The US has marked one year since the murder of black man George Floyd, whose death sparked global outrage. Police…
Mali’s coup leader Assimi Goïta seizes power again
Mali’s president and prime minister have been ousted by the officer who led last year’s coup and became vice-president of…
Lock him up! Why is Trump still a free man?
A sudden fall from power always comes hard. King Alfred was reduced to skulking in a Somerset bog. A distraught…
A total of 586 years of independence
Kingdom of Israel (1047 BCE–930 BCE) The United Monarchy is the name given to the Israelite kingdom of Israel and Judah, during the reigns…
“Palestinian” derives from the Philistines
The word “Palestinian” derives from the Philistines. The English term Philistine comes from Old French Philistin; from Classical Latin Philistinus; from Late Greek Philistinoi; ultimately from Hebrew Pəlištî (פלשתי; plural Pəlištîm, פלשתים), meaning ‘person of Pəlešeth [פלשת]’;…
UNSC Resolution 2334- Israel stop all settlement
The Security Council, Reaffirming its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 446 (1979), 452 (1979), 465 (1980), 476…
JARED KUSHNER – CAMPAIGN’S CASH
Trump and his family have spent the last four years making the airtight case that they view the presidency as simply…
Pursuing the ‘Rodef’
The rabbinic concept of din rodef is — unfortunately — back in the news. It last made the front pages at the…
The Incitement in Israel That Killed Yitzhak Rabin
I’m not big on counterfactual historical musings. The hypothetical is tempting and tantalizing, but valueless. History happens but only just.…
History of the filibuster as ‘Jim Crow relic’
We wanted to know more about the history of the filibuster and its role in the Jim Crow era. Historians…
The US Should Respect the ICC
After more than two years combatting the Trump administration’s egregious attacks on the International Criminal Court (ICC), it is refreshing to contemplate…
Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokić for MVP
Nikola Jokić’s frontrunner status for Most Valuable Player started to become a reality on Jan. 31. The Nuggets were still…
Return the National Parks to the Tribes
in 1851, members of a California state militia called the Mariposa Battalion became the first white men to lay eyes on…
Palestinians deserve homeland as the Israelis
There are no winners in the current battle between Hamas and Israel. The loss of life on both sides —…
China lands on Mars
China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a…
A week of brazen Republican dishonesty
The top Republican in the House of Representatives said he doesn’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election —…
Hamas and Israel: a history of confrontation
Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas are waging their most intense conflict in years. Here is a timeline of…
Israel steps up Gaza offensive – AGAIN…
Israel on Wednesday pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior…
“Giant of Castelnau”
“Giant of Castelnau” refers to three bone fragments (a humerus, tibia, and femoral mid-shaft) discovered by Georges Vacher de Lapouge in 1890 in the…
The Holodomor – ‘to kill by starvation’
The Holodomor (Ukrainian: Голодомо́р, romanized: Holodomór, IPA: [ɦolodoˈmor]; derived from морити голодом, moryty holodom, ‘to kill by starvation’), also known as the Terror-Famine and sometimes referred to as the Great Famine, was a famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932…
