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Trump pressures Panama Canal and Greenland to secure UNSC votes

Trump pressures Panama Canal and Greenland to secure UNSC votes
09.01.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

John Whitbeck

Pretext for war: Interview of a USS LIBERTY survivor

Anyone who is not aware of the Israeli attempt to sink the aptly named USS Liberty in 1967 — and even those who are well acquainted with this...

05.01.2025 5

Pearls and Irritations

John Whitbeck

Another unwelcome ICC arrest warrant?

On November 27, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that he is seeking an arrest warrant against Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the...

29.11.2024 5

Pearls and Irritations

John Whitbeck

A reflection on reactions to the ICC arrest warrants

One thing that reasonable people can agree with in the outraged and outrageous Israeli and American reactions to the arrest warrants issued by the...

23.11.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

John Whitbeck

UN Membership for Palestine now

On May 10, 2024, the UN General Assembly passed overwhelmingly, with only nine negative votes (Argentina, Czechia, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia,...

13.11.2024 20

Pearls and Irritations

John Whitbeck

Pro-Israel Democrats brought down their own party

For many years, American politicians have recited and acted in accordance with the “truism” that “no politician ever lost an election by being...

08.11.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

John Whitbeck