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Italy’s ‘good coloniser’ myth persists as it turns again to Africa

Italy’s government is eyeing Africa in pursuit of energy security, even as some officials defend Rome’s often-bloody colonial past on the continent — giving short shrift to historical accuracy. — Read on http://www.thelocal.it/20231028/as-italy-turns-again-to-africa-good-coloniser-myth-persists

Palestine’s Martyrdom Upends the World of Law • Protean Magazine

Bassem Saad writes on the contradictions of human rights discourse and international legal structures and the meaning of martyrdom. Hypocrisy is all too clear in the “Palestine exception.” — Read on proteanmag.com/2024/01/27/palestines-martyrdom-upends-the-world-of-law/

Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden | Center for Constitutional Rights

The Center for Constitutional Rights filed suit against the President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense on behalf of two Palestinian organizations and eight Palestinians in the U.S. and Palestine to challenge the U.S. government’s aiding and abetting of genocide and demand that it work to prevent genocide and comply with its legal obligationsContinue reading “Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden | Center for Constitutional Rights”

Has International Law Survived, or Has the Western Political Class Killed It? – Craig Murray

Has International Law Survived, or Has the Western Political Class Killed It? – Craig Murray — Read on http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/01/has-international-law-survived-or-has-the-western-political-class-killed-it/

Gaza’s oldest mosque, destroyed in an airstrike, was once a temple to Philistine and Roman gods, a Byzantine and Catholic church, and had engravings of Jewish ritual objects

Gaza’s Omari Mosque embodies the history of Gaza – as a site of frequent destruction, but also of renewal, writes a scholar of Islamic architecture and archaeology. — Read on theconversation.com/gazas-oldest-mosque-destroyed-in-an-airstrike-was-once-a-temple-to-philistine-and-roman-gods-a-byzantine-and-catholic-church-and-had-engravings-of-jewish-ritual-objects-220203

Gaza War Expands As US, UK Warplanes Bomb Houthi Strongholds In Yemen | ZeroHedge

Reuters and VOA are reporting that US and UK warplanes have begin striking Houthi targets in Yemen, in what marks the first major regional expanse of the Gaza war. — Read on http://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthis-vow-expanded-attacks-us-navy-bigger-tuesdays-barrage

Does Goldman Sachs Fund the People’s Forum, PSL, Codepink, AIPAC, and Vijay Prashad’s Tricontinental?

Update 12/21/21: People’s Forum confirmed the hypothesis of this post that tech billionaire Roy Singham used Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund to … Does Goldman Sachs Fund the People’s Forum, PSL, Codepink, AIPAC, and Vijay Prashad’s Tricontinental?