bs2Jan 17, 2025
> “Israel is in deep trouble at home and abroad. It has become an apartheid state that is executing a genocide in Gaza. The Fall of Israel does an outstanding job explaining the causes and the evolution of the disastrous path that Israel is on. This book deserves to be widely read by anyone interested in understanding contemporary Israel.”—#JohnMearsheimer
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THE FALL OF ISRAEL: The Degradation of Israel’s Politics, Economy & Military

AVAILABLE NOW DIRECTLY FROM CLARITY PRESS The fall of Israel didn’t begin on October 7th, 2023. Israel relentlessly and remorselessly baked it into the cake.  This book provides a comprehensi…

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> ... the UN and other aid organizations warn Gaza is close to uninhabitable. Tens of thousands of houses have been destroyed. More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 107,000 injured. In the future, these numbers are likely to prove three to four times higher. And still worse could be ahead.
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bsmall2Jan 16, 2025
> During President Trump’s first term, his administration gradually cut all U.S. assistance to UNRWA. The Biden administration later resumed U.S. aid to the agency. Last March, Congress passed a law that bans the U.S. from funding UNRWA until at least 2025.
> Why should the horrific policy errors of the past be compounded with monstrous new policy mistakes?
https://www.juancole.com/2025/01/fatal-effort-dismantle.html
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The Fatal Effort to Dismantle the UN's Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees

Over the past 15 months, the international community has failed to prevent genocidal atrocities in Gaza. Dismantling the UN refugee agency would perfect the nightmare. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) - Early in the year, State Department officials briefed Joel Rayburn from the Trump transition team there could be a humanitarian 'catastrophe' in Gaza when a new Israeli law barring contact with the UN refugee agency for Palestinians takes effect at the end of the month. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is the primary aid agency operating in the Gaza Strip. After more than a year

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