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A short history of "kill lists," from Nazi Germany to the CIA to Gaza

The Israeli online magazine 972 has published a detailed report on Israel’s use of an artificial intelligence system called Lavender to target...

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Salon

Medea Benjamin

A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender

The Lavender AI system is a new weapon developed by Israel, but the kind of kill lists that it generates have a long pedigree in U.S. wars,...

16.04.2024 6

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

Exit of Victoria Nuland Presents Opportunity for Peace in Ukraine

The imperative must be to chart a path back from this hopeless but ever-escalating war of attrition to the negotiating table that the U.S. and Britain...

13.03.2024 3

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

After two grueling years of bloodshed, it's time for peace in Ukraine

As we mark two full years since Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian government forces have reportedly withdrawn from Avdiivka, a town they first...

25.02.2024 30

Salon

Medea Benjamin

After 2 Years of War in Ukraine, It’s Time for Peace

While it is the Ukrainians and Russians fighting and dying in this war of attrition with over half a million casualties, it is the United States, with...

23.02.2024 10

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

Instead of Diplomacy and Peace, US Chooses to Back Genocide and War

The horror Americans feel at the plight of people in Gaza and the U.S. role in it is a shocking new low in this disconnect between the humanity of...

08.02.2024 20

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

How the US Can Be a Good Neighbor to Latin America

Instead of continuing down the current imperial path of endless confrontation, U.S. policymakers need to stop, recalibrate, and design an entirely new...

01.02.2024 7

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

Joe Biden's stark choice: Ceasefire in Gaza — or regional war in Middle East

In the topsy-turvy world of corporate media reporting on U.S. foreign policy, we have been led to believe that air strikes on Yemen, Iraq and Syria...

28.01.2024 40

Salon

Medea Benjamin

Biden's Choice: Gaza Cease-Fire or Devastating Regional War?

Biden can continue to give Israel carte-blanche to wipe out the people of Gaza and watch as the region becomes further engulfed in flames. Or he can...

25.01.2024 2

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

A Chance to Hold Israel–and the United States–to Account for Genocide

If the ICJ issues a provisional order for a ceasefire in Gaza, humanity must seize the moment to insist that Israel and the United States must finally...

10.01.2024 10

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

Despite US Opposition, the World Shows It Wants an End to Israeli Genocide in Gaza

The real disconnect at the root of this crisis is the one between the isolated looking-glass world of U.S. and Israeli politics and the real world...

13.12.2023 3

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

Can the U.S. prevent a wider war in the Middle East? Right now, it's barely trying

While Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has been frantically shuttling around the Middle East trying to stop the Israeli conflict in Gaza from...

05.12.2023 7

Salon

Medea Benjamin

Can US Threats Prevent a Wider War in the Middle East?

The United States’ best shot at peace would be insisting on an immediate and permanent cease-fire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

29.11.2023 2

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

Decades of U.S. war crimes led to what Israel is doing in Gaza

We have both been reporting on and protesting against U.S. war crimes for many years, and against identical crimes committed by U.S. allies and...

18.11.2023 5

Salon

Medea Benjamin

The Familiar Propaganda of US Media Makes Horrors in Gaza Possible

The wars and the killing go on, day after day, year after year, out of sight and out of mind for most Americans.

13.11.2023 2

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

An Isolated US Backs Israeli Atrocities in Gaza

The United States should stop fueling the occupation with an endless supply of weapons, and stop diplomatically shielding Israel from international...

31.10.2023 1

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

A Global Call for Peace in Ukraine Emerges at UN General Assembly

"We want peace, in our country, in Ukraine, in Europe, in the world. Peace and the security that comes with it.," said Hungary President...

28.09.2023 10

Common Dreams

Medea Benjamin

Who is CIA Director Bill Burns: Biden yes-man, Putin apologist or peacemaker?

Lost in a chaotic hall of mirrors of its own creation, the CIA has generally failed in its one and only legitimate task, to provide U.S. policymakers...

10.09.2023 6

Salon

Medea Benjamin

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