The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Labour's unpardonable complicities
SOLOMON HUGHES looks at British-Israeli arms dealing and Labour grandees lining their pockets by pawning the family silver
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
FOREIGN OFFICE documents from then-foreign secretary James Cleverly’s 2023 Israel visit show the British government likes Israeli arms firm Elbit precisely because its kit is proven by war on Gaza.
Cleverly went on a two-day trip to Israel in September 2023, including visiting the Israeli Air Force’s Palmachim air base.
This January I asked the Foreign Office (FCDO) for papers on the trip under freedom of information rules.
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