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By Michael Jansen - Sep 11,2024
Last week the Biden administration claimed that the three-phase ceasefire plan was 90 per cent agreed by Hamas and Israel and that the final 10 per cent should be sorted shortly.However, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied this claim while repeatedly stating he is de
By Michael Jansen - Sep 04,2024
The unnecessary deaths of six Israeli hostages, Israel says by shots to the head by Hamas fighters late last week,has been blamed primarily on prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu by bitter hostage families and angry members of the public.
By Michael Jansen - Aug 28,2024
During the Democratic party’s convention in Chicago, candidate Kamala Harris did not budge from the Biden line on Israel/Palestine. She had little choice.
By Michael Jansen - Aug 21,2024
Israel's devastating Gaza war and brutal crackdown on Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have shown that there can be no end to the Arab-Israeli conflict unless the two-state solution is adopted and implemented urgently and fully.
By Michael Jansen - Aug 14,2024
Last Monday marked the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions which form the foundation of international humanitarian law.
By Michael Jansen - Aug 07,2024
US President Joe Biden has dispatched a squadron of fighter planes and a carrier group of warships to this region to protect Israel if Iran and its allies retaliate militarily to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hizbollah military strategist Fuad Shu
By Michael Jansen - Jul 31,2024
The tragic strike that killed a dozen youths last weekend at the Israeli occupied Druze town of Majdal Shams prompted Israeli strikes against Hizbollah leader Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
By Michael Jansen - Jul 24,2024
President Joe Biden's exit from the US presidential contest was neither courageous nor convenient.
By Michael Jansen - Jul 17,2024
The botched assassination attempt on Donald Trump has boosted his bid for a second term in the White House in November's presidential election. The image of Trump pumping his fist in the air while blood from his wounded ear trickled down his face has become iconic.
By Michael Jansen - Jul 11,2024
Israel's latest war against the Palestinian people entered its tenth month last Sunday and shows no signs of ending although ceasefire talks have been revived by Qatar and Egypt.