Opinion

Hoping against hope in the New Year

by Jehan Perera: THE New Year dawned, not with the customary spirit of hope, but with trepidation for most and hopelessness for many. The main topic of discussion and speculation

Israel’s genocide betrays the Holocaust

By obscuring and falsifying the lessons of the Holocaust we perpetuate the evil that defined it, writes Chris Hedges ISRAEL’S lebensraum master plan for Gaza, borrowed from the Nazi’s depopulation of

Nincompoops saddle US with NATO forever

by Eve Ottenberg: NOBODY in their right mind wants to be obliged to send their kid off to war in Eastern Europe if Romania and Moldova start bombing each other.

UN options to protect Gaza

Any party to the Genocide Convention can submit the matter to the World Court, which could make a finding of genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn AS ISRAEL continues its genocide against the

An opportunity for promise or peril?

Humayun Kabir: AFTER three years of political instability and turmoil, the current government of Pakistan has announced the general elections to be held on February 8, 2024, to elect the

Prospects for peace and solving global problems

Xi Jinping: ‘It is unrealistic for one side to remodel the other… the planet Earth is big enough for the two countries to succeed.’ Joe Biden: ‘We will not leave

Rebuilding trust to achieve success in Sri Lanka

THE change that the country is looking for lies in the future possibly stretching to 2048 when the country will celebrate its century of independence. The change that the government

No to weaponising anti-semitism to support Israel’s crimes

Yves Engler: THE above tweet was criticised by all the major federal party leaders even though few could argue with it today. After the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs