From the late 19th century through the 1950s, Zionist leaders adopted a selective immigration policy designed to exclude ‘undesirable’ Jews. The goal of the Zionist movement was to build a Jewish state in a Palestinian Arab land, and that required Jewish capitalists, skilled laborers, professionals and fighters, not children, elderly people or refugees.
Trump’s plan continues this legacy, offering Palestinians not sovereignty but surveillance, not liberation but containment. And as celebrations ring out for the return of Israeli hostages, the deeper question lingers: at what cost to the Palestinian soul — and to the credibility of a nation that once claimed to champion the right of peoples to govern themselves?
The BRICS countries represent half the world’s population, 40% of fossil energy resources, 30% of global GDP and 50% of growth. They have the resources to change their export-oriented capitalist development model, but they don’t want to.
China plays a long game. There is plenty of evidence of Chinese advancements in science, technology, supply chains, manufacturing, arts, etc. The question is whether China (and Russia) will come through with morally based support befitting a leading world economy?
BRICS+ foreign ministers typically utter platitudes about wanting a conflict-free world and post-Western geopolitical arrangements, including a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. So this public recognition by Netanyahu of their usefulness should be humiliating enough. (At the United Nations, among BRICS+ members only Ethiopia typically joins Axis-of-Genocide powers by abstaining on resolutions criticising Israel, including a September 18 enforcement of the International Court of Justice’s ruling against abuses in Palestine.)
Myself and Fiorella Isabel discuss the topics that are often not covered with a critical perspective. Covering false flags, the shooting of Israeli diplomats in Washington, China’s trade role in Israel that has the potential to enable the settlements in the West Bank. We ask why many independent media outlets avoid criticism of certain aspects…
… if all Russia and China are going to do is talk they could start talking about a one state solution. They could put some urgency into the situation. They could let Abbas and the Gulf family dictatorships know that the status quo is unacceptable. They could start telling the truth to the world that…
Prof. Peter and Prof. Karim provide an anti-imperialist leftist lens on global affairs – please do follow them at the Bett Beat Media Substack. You can also keep up with their excellent conversations on YouTube. Peter and Karim provide a platform for voices that do not conform, either with lamestream media or with much of the independent…
The following is a post on X, written by Yemeni analyst Mohamad Al Shami. I recommend everyone to follow him for insights that you will not find elsewhere. My take on what’s unfolding between the U.S. and the region. BACKGROUND • The Zionist enemy received unprecedented blows from the Axis of Jihad and Resistance, turning its…
With Trump dancing around his belligerence towards Iran and Israeli expansionism, Saudi Arabia in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister meeting with Putin in Moscow, the Emir of Qatar also in Moscow, continuing negotiations on Ukraine “peace” deal, Imam Khamenei’s letter delivered to Putin, Israeli and Turkish rivalry in Syria and beyond, Jolani’s terrorists perhaps being sent…
The Wall Will Fall 