Albert Einstein, Palestine, and Israel Today

Albert Einstein is one of the most famous and influential scientists of all time. His theories and equations regarding time, energy, space, and gravity are foundational to modern physics.Less well known, Einstein was very political, with strong beliefs and a willingness to act on them. The book Einstein on Israel and Zionism documents what he […]
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More Than a Boat: The Gaza Flotilla as a Symbol of a Growing Global Movement

One needs only to examine the actions and rhetoric of the Israeli government to fully appreciate the profound significance of the solidarity flotillas bound for Gaza. As the latest and most significant of these efforts, the Global Solidarity Flotilla sets sail, Israel’s hostile discourse has intensified, articulated most forcefully by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. […]
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The Killing of Hind Rajab: The Film, the Foundation, and the War Crimes

Recently, The Voice of Hind Rajab won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize in Venice after a 23-minute standing ovation. The docudrama is about a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza by the Israeli military. The story is written and directed by a Tunisian filmmaker Kaother Ben Hania, who has won a set of awards […]
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Hey, POTUS, How About a Department of PEACE!

Part 1 Well, the Donald hit the nail on the head, albeit surely not by purpose. That is to say, Washington DC is indeed the War Capital of the World – so the Pentagon might as well be properly renamed as the Department of War. After all, the 742 US military bases abroad, 226,700 overseas […]
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Cameroonian TV show silenced mid-broadcast

“We condemn the oppressive environment that the independent media faces in Cameroon. During this pre-election period, when the right to information is especially vital, media outlets that don’t toe the government’s line are severely punished or even physically prevented from working. RSF calls on the authorities to put an end to these press freedom violations and commit to not obstructing
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Ugandan editors encouraged to responsibly and ethically adopt AI tools

Ethically use AI by, among others, complying with acceptable standards such as the Paris Charter on AI, respect for copyright and acknowledge sources of works. In collaboration with other newsrooms and media houses, develop best practices including policies to guide the integration and application of AI in their work. Media houses should collaboratively invest resources in training journalists in responsible and ethical
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The West’s Hypocritical Opposition to Ukraine’s Forced Territorial Concessions

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has consistently ruled out making any territorial concession as part of a peace accord to end his country’s war with Russia. NATO’s European members (with the partial exceptions of Hungary and Turkey) continue to support Kyiv’s uncompromising stance. Indeed, many European leaders seem even more insistent than Zelensky himself regarding the […]
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Rwanda’s digital rights gains shadowed by persistent repression

Decriminalise defamation and review vague laws used to suppress freedom of expression and peaceful dissent. Establish independent oversight over surveillance practices and introduce judicial safeguards to protect privacy. Strengthen the implementation of the Access to Information law and ensure that public bodies proactively disclose information. Enhance the capacity of the Rwanda National Cyber Security Authority to enforce data protection while ensuring its independence
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Did the Atomic Bombs End World War II?

On September 2, it marked 80 years since Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender, formally ending hostilities with the Allied powers. In 1945, Emperor Shōwa decided to surrender on August 14. Why did Japan choose to accept defeat at that moment? The United States had dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki […]
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Department of War?

Last week President Trump took steps to re-name the Department of Defense the “Department of War.” The President explained his rationale for the name change: “It used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound. We want defense, but we want offense too… As Department of War we won everything… […]
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The Gaza War Isn’t Over, But Israel Has Already Lost

The Israeli regime has lost its multi-front war in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. Yes, really. It may not look like it, but the defeat is real and baked into Israel’s future. Let me first make the case for Israeli “victory”: Since its 2023 invasion of Gaza, the Israeli Defence Forces report […]
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The Price of Genocide: How US Funding Sustains an Unraveling Israeli Economy

In an important step toward the economic isolation of Israel due to its genocide in Gaza, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global has decided to divest from yet more Israeli companies. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is the world’s largest, with total investments in Israel once estimated at $1.9 billion. The decision to divest was taken gradually […]
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From China+1 to No Safe Haven: Tariffs and the Geography of Risk

India: From Partner to Target Mexico: Cross-Border Friction Canada: No Longer Untouchable If the Rest of the World Works Together India + Mexico + Canada: Each is already a major U.S. trade partner. Coordinated retaliation could target sensitive U.S. exports — from energy and aerospace to agriculture. What hurts most is not the scale of a single market, but the combined leverage. India + China:
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The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

The one thing you can say about Donald Trump in his second term in office is that, whatever he may be doing at home, he’s not fighting any wars abroad, right? Well, actually, wrong! Yes, American ground troops are no longer actively fighting wars around the world, but when it comes to air power, think […]
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Neocons Responsible for Russian-Ukraine War

On August 16, my wife, Vickie, and I attended a conference at the Dulles Airport Hilton just outside Washington, D.C. It was titled “A Blueprint For Peace” and was hosted by the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. This institute was started by Rep. Paul at the end of his last year in Congress […]
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No Compromise on Iran and Venezuela

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly stressed the need for both Russia and Ukraine to make difficult but reasonable compromises if progress is to be made toward peace. He has expressed hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin “will be good” and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will “show flexibility as well.” But Trump has shown […]
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How Western Media Helped Turn Israel’s Genocide Into ‘Fake News’

First published by Middle East Eye Israel’s justification for the mass slaughter of Gaza’s people and their starvation – now officially confirmed as a famine engineered by Israel – was built on a parade of easily discredited lies from the start: of beheaded infants, of babies in ovens, of mass rape. It should surprise no […]
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‘Russiagate’ and the Anchorage Meeting

Reprinted from the American Committee for US-Russia Accord with permission. Most commentators are reporting accurately that President Trump abandoned his previous demand that a cease-fire in Ukraine precede negotiations. He clearly did despite his earlier comments – not the first time he has changed his mind. I believe he did so because he was honestly […]
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DNC Leaders Are Pretending That US Weapons Don’t Enable the Slaughter in Gaza

This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic Party had a chance to oppose the U.S. government’s arming of Israel. But with the first Democratic National Committee meeting in seven months getting underway on Monday, the DNC’s leadership is determined to derail a resolution calling for […]
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AI and the Collapse of Business Moats

From Scale to Individual Leverage Example: A two-person startup can now produce marketing campaigns, financial models, and investor presentations that previously required dozens of staff. Indie game developers using AI for art and dialogue design can compete with mid-tier studios that once relied on large teams. From Information Asymmetry to Commoditised Knowledge Example: Legal AI tools such as Harvey or Casetext can draft
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Russia and China Are Not Threats to the US

This article is a continuation of “A Nobel for the Donald?“ To repeat: the geopolitical equivalent of a tree is about ready to fall unheard in the global forest. Once the Trump/Putin peace deal is inked, not one element of the neocons’ scary bedtime stories about Russian aggression will be heard anywhere on the planet. […]
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A Nobel for the Donald?

Donald Trump doesn’t really deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Not after his unprovoked bombing of a country (Iran) that is no military threat whatsoever to the American Homeland. Not after continuing to green-light and arm Israel’s genocidal madness on Gaza and elsewhere. And not, most especially, after fronting for an even bigger defense budget than […]
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The Airline Loyalty Program Revolution

United’s MileagePlus was appraised at $21.9 billion in mid‑2020 while the airline itself was much less valuable. United also secured a $5 billion loan using MileagePlus as collateral—valued around $20 billion. United’s and Delta’s programs were separately valued at $22 billion and $24 billion respectively. From Perk to Balance Sheet Powerhouse Reframing the Business: Airlines as Financial Services Firms Flights became one way to distribute currency. Banks became bulk buyers of
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The Arabs, the Left, and Those Who Remained Silent: History Will Not Forgive You

The consequences of the Israeli genocide in Gaza will be dire. An event of this degree of barbarity, sustained by an international conspiracy of moral inertia and silence, will not be relegated to history as just another “conflict” or a mere tragedy. The Gaza genocide is a catalyst for major events to come. Israel and its benefactors […]
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UK aware of Israel’s ‘terror’ for over 20 years

‘Defensive shield’  RELATED Blair considered a ‘special partnership’ between israel and NATO READ MORE  ‘Routine excessive force’ RELATED ‘Buried alive under the sand’: how British weapons killed Palestinians READ MORE  20 years of support Promoting terrorism RELATED Revealed: The British military college teaching Israeli soldiers READ MORE  But still helping Israel
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Zambian court lifts gag on news documentary

“The lawsuit that blocked the release of News Diggers’ documentary for nearly two months was clearly aimed at silencing one of the country’s most popular media outlets in its coverage of China’s business activities and their consequences in Zambia. RSF is relieved the gag-order — which should never have been issued — was revoked, and is concerned this may be
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What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

Originally appeared at TomDispatch. On August 6, 2025, the world marked the 80th anniversary of the American destruction of Hiroshima. As in decades past, Hiroshima Day served to honor the first victims of atomic warfare and to reaffirm the enduring promise that their suffering would not be in vain, that they and the residents of Nagasaki, devastated three […]
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Bret Stephens Is Wrong About Mortality in Gaza

The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens recently claimed that Israel is “manifestly not committing genocide”. His key argument is that if Israel were committing genocide, the war would have been “vastly more deadly”. In actual fact, he notes, the death toll reported by the Gaza Health Ministry is around 60,000—not particularly large by the […]
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Trump and Putin are Ready to Talk. What’s Different?

On August 6, U.S. President Donald Trump posted that special envoy Steve Witkoff had just returned from “a highly productive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.” Trump said that “Great progress was made!” During that meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the Trump administration with a ceasefire proposal. When asked if it was true that […]
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Heavy Machinery and Patriotic Demolition in the Service of Genocide

Rabbi Avraham Zarbiv is a well-respected holy man in Israel with some devoted followers. He is a dayan, a judge in the rabbinical courts of Tel Aviv, dispensing wisdom in matters of religion and Jewish law. He’s also a reservist in the Seyeret Givati brigade of the IDF and is currently serving in Gaza. There, […]
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No, Nuking Cities Did Not Save Lives

Reprinted From World Beyond War It’s oddly encouraging that the New York Post had to bring up its kookiest rightwing propagandist on Friday to argue that nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved lives. It’s almost as if the New York Times’ kookiest rightwing propagandist’s claiming that killing Palestinians is not genocide had to be one-upped by the Post. It’s even more encouraging that the Post felt obliged […]
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Eighty Years of Nuclear Terror

Ever since the atomic bombings of Japanese cities in August 1945, the world has been living on borrowed time. The indications, then and since, that the development of nuclear weapons did not bode well for human survival, were clear enough. The two small atomic bombs dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed between […]
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Here’s What Gabbard’s Russiagate Report Missed

“An easing of tensions and improved relations with Russia — from a position of strength — is possible. Common sense says this cycle of hostility must end.” Candidate Donald Trump said that on April 27, 2016. At first glance that might sound rather irrelevant to Gabbard’s Russiagate revelations. But let me connect the dots for […]
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Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers

When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the unwarranted influence wielded by a partnership between the military and a growing cohort of U.S. weapons contractors and came up with the ominous term “military-industrial complex,” he could never have imagined quite how large and powerful that complex would become. In […]
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Abandoning Ukraine

The war with Russia is now going very badly for Ukraine. But Ukrainians must feel like the world, and not just Russia, is treating them badly. At the beginning of July, the Russian armed forces took full control of the Luhansk region for the first time. And, though it is too early to tell if […]
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West Bank: Would Annexation Include Citizenship For The Annexed?

On July 23, the Israeli Knesset voted 71 to 13 in favor of a “non-binding” motion to “annex” the West Bank, where Palestinian Arabs have lived under Israeli military occupation since 1967. Naturally, Knesset speaker Amir Ohana disagrees with that plain statement of fact. Channeling Adolf Hitler’s ethno-nationalist claims on Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, Austria, etc., Ohana proclaimed that […]
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Trump White House Calls Netanyahu a Madman: He’s Something Far More Dangerous

Following Israel’s strikes on Damascus, Axios quoted a Trump White House official as saying, “Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time”. However, while some on the MAGA or ‘America First’ right might celebrate this as a sign that Trump might further pressure Israel into ending its, as Pope Leo XIV recently […]
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Are We Being Lied to About Ukrainian Losses?

The Western media has resisted the reality that Russia has been winning the war in Ukraine for a very long time. Many outlets continue to insist that Ukraine can win. Recently, some of America’s flagship outlets have begun to fine tune their reporting. The New York Times has expressed concern about a “precarious time for […]
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Is Trump’s Ukraine Arms Deal a Deception?

U.S. President Donald Trump has consistently insisted that the war in Ukraine “is not Trump’s war. This is a Biden war, this is a Democrat war.” But on July 14, it started to look a lot like Trump’s war, as Trump announced “billions and billions” of dollars of American military equipment to be sent to […]
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Israel’s Conservative Counter-Revolution

After its far-right election victory in late 2022, the Netanyahu cabinet’s newly-appointed justice minister, Yariv Levin, claimed that “judicial activism” had ruined public trust in the legal system and made it impossible for the government to rule effectively. Sensing a historical opportunity to remake the Israeli legal system, the new government would seek to “reform” […]
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NATO’s Proxy War against Russia Becomes Increasingly Reckless

The strategy that the United States and its European allies have adopted to use Ukraine as their military proxy in a war to weaken Russia has always involved a sizable element of risk. At some point, Russian leaders might no longer be content with just attacking the puppet that NATO members were using to torment […]
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Trump’s Tariffs Threats Against the Global South, ASEAN and the Philippines

In early April, the Philippines responded with “guarded optimism” to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, saying higher rates placed on its neighbors could present an opportunity. Hit with Trump’s reciprocal levy of 17%, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sought to re-frame it by stating that the “the new tariffs put the Philippines […]
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Iran-US Negotiations: Will Non-Violence Prevail?

For the first time in a generation, there was a national consensus in Iran that negotiations with the United States are necessary to resolve the issues over Iran’s nuclear program. Practically every political group and faction, as well as the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supported talking with the United States. With Israel’s brutal war […]
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Smoothing market entry in a state-guided economy: China's new Private Economy Development Bureaus

Smoothing market entry in a state-guided economy: China's new Private Economy Development Bureaus H.Seidl Tue, 07/15/2025 - 15:21 picture alliance / NurPhoto | Ying Tang Comment Jul 16, 2025 5 min read Smoothing market entry in a state-guided economy: China's new Private Economy Development Bureaus Fewer conflicting regulations could make market entry more predictable for firms Political alignment increasingly determines a company’s chance
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Yörük cuisine in resorts

Many years ago, tourism in Türkiye centered around cultural tours of the country. Tours typically began in Istanbul, exploring key sites on the historic peninsula, particularly the iconic trio of Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and Topkapı Palace, before heading eastward to Anatolia, starting in Cappadocia. After visiting the fairy chimneys and several cave churches, tour buses would head westward
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Searching for Monsters

“America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy … She might become the dictatress of the world, But she would no longer be the ruler of her own spirit.” ~ John Quincy Adams (1767-184 In the middle of his term as Secretary of State, the future president John Quincy Adams requested permission to […]
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Independence Day 2025

We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants a few miles away? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4th 1776? When the President of the United States bombs the lawful facilities of […]
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Could NATO Burden-Sharing Be a Subtle Snare for the United States?

Both Donald Trump and his legions of critics in Europe are celebrating the outcome of the latest NATO summit. The centerpiece of NATO’s renewed image of solidarity was an agreement among all Alliance members (except Spain) to boost their annual defense outlays to at least 5 percent of their yearly gross domestic product (GDP). Although […]
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