Abandon the Battlefield – The Story of Two Israeli War Resisters (Refuseniks)

 

Abandon the Battlefield – The Story of Two Israeli War Resisters (Refuseniks) By Michael Welch Two young people, Einat Gerlitz and Tal Mitnick have refused their required service in the military, something all people in Israel are required to do according to chapter 3 of the Basic Laws of Israel: Defense Service Law. They each spent time in prison. Read here

From JFK to Donald Trump: How the USA Became Wedded to Zionist Israel By Rick Sterling The JFK administration supported UN resolution 194 which called for the right of return for Palestinian refugees driven out of their homeland. Although Israel committed to abide by UN resolutions when it was admitted to the United Nations in 1949, the Israelis reneged on this commitment and were hostile to the resolution. Read here

Serbia’s Difficult Path Between East and West By Peter Koenig Today, Serbia, the largest republic of the former Yugoslavia, is once again one of the most economically and sociologically advanced – and above all, most independent – countries in the Balkans. It has achieved its successes mainly under President Aleksandar Vučić. He opposes the dictates of Brussels and does not recognize the sanctions against Russia. Read here

Some New Tales from the Darkside. Beatings and Arrests Continue Both in the US and the Middle East By Philip Giraldi The news cycle over the past week has been dominated by reports and analysis of the Signal group chat involving top national security officials discussing aspects of the recent air strikes which have been directed against the Houthis in Yemen. Read here

De-Dollarization to Continue Under Dilma Rousseff as Head of BRICS Bank By Ahmed Adel Dilma Rousseff was re-elected for a new term as head of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) on March 23, only days after admitted Indonesia into the multilateral bank. In this way, Dilma is continuing her work of generating liquidity for the NDB, while also expanding the global de-dollarization process. Read here

White House Quest for Critical Minerals Cannot Bring Peace and Development to the Congo By Abayomi Azikiwe Reports have surfaced during the early months of 2025 regarding a possible deal between the current government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under President Felix Tshisekedi and the United States administration of President Donald Trump to exchange critical minerals for military assistance in the eastern region of the vast central African state. Read here

The Grain Deal’s Revival Would Bring Russia and Ukraine Closer to a Full Ceasefire By Andrew Korybko Russia and the US confirmed their mutual intent on Tuesday to revive the grain deal, though Russia’s statement conditioned this on the US finally complying with the original deal’s provisions, namely the removal of sanctions and other obstacles to the export of Russia’s agricultural goods and fertilizer. Read here