The National Press Club of Australia cancelled Chris Hedges' talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel, writes Chris Hedges.





By Chris Hedges
The Chris…

In a surprise move, Hamas has formally agreed to Trump's peace plan and is prepared to release all hostages. In response, the U.S. president ordered Israel to cease fire. Will it listen?




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U.S. President Donald Trump aired frustrations that his efforts to end the Ukraine war are not working with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The matrix is getting complicated, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar. 




By M.K. Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline

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President Trump's recent federalization of troops and Presidential National Security Memorandum completely disregards the Constitution, says Judge Andrew Napolitano. 




By Andrew P. Napolitano
In the same week in which President Donald Trump announced…

The return of this name to the scene in Gaza signals the return of the same policies that set the Middle East on fire, writes Shaimaa Eid.



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Declassified UK
Amid growing controversy over Donald Trump’s plan to end the war on…

The world broke its silence at the U.N. late last month, but force alone is what counts for Trump and Netanyahu, who propose to stand astride the world like co-emperors.



By Patrick Lawrence 
ScheerPost
Those were an eventful few days as the General…

Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares offer a revised version of the Trump plan for an end of the war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank.



By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares
Common Dreams
President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan offers some constructive…

They only want you looking at the parts of Oct. 7 that make Israel look like an innocent little lamb who was attacked completely out of the blue and had no choice but to reluctantly respond with military force.




By Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin's Newsletter…

What does Israel have to gain with what appears to be another charade? For one, the potential PR win to blunt the extraordinary, worldwide condemnation Israel is facing, most importantly in the United States, writes Joe Lauria.

By Joe Lauria
Special to…

With the last remaining U.S.-Russia missile treaty expiring in February, Chris Wright calls for diplomacy between the two countries to prevent a massive arms race.




By Chris Wright
Common Dreams
In the grim competition between environmental destruction…

Nuclear arms control teeters on the brink of extinction and with it all of humanity.



By Scott Ritter
Real Scott Ritter
The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia — New START — is set to expire on Feb. 5, 2026.…

Judge Stephen McDonald told the court in the course of a six-minute hearing Thursday that the contention the Zionist Federation of Australia had no case against journalist Mary Kostakidis had to be determined at trial, reports Joe Lauria.





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Miguel Ruíz on the union of technology, geopolitics and the military in the interests of Israel.



By Miguel Ruíz
Peoples Dispatch
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Launched in 2017 by the private Chinese company ByteDance, TikTok quickly became one of the most…

No law permits — and prevailing U.S. judicial jurisprudence absolutely prohibits — summary murders of people not engaged in violence, at sea or anywhere else, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.



By Andrew P. Napolitano
During the past six weeks, President…

On the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, the Scandinavian organisation Lay Down Your Arms awarded the U.N. special rapporteur on occupied Palestine to highlight a peace champion working in line with the will of Alfred Nobel.




From the TFF…

Politicians, the police and the media want millions of us to imagine we are alone in grieving the slaughter of Gaza’s children — and that our grief is shameful. They need us to succumb to their lies.




By Jonathan Cook
Jonathan-Cook.net
Members of…

The time to transfer funding away from hardware and to counseling training is now. 



By John Kiriakou
Special to Consortium News
With Zoran Mamdani poised to win the New York mayor’s race, the red herring of “defunding the police” is rearing its head…

We must allow for the possibility of success of Trump's 20-point peace plan in Gaza, of course. But at writing I simply cannot see it.



By Patrick Lawrence
The Floutist



As I read of the ceasefire Israel and the Hamas government in Gaza formally…

There’s not a lot to feel optimistic about here. If the killing does stop on a lasting basis, it will be a pleasant surprise.




By Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin’s Newsletter
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Israel continued to hammer Gaza with…

It is now impossible, says historian Rashid Khalidi, to teach about Israel, Palestine and the ongoing genocide in elite American education institutions.
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The Chris Hedges Report




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