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No collapse of the Soviet union, no China, no capitalism and American nationalism. All what has happened since 1991 happened without a global context and international and regional power relations, or class realignment.  A liberal analysis by Patrick Wintour Related America's long war in the Middle East

With the support of leftists. “The involvement of female fighter pilots in the ongoing operation has been a cause for self-congratulation for Israel’s military, and a point of pride and vindication for many Israelis. “In street interviews, social media posts and television debates, Israeli women reiterate the same point: they are willing to live under bombardment if it means helping Iranians - and particularly Iranian women - achieve freedom .”

and the crisis of international solidarity

A very brief summary as a reply to one of the common comments. Comment: “you get what you vote for. can't recall a single example in trump's long fat life where he ever cleaned up one of his many messes.” Harperium My reply: Does that mean had more Americans voted for a different contender, Biden or Harris, things would have been different? You are ignoring Israel's influence and that both Biden and Harris supported a genocidal war on the Palestinians. You ignore that the situation has to be contextualised within the political-economy of the US vis-a-vis China and how the US is trying to regain its capitalist hegemony by weakening China. Both Venezuela and Iran are two proxies. And the more the US declines, the more violent it becomes.

'Changing regime behaviour rather than the regime itself', writes Gilbert Achcar .

An in-depth analysis Rethinking anti-imperialist politics in the Middle East

The fascist resemblance between coalition and opposition is no accident. It is called Zionism. In 2025, you can no longer champion this national ideology without being a fascist or a militarist. It is now the essence of Zionism. Maybe it was that way from its start, and honesty requires that we admit that. Netanyahu and Bennett, Ben-Gvir and Lapid are Zionists like almost all Israelis. When it comes to the land, they believe in Jewish supremacy and the lie of a Jewish and democratic state. Fascism is the inevitable consequence of this. It is no longer possible to be a Zionist and not a fascist. — Gideon Levy , Haaretz, 29 October 2025

Indonesia is  flirting with the  possibility  of formally recognising Israel

When you have a good analysis , but you introduce illusion – illusion in 'a new Bandung', a ‘Bandung'/' South' where class, capital accumulation, repression and oppression and wealth are ignored . Related Dispelling the multipolar myth

Recent reports of an Israeli campaign to win the social media war by granting millions of dollars to TikTok and social media influencers is only a fraction of a massive, coordinated campaign. Many pro-Palestine activists are now highlighting the direct complicity of the Western media, especially in the UK, in attempting to whitewash rape accusations against Israeli soldiers. Instead of using the unequivocal word “rape,” mainstream outlets refer to the horrific Sde Teiman prison episodes merely as “abuse.”

The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions

“The US labor movement has never been neutral: its union officialdom has a more-than-century-long history of allying with Zionism .”

In such a militarised society, impunity is a national value

A chapter by Jospeh Daher  in  The Future of the Occupation of the Palestinians Territories After Gaza

A long, but a coherent and encompassing analysis

Why has a power such as France, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, for so long behaved as the silent accomplice or the broom wagon of a ‘rogue state’ such as Israel? —Serge Halimi et Pierre Lambert, Le Monde Diplomatique, translated from the French, August 2025

'Not to weep or laugh, but understand'

“That Netanyahu himself has  worried  for a decade that Israel may not survive to reach its 100th birthday lends more credence to this fear that Israel is accelerating its own demise.” Jospeh Massad does not provide an overview of such a possible 'demise' . What does it mean? The Israeli state might collapse because of a civil war? Does this death or end mean Israel as a country and people would cease to exist? The French defeat in Algeria meant that the colonialists went back to France. Where would the 9.5 million Israelis go? Would the US and Israel's allies allow such a 'demise'? It is strange that such a far-fetching statement is made by Massad. 

On Israel, Hamas, and the Israeli hostages John Jewell Was there any mention of releasing the “Sausage’s” but seriously did he [Starmer]? (the Hostages?) Ned Ma John JewellHave a read, think, question your belief system … – The United States has given its imprimatur to Israel’s regional hegemony. – When Trump made plain that he wanted Israel to stop bombing [Iran], Netanyahu had little choice but to acquiesce. – Israel also appears to be pursuing a long-range plan to weaken, if not to render defenceless, the other states in the region, so that none is in a position to challenge it. The instability and precariousness of such an order are evident to American and European politicians, but they prefer to remain discreet about them for fear of being accused of sympathy for Hamas or antisemitism. – Israel now has control of the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria – almost boundless room for manoeuvre – and has always favoured unilateral military assertion over diplomacy. – Netanyahu ...