Genocide Historian Omer Bartov on Israel and Gaza
September 14, 2024
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Omer Bartov is a historian who specializes in German military history and genocide studies. I have three of his books: “The Eastern Front, 1941-45, German Troops and the Barbarisation of Warfare”; “Hitler’s Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich”; and “Germany’s War and the Holocaust: […]
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Escalation in the Russia-Ukraine War
September 13, 2024
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s Friday the 13th, and though I’m not superstitious about the date, I’m not liking this headline in today’s New York Times: Top News The topic will be on the agenda Friday with the first official visit to Washington by Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer. That’s […]
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Ariella Anzalone: Welcome to the World!
September 10, 2024
We are happy to announce the birth of Ariella Anzalone this morning. She is the first child of Antiwar.com opinion editor Kyle Anzalone and his wife Fressia Anzalone. Kyle is also news editor at The Libertarian Institute. Ariella is healthy and beautiful.
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Israel Lobbies US Congress to Pressure South Africa to Drop ICJ Genocide Case
September 10, 2024
Israeli officials are lobbying U.S. lawmakers to pressure South Africa into dropping its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, according to a report published Monday. Axiossaid it obtained a classified Israeli Foreign Ministry cable sent Monday to the country’s embassy in Washington, D.C. and all its U.S. consulates threatening consequences if […]
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Harris’ Missing Foreign Policy Vision
September 10, 2024
Van Jackson read the Harris campaign’s new “policy” page and he was not impressed: It pains me to observe this because I want better, we need better, and I’m very invested in her beating Trump. But we are well and truly in the territory of HBO’s Veep and nobody wants to say it for fear […]
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The Murder of Aysenur Eygi
September 9, 2024
An Israeli soldier fatally shot an American citizen and peace activist, Aysenur Eygi, in the head on Friday while she was participating in a peaceful protest against an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Haaretz reports on what witnesses to the shooting saw: Three eyewitnesses present at the protest in the West Bank town […]
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Kursk, 1943; Kursk, 2024
September 8, 2024
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. In July 1943, the Nazis launched a colossal assault at the Kursk salient on the eastern front. The Soviet Red Army was ready. After roughly two weeks of massive battles, the Red Army prevailed as the Nazi offensive stalled. Hitler’s army never again took the offensive in […]
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Amnesty War Crimes Probe Exposes Israel’s ‘Wanton Destruction’ in Gaza
September 6, 2024
Amnesty International said Thursday that the Israeli military should be investigated for the “war crimes of wanton destruction and of collective punishment” over its destruction of entire communities along Gaza’s border with Israel. “Using bulldozers and manually laid explosives, the Israeli military has unlawfully destroyed agricultural land and civilian buildings, razing entire neighborhoods, including homes, […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Biden Is Moving the US Closer to Direct War with Russia
September 6, 2024
On COI #672, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest news from Gaza, the West Bank and Ukraine. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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Russia! Russia! Russia!… Is Hillary At It Again?
September 5, 2024
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Here we go again. For the third straight election in a row, Russia is being accused of interfering in “our democracy.” Many will remember that the last time around, more than 50 former intelligence officials signed a letter denouncing the Hunter Biden laptop as “Russian disinformation.” It wasn’t, and […]
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