United Nations officials are warning that displacement figures in the West Bank are at their highest levels since 1967 when Israel’s illegal occupation began. This is due to the skyrocketing killings, violence, and property theft against Palestinians perpetrated by the Israeli military alongside illegal settlers concomitant with the genocidal campaign in Gaza.
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Trump Makes War the ‘Health of the State’
by Matt Wolfson | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
“War,” Randolph Bourne wrote, is “the health of the state.” But war is also, it has recently and quietly become clear, the cheapest and quickest antidote when the state gets sick. This antidote, in fact, represents the most significant part of President Donald Trump’s...
How Firm is Washington’s Commitment to Taiwan’s Security?
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
At first glance, Washington’s informal but very real commitment to defend Taiwan and preserve its de facto independence seems quite secure. Over the past decade, Taipei’s security relationship with the United States grew steadily closer—with strong bipartisan approval...
Another Gaza Freedom Flotilla Sets Sail to Defy Israel’s Blockade
by Connor Freeman | Jul 14, 2025 | Foreign Policy, News
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) launched a civilian aid boat to the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday. The Handala departed Syracuse, Italy, with a crew comprised of volunteer medics, lawyers, journalists, and activists.
We Don’t Have to Do Any of This
by Brad Pearce | Jul 14, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Discussion of American foreign policy is an endless string of talking heads and think tank hacks claiming that we “must” do this or that, for reasons such as global security, values, or credibility. With a little bit of knowledge, it is apparent that the foreign...
The Fake Charge of ‘Anti-Semitism’ Is Losing Its Sting
by James Rushmore | Jul 11, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In a viral interview in May, Piers Morgan spoke with Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom. In a highly revealing exchange, Morgan asked Hotovely if she knew how many children Israel had killed over the course of its genocidal war in the Gaza...
The Smallness of Mark Levin
by Jack Hunter | Jul 10, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In 2009, I was working part time in talk radio in Charleston, South Carolina as an on-air personality. I was also the token conservative columnist for the local, liberal free weekly paper. I wasn’t making a lot of money, but I was working in the field I was most...
U.S. Support For Israel Comes With a Staggering, Multifaceted Price
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Jul 9, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
When asked about the cost of their government’s support of the State of Israel, some Americans will say it’s $3.8 billion a year—the amount of annual military aid the United States is committed to under its current, 10-year “memorandum of understanding” with Israel....