Israel’s war on Gaza’s hospitals

Guest post by Roberto Iannuzzi, originally published in Italian on his Substack. In the early hours of December 27, the Israeli armed forces stormed the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya at the end of a siege, lasting almost a week, of what was the last functioning healthcare facility in the north of the Gaza Strip. Surgical wards, laboratories and emergency units were burned. Patients were forcibly removed. The Israeli army stated in a communiqué that it was operating inside … [Continue Reading]

EU “Bending” Rules to Allow Trade With Israeli Settlements, Leaked Analysis Shows

A recent ICJ ruling requires countries to end all support for Israeli occupation — but not according to the EU’s internal legal advice. Arthur Neslen The chief legal officer of the European Union’s foreign service advised the department’s top official that a new opinion by judges in The Hague does not require EU states to ban goods imported from Israeli settlements, according to a leaked analysis. Legal experts said that the analysis contradicts the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, … [Continue Reading]

A Different Take on Syria

Abdulreza Faraji-Rad, a former elite Iranian diplomat, detailed how Putin cunningly used Erdogan to foil Washington and Tel-Aviv’s secret joint plans to drag Russia into a protracted and exhausting war in Syria. The Syrian gambit Putin’s recent subtle December Syrian gambit, in which he launched Syrian jihadists directly against Israel and the US by “quickly withdrawing Assad” to Moscow, as analyzed yesterday by prominent Iranian diplomat Abdolrez Faraji-Rad, a well-known advocate of a strong Iranian presence in Syria, did not … [Continue Reading]

Israeli historian produces vast database of war crimes in Gaza

An internationally recognised Israeli historian has concluded that his country is committing genocide in Gaza after compiling a vast, methodical report documenting a litany of war crimes committed since Israel’s invasion began last year following the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October.   Lee Mordechai, an associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who has also held a fellowship at Princeton University in the US, has published a report titled “Bearing Witness to the Israel-Gaza War” which, in its English … [Continue Reading]