustained economic growth of any country in world history. “People don’t understand the scale of China’s success, and they still don’t understand what it means, therefore, in the transformation of the lives of ordinary Chinese people,”

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod

There is no doubt about it: China is rising. Whether it sparks hope and interest or fear and worry, it is impossible to ignore the country’s rapid economic and social transformation. Just a few decades ago, the words “made in China” were a synonym for bad quality junk. But today, China leads the world in all manner of high-tech industries,

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