By Daniel Larison on Feb 13, 2024 12:05 am The Israeli government is preparing to launch a ground assault on Rafah in southern Gaza as their devastating military campaign enters its fifth month. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was adamant that the assault would happen: “We’re going to do it.” Read in browser »
By Branko Marcetic on Feb 12, 2024 12:05 am Where are the Ukraine partisans? After nearly two years of intense emotional investment in fueling the war aims of Kyiv, activists have seemingly fled to other battlestations in the Middle East — and at precisely the moment when the military effort needs public pressure most. Read in browser »
By Anatol Lieven on Feb 09, 2024 12:05 am President Volodymyr Zelensky’s dismissal of the Ukrainian army chief, General Valery Zaluzhny, is a colossal political gamble for Zelensky and seems to indicate an increasing mood of desperation in Kyiv. The background to this move lies in the failure of last year’s Ukrainian offensive, and the attempts both to shift blame and to draw up a new strategy that could promise Ukraine future victory. Read in browser »
By Adam Weinstein on Feb 08, 2024 02:01 pm UPDATE 2/12 6:00 a.m. EST: According to reports the election commission has released final results, showing that Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party came out on top. According to al Jazeera, a number of independent candidates allied to help the party to a surprise lead with 97 of the 265 seats, though with "no party winning a majority, and numerous contenders claiming vote tampering, Pakistan’s political future is very uncertain." Read in browser »
By Ben Armbruster on Feb 08, 2024 12:17 pm Momentum in Washington to cut or eliminate U.S. funding for a United Nations agency that aids Palestinians is moving forward almost entirely unchecked. But it’s based on unproven allegations — largely uncritically amplified by U.S. media — that the agency’s staff had links to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Read in browser »
The Israeli government is 
Where are the Ukraine partisans? After nearly two years of intense emotional investment in fueling the war aims of Kyiv, activists have seemingly fled to other battlestations in the Middle East — and at precisely the moment when the military effort needs public pressure most.
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s
UPDATE 2/12 6:00 a.m. EST: According to reports the election commission has released final results, showing that Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party came out on top. 
Momentum in Washington to cut or eliminate U.S. funding for a United Nations agency that aids Palestinians is moving forward almost entirely unchecked. But it’s based on unproven allegations — largely uncritically amplified by U.S. media — that the agency’s staff had links to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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