Israel’s nearly three-month war on Gaza, in which more than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 53,000 wounded, has caused enormous destruction to the housing stock in the Strip and brought the existence of more than 2 million people in Gaza to the brink of disaster. There is a growing wave of sympathy for the suffering of the Palestinians around the world and a corresponding condemnation of Israel’s barbaric bombardment. Unfortunately, the desperate attempts of the United Nations to halt hostilities and achieve…

On December 8, the US blocked international calls for the UN Security Council to take action in response on the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip and demand a ceasefire. Washington vetoed the resolution, with 13 of the other 14 council members voting in favor and Britain abstaining. The draft Resolution was tabled by the UAE, and was co-sponsored by nearly 100 other states. On the same day, UN Secretary General Guterres urged Council members to “spare no effort to achieve an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the protection of civilians…

The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 of this year stunned the leadership of Tel Aviv, the feeling of confusion was also transmitted to the americans, who hurried to send two aircraft carrier groups and a large number of weapons to the Eastern Mediterranean. Russia, like many other states, condemned the killing of civilians in Israel, at the same time, Moscow opposed the carnage unleashed by the Israeli army in Gaza. The American magazine “Foreign Affairs” noted that the Hamas attack undermined Israel’s sense of security and humiliated its intelligence and security apparatus…

The war in Gaza has further deepened the gulf between Western states and the developing world. The thousands of civilian deaths caused by Israeli bombardment in the Palestinian enclave, exactly 20 years after the tens of thousands killed by the American invasion of Iraq, will long epitomise the hypocrisy and double standards of the West. The wealthy Western powers, accustomed to exploiting Asia, Africa and Latin America since colonial times, are trying their best to maintain their economic advantages and keep the States of the Global South under their control. Over the past 30 years…

After launching a large onslaught on Israel on October 7, the Palestinian organization Hamas killed over 1,400 people, the majority of whom were civilians, and captured over 200 more. Since then, ground forces have moved into the enclave and Israel has attacked several areas of Gaza ruthlessly. To date, almost 10,000 people have died, the majority of them were women and children. Protests demanding a stop to hostilities and showing solidarity with the Palestinians erupted globally. The Saudi Arab News daily stated that “Western and Arab states have found themselves divided.”…

The current windfall of the Middle East crisis, as we know, began with a Hamas terrorist attack against Israeli civilians. However, the current Israeli government, encouraged by the US administration, commenced to retaliate on the basis of collective responsibility rather than punishing terrorists and criminals. Gaza is constantly bombarded. It is inexcusable what is happening to hundreds of innocent people in that Palestinian enclave, where they are being slaughtered without cause and have nowhere to go. Every day, more people are killed or injured, and the number of youngsters is approaching 4 thousand…

The United States’ unwavering backing for Israel, while ignoring the Palestinians, has provoked anger throughout the Global South, particularly in the Islamic world. Several nations held anti-American protests, which included the United States Capitol. For a few hours, 500 regular Americans—many of whom were Jewish—took control of the Capitol Building and demanded that Palestine be saved. The activities of the US administration were so heinous that most of those present at the Human Rights Council in Geneva…

The current crisis over Gaza has demonstrated the growing rejection by developing countries of the Western powers’ position. While the United States and some Western European states expressed their full support for Israel, without condemning Netanyahu’s actions to blockade the Gaza Strip and deprive its residents of electricity, water, food, and medicine, most countries in the Global South advocated abandoning the practice of collective punishment and preserving the lives of civilians and, finally…

Recent events in the political life of the United States raise more and more questions about whether the authorities in Washington can function normally. Passions in the American Congress have heated up over the adoption of the next budget: the national debt is huge. Three months ago, it amounted to 32 trillion dollars; now it has passed the mark of 33.5 trillion dollars (in one day the Americans increase their debt load by an amount equal to the entire national debt of Russia). This situation worries practically the whole world, especially considering America’s share in the world GDP…

In their comments on the current state of US politics, press outlets in Arab countries, especially in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Jordan largely incline to the view that Donald Trump and Joe Biden will face each other in the 2024 presidential elections, and that Trump has a better chance of winning. This conclusion is largely based on public opinion polls conducted in the US, including a recent survey conducted by Harvard CAPS-Harris, in which 44% of respondents…

The current leaders of the Western European powers, acting under the guidance of Washington, for years have been going out of their way to impose new sanctions on Russia. By going into an anti-Russian frenzy, they have actually begun to harm themselves. This is best illustrated by the example of the United Kingdom and Germany. As the Saudi newspaper Arab News noted on September 13 this year, “the vast majority of people in the UK agree that the country is broken,” that it has reached a stage of decline that infects virtually every aspect of British life, from crumbling schools to a shortage of health practitioners and striking doctors and nurses…

In mid-September, Cuba hosted the latest meeting of the Group of 77, which was created in 1964 to promote collective economic interests. Today, the Group has 134 States, representing 80% of the world’s population. This meeting set out to “change the rules of the game” after centuries of domination by wealthy Western powers putting their own interests first. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said developing countries have been the main victims of the multi-dimensional crisis in the world today, “from abusive unequal trade to devastating climate change.” According to the Cuban leader, the North…