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Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous. Amnesty International, among many organizations, condemned the Israeli government’s decision to bar Palestinians from receiving the vaccine. The rights group described the Israeli action as evidence … Continue reading “Covid-19 Under Apartheid: How Israel Manipulates Suffering of Palestinians”

As the pandemic continues to claim lives across the country, new information keeps coming out about how the Trump administration has made it harder for Americans to protect themselves. We now know, for example, that early in the pandemic the U.S. Postal Service had planned to deliver five face masks to every US household. It … Continue reading “The Pentagon Took Money for Covid-19 Relief and Bought… More Weapons”

An April 29, Stars and Stripes headline read, “U.S. coronavirus deaths reach 60,000, surpassing the number of Americans killed during the Vietnam War.” Recently US coronavirus deaths passed 100,000. Soon the number of fatalities will surpass US casualties in World War I of 116,516. As the count goes higher, will people continue to use war … Continue reading “COVID-19 and War Deaths Ignored”

Two years ago, on May 8, 2018, President Trump manufactured a crisis with Iran by withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and reimposing brutal sanctions. This interview with Sussan Tahmasebi, director of FEMENA, an organization that supports women human rights defenders, reveals how the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure campaign,” along with the terrible spread of … Continue reading “Iranian Women Squeezed by US Sanctions, COVID-19, and Their Government”

In a letter sent to Sec. of State Mike Pompeo, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel (D-NY) described his incredulity at President Trump’s decision to withhold over $100 million dollars in foreign aid to both the World Health Organization (WHO), and its partner the Pan American Health Organization, (PAHO). President Trump has … Continue reading “US Sanctions Foster Venezuela’s Need for Aid To Fight COVID-19”

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads to India, Indian-administered Kashmir – home to 7 million people and under lockdown by the Indian government – is already experiencing among the highest density of cases of any area in the country. In Kashmir, the pandemic is unfolding against a backdrop of political repression. Since the Indian government abrogated … Continue reading “Fighting Covid-19 – and Repression – in Kashmir”

For declaring in March that the U.S. economy might be reopened by Easter, President Donald Trump was roundly mocked. Yet, it appears his political instincts were correct. He was more in tune with his country than were his critics. By early Easter week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the governors of six states in the New … Continue reading “Will COVID-19 Retire the World’s Policeman?”

The British court system continues to mock the Magna Carta. Bowing vassal-like to U.S. pressure it persists with Star Chamber proceedings against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange until he is either extradited to the US or winds up dead. The judicial pantomime under way in London, under the guise of an extradition hearing, would make the … Continue reading “What if Ignored Covid-19 Warnings Had Been Leaked to WikiLeaks?”

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with the world screeched to a halt, the prosecution of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange continues. At the case management court hearing on Tuesday, April 7, Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Julian Assange’s extradition hearing would resume in May as previously planned despite the global spread of coronavirus and that, if needed, … Continue reading “Assange’s Extradition: Covid-19 Brings Death Sentence to Free Speech”

As the United Nations implores countries to cease hostilities and wars to help fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is causing the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is finding ways to use the COVID-19 pandemic to fight its wars. While Saudi Arabia promises to begin a ceasefire in Yemen in response to the U.N. call for … Continue reading “Germ Warfare: How Trump Is Weaponizing Covid-19”