Liberal democracies remain shamefully complicit with Israel, despite its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people Richard FalkTFF Associate April 26, 2024 Students of world politics have long understood that when it comes to the strategic interests of leading states, international law is marginalised unless it is useful in waging a propaganda war against adversaries. Indeed, […]
Farhang Jahanpour Professor emeritus & TFF Associate* April 10, 2024 The world is in turmoil and perhaps closer to the possibility of a devastating nuclear war than at any time since the Second World War. There are at least three ongoing conflicts that have the potential of expanding into something much more serious that will […]
Photo by Nijwam Swargiary on Unsplash Western media’s reporting of the war in Gaza makes little pretence of impartiality. In French newsrooms and radio studios, unconditional support for Israel is the norm and part of a wider lurch to the right. Serge Halimi & Pierre RimbertLe Monde Diplomatique February 28, 2024 “A period of media […]
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Cole Keister on Unsplash Johan Galtung (1930-2024) February 20, 2024 IntroJohan Galtung published a comprehensive peace plan for the Middle East as early as 1971 – in the Journal of Peace Research (JPR). However, today SAGE Publications seems not ashamed to charge you £ 29 to download single articles. So here is a 2015 short […]
Photo: Ash Hayes on Unsplash Tending the fronts of conflict Kristin ChristmanTFF Associate February 15, 2024 On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “Our war against Hamas is a test for all of humanity. It is a fight between the Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas axis of evil and the forces of freedom and progress. . . […]
Action Committee For Call to Conscience About Gaza February 5, 2024 To be updated As mentioned earlier here on The Transnational, the “Emergency London Conference of Global Intellectuals of Conscience Concerning the Genocide in Gaza”, arranged by Turkey’s former PM and former foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu and Richard Falk, professor emeritus at Princeton University and […]
A Conversation With Miko Peled December 5, 2023 Miko Peled is one of the most outspoken advocates of justice for Palestinians – but born and raised to a distinguished Zionist family. He is also a TFF Associate. In this conversation, you’ll learn about his background and path to a clearer understanding of his own society […]
December 3, 2023 Here is a very eloquent explanation of three underlying, non-material factors that explain how the occupier has built a mental self-defence that makes everything look normal and fine. Note Levy’s three very substantial points. More about Gideon Levy “Is Gideon Levy the most hated man in Israel or just the most heroic?” […]
John Mearsheimer Unravels “Especially Dangerous” Israel-Gaza War November 10, 2023 An intellectually delightful conversation with Glenn Greenwald about the series of dilemmas the West and Israel have created for themselves. The interview was broadcast on October 31, 2023.
Richard Falk TFF Associate November 10, 2023 [Prefatory Note: A slightly updated and modified interview on Gaza with Zeynep Busra Conkar, an Associate Producer of TRT World, published October 30, 2023, an important Turkish media platform. A link to a short audio excerpt: https://twitter.com/trtworld/status/1719078356577075573%5D TRT: Israel’s bloodlust shows international law is ‘a manipulated series of […]