DEMOCRACY NOW—We speak with Palestinian human rights lawyer Noura Erakat about Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, in which he defended Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, lied repeatedly about the dire humanitarian conditions on the ground and refused to talk about how to reach a ceasefire to end the bloodshed. Although more than 100 Democrats skipped the speech, Erakat says the jubilant reaction from lawmakers in attendance showed U.S. leaders cheering “for what is essentially a war on children.”
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—Netanyahu said Israel “must retain overriding security control” over Gaza “for the foreseeable future”, an open admission of plans for indefinite military occupation.
This deluge of lies and racist invective received dozens and dozens of standing ovations. The same political class that’s spent the last eight years shrieking about the threat of misinformation, disinformation and foreign propaganda just normalized and applauded a foreign genocidal war criminal as he stood before Congress telling lie after lie after lie.
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EDITORS—The team examines the far-reaching consequences of the latest ICJ verdict, deeming Israel’s policies illegal and criminal, and ordering Tel Avid to cease and desist and effect prompt restitution to the victims. This enormously important judicial finding has been largely downplayed by the mainstream media and denounced in many pro-Zionist channels.
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EDITORS—The latest ICJ ruling is cataclysmic for Israel. ICJ verdict: Highest court rules Palestine resistance is legitimate, Israel’s claim of self-defence is not. It’s a pivotal moment in Palestine’s history, says attorney Lamis Deek. Follow MOATS on YouTube.
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F. W. ENGDAHL—Putin did not need to describe “this.” Everyone present knew he meant the savage destruction of life, feeling of worth, and pride for most Russians after 1990. If anyone in the US or the EU thought about Putin’s comments—coming amid an unprecedented US and NATO vilification and demonization campaign against the Russian Federation and Putin personally, including economic sanctions—they most likely saw it as confirmation of Washington claims that Putin’s Russia was out to rebuild the Soviet Union.
