Author: M Barbu

War Unbound

Gaza, Ukraine, and the Breakdown of International Law

Hamas’s attack on Israel and Israel’s response to it have been a disaster for civilians. In its October 7 massacre, Hamas sought out unarmed Israeli civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, killing close to 1,200 people and taking around 240 hostages. Israel’s subsequent air and ground campaign in Gaza has, as of March 2024, killed more than 30,000 people, an estimated two-thirds of whom were women and children. The Israeli offensive has also displaced some two million people (more than 85 percent of the population of Gaza), left more than a million people at risk of starvation, and damaged or destroyed some 150,000 civilian buildings. Today, there is no functional hospital left in northern Gaza. Hamas, Israel maintains, uses civilian structures as shields, operating in them or in tunnels beneath them—perhaps precisely because such buildings have been considered off-limits for military operations under international law.

NATO Cannot Survive Without America

If Trump Pulls Out, the Alliance Would Likely Fall Apart

Last month, NATO, the world’s most successful military alliance, celebrated its 75th anniversary. Some fear that it may have been its last anniversary with the United States playing a leading role. Former U.S. President Donald Trump still views the alliance as obsolete. If reelected, he says he would encourage Russian leaders to do “whatever the hell they want” to member states that do not pay what he considers to be enough for defense. A second Trump presidency could have dire implications for European security.

Gaza Terrorists Exploit Two More UNRWA Facilities

Latest Developments

Israel conducted a precise strike on a Hamas war room and weapons depot hidden inside of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school located in Nuseirat in Gaza, Jerusalem announced on May 14. Israeli intelligence believes that Hamas recently used the war room to organize attacks against Israeli troops operating in central Gaza. Ten of the 15 terrorists eliminated in the strike were members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force who likely participated in Hamas’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah, Lebanon and Syria (May 6-12, 2024)

This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 46 attacks on military and civilian targets in northern Israel. In two of the attacks, three IDF soldiers were killed. Following the beginning of the IDF operation in Rafah, Hezbollah escalated its attacks, including the use of heavy Burkan rockets (whose warheads weigh up to 500 kgs, or 1,100 pounds), and the first use of a suicide attack drone was detected. In response, Israeli Air Force aircraft attacked the organization’s military infrastructure in south Lebanon and Hezbollah field commanders were eliminated in targeted attacks.

Les enseignements de Clausewitz et les antagonismes historiques contemporains

Paix dictée ou paix négociée en Ukraine ?

Le 28 avril dernier Jens Stoltenberg, secrétaire général de l’OTAN en visite à Kiev, a rassuré formellement Volodymyr Zelensky que la guerre contre la Russie pouvait être encore gagnée par l’Ukraine et il a réaffirmé : «La Russie doit bien le comprendre. Elle ne pourra pas gagner. Elle ne pourra pas nous avoir à l’usure !»

Le grand hold-up de l’Ukraine n’est pas encore terminé

«La guerre, c’est la paix». La dette est une bonne chose. La liberté, c’est l’esclavage. Nous vivons dans une société de contre-vérités où le joueur de flûte sera payé, et la dette effacée.

L’encre de la signature du président [Joe] Biden transférant 61 milliards de dollars supplémentaires au trou noir appelé Ukraine avait à peine séché que les médias grand public ont annoncé que cet accord n’était pas le dernier acte d’une politique américaine vouée à l’échec. Les élites n’ont aucunement l’intention de mettre fin à cette manne qui ponctionne les richesses de la classe moyenne et populaire pour les transférer vers la classe aisée et connectée.

From the river to the sea: The “Day After” will be based on equality & justice, not Jewish supremacy

Means of return: “Our weapons are the means of our return/And (they are) our constant companions until the liberation of Palestine”, Arab Liberation Front (circa 1975). Artist: Hassib al-Jassem

Israel has reached its zenith and is slowly sinking under the weight of its hubris and vicious greed and that of its enabler, the United States. We are recognizing now how vulnerable Israel is and how responsible we all are for challenging it.

Quel avenir pour l’Europe dans la multipolarité ?

Dans son dernier essai, La Défaite de l’Occident, Emmanuel Todd remet en question «l’axiome» de l’État-nation qui règle les relations internationales depuis le XVIIIe siècle jusqu’à aujourd’hui (axiome fondateur des «Nations unies»). Il propose «une interpréta­tion pour ainsi dire post-euclidienne de la géopolitique mondiale», qui ne repose pas sur l’État-nation, mais fait plutôt l’hypothèse de sa disparition prochaine1.