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History shows that famines are, for the most part, engineered.  Be it through carelessness, selfishness or plain malice on the part of officialdom, creating the circumstances under which a population expires to hunger is a matter of construction.  As the economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen so powerfully showed in Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (1981), the focus on the cause of famines should be less on the food supply and more on the economic, social and political factors surrounding them.  Food prices might severely spike.  Food distribution systems can fail.  Certain groups in society may lose their means of employment, thereby preventing them from purchasing essential foodstuffs.   In Gaza, the conditions of famine have been […]

Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Dick Schoof said Friday that he respects the decision of the New Social Contract (NSC) party to withdraw ministers from the Cabinet, but he is disappointed by the move, Anadolu reports. NSC ministers chose to step down from the Cabinet after the resignation of outgoing Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp. The decision came after the coalition failed to agree on imposing additional sanctions against Israel for its attacks on Gaza City and the expansion of illegal settlements near East Jerusalem. “We must respect these decisions, but we deeply regret them,” Schoof said in a short statement to the House of Representatives. “Especially in the light of this Cabinet’s caretaker phase.” “We’ve been intensively considering current developments in […]

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry urged all countries on Friday to shape their relationship with Israel based on adherence to international law and UN resolutions, Anadolu reports. A statement said it “views with grave concern the series of incursions and invasions committed by the occupation army and the organized, armed settler militias in the occupied West Bank, violating it in full view of the international community.” “Israel’s disregard for the international consensus rejecting settlement and annexation of the West Bank” demonstrates the government’s indifference to global appeals and positions, showing they have little effect on its “colonial” and “racist” policies. The statement noted: “This necessitates a serious collective international stance to put an end to this recklessness and to compel the […]

Washington was aware that Israel planned to continue fighting the Palestinians for “decades,” despite taking part in negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, former senior US officials involved in Biden-era talks, Anadolu reports. Former State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told Israel’s Channel 13 on Thursday that former Secretary of State Antony Blinken had warned Israel’s war cabinet early in the fighting that the country risked an endless insurgency without a clear plan about Gaza’s future. “You’re right. We are going to be fighting this war for decades to come. That’s the way it’s been. That’s the way it’s going to be,” Netanyahu reportedly responded. Channel 13 said Netanyahu, along with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance […]

At least 62,622 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu reports. A ministry statement said that 61 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 308 people were injured, taking the number of injuries to 157,673 in the Israeli onslaught. “Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added. The ministry also noted that 16 Palestinians were killed and over 111 injured by Israeli army fire while trying to get humanitarian aid in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed while seeking aid to 2,076, with over […]

Picture an empire so insecure that it hurls thunderbolts at a mid-sized African democracy for daring to think independently. That empire, draped in self-anointed moral authority, is the United States. Its newest villain? South Africa. In Washington’s theater of indignation, South Africa has been transformed from an ally recovering from apartheid into a subversive force guilty of lèse-majesté against American supremacy. What follows is not policy—it’s performance art. Except the actors are armed, and the tickets cost nations their sovereignty. The theater of “white genocide” The opening act came with the myth of “white genocide.” President Trump, in peak reality-TV mode, waved around fabricated images of murdered white farmers to Cyril Ramaphosa. The images turned out to be fake—one wasn’t […]

Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has surged ahead in fundraising for the race, collecting more than $1 million in recent weeks, according to new filings with the city’s Campaign Finance Board, Anadolu reports. Mamdani has quickly become a rising star among progressive Democrats after he won New York City’s mayoral Democratic primary in June, putting him on track to become the first Muslim and first South Asian to lead the US largest city. His $1,051,200 raised from mid-July to mid-August 2025 far exceeds the $420,886 raised by incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who is pursuing a second term as an independent, and the $507,660 reported by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo since restarting his campaign in July after losing […]

Israeli demonstrators confronted Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Saturday, accusing him of blocking efforts to secure the release of captives held in Gaza, according to reports from Israeli media, Anadolu reports. The Times of Israel reported that protesters intercepted National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and his son, Shoval, in Kfar Malal, chanting “shame” while holding up posters of hostages still held in Gaza. According to the report, the protesters accused Ben Gvir of “leaving the hostages to die,” calling him a “draft dodger” since he was barred from serving in the army during his youth because of extremist activities. Ben Gvir has long opposed making deals with the Palestinian resistance group Hamas for hostage releases, saying […]

The UN’s top humanitarian official on Friday described the famine declared in the Gaza Governorate of Gaza Strip as a “predictable and preventable” catastrophe deliberately fueled by the obstruction of aid by Israel, Anadolu reports. “It is a famine that we could have prevented if we had been allowed. Yet, food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel. It is a famine within a few hundred meters of food in a fertile land,” Tom Fletcher, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in a press briefing in Geneva. Fletcher said it is a “21st century famine watched over by drones and the most advanced military technology in history.” “It is a […]

Swedish pension money has been invested in an Israeli chemical company accused of producing white phosphorus, a substance condemned by human rights groups for its alleged use in densely populated areas of Gaza and Lebanon, local media reported Friday, Anadolu reports. An investigation by the public broadcaster Ekot revealed that the Seventh AP Fund, where nearly 6 million Swedes have their premium pensions if they have not made an active choice, has holdings worth about 100 million kronor ($9.3 million) in Israel’s ICL Group. The company manufactures white phosphorus, which causes severe burns and is restricted under international law. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in recent conflicts. While the substance can […]