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The world’s media have increasingly printed articles about a number of European countries that have begun to speak out more boldly against Israel’s policies and its bloody massacre of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. The willingness to criticise Israeli policy and its leadership led by Benjamin Netanyahu, notes the Swiss newspaper Blick, seems to be taking root in an increasing number of European countries. In stark contrast to France, Germany and Britain, which, under heavy US pressure, openly supported Israel by repeating its accusations that Hamas is a “terrorist” organisation, other European governments…

It has now been forty days since Israel and Hamas began fighting in the Middle East. The IDF continues to engage in active combat operations in the Gaza Strip with strong support from the United States; therefore, the situation remains nevertheless far from stabilized. In real terms, the fight to completely destroy Hamas is turning into a pretext for crimes against civilians carried out in an effort to drive the Palestinians from Gaza and establish Israeli occupation. It should be pointed out that 40 days is sufficient time for the interested regional and extra-regional forces to develop a position on this conflict…

The American Spectator published an article aimed at portraying Iran’s diplomatic relations and nuclear activities as a threat to the United States. Author Jed Babbin claims, albeit unfounded, that a cooperative China-Russia-Iran relationship is an “Axis of Evil”, which, according to him, threatens US global interests. However, every sovereign country in the world has the right to pursue its own national interests, which naturally may run counter to the imperial greedy Western and US ambitions.