“My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in his inaugural address. He promised to “measure our success… most importantly [by] the wars we never get into.” Trump has proudly boasted that he is “the first President in decades...
The Trump Administration’s Military Occupation of America
Reprinted from TomDispatch: Earlier this month, President Donald Trump threatened to unleash the armed forces on more American cities during a rambling address to top military brass. He told the hundreds of generals and admirals gathered to hear him that some of them...
Gaza: The Peace of the Genocide Alliance
With the silence of the guns, hope grows that Israel’s genocide in Gaza may have come to an end. Hostages and prisoners from both sides have already been exchanged, and Israeli forces have begun to withdraw to the first ceasefire line in the enclave. Much-needed aid...
From Sabra and Shatila to Gaza: The Vicious Cycle of US-Israeli ‘Peace’ Ploys
The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called 'Trump Gaza proposal,' which appears to be little more than a veiled strategy to defeat the Palestinians and facilitate the ethnic...
Evaluating Trump’s Claim that Ukraine Can Win the War
“Ukraine,” U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on September 23, “is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back.” He came to this completely revised conclusion apparently having been briefed on battlefield and economic conditions by U.S....
The Nobel (War Is) Peace Prize
When it comes to destroying your brand, Norwegian Nobel Committee is the Bud Lite of peace prizes. After all, back in 2009 they gave the Peace Prize to a President Barack Obama who then went on to bomb at least seven countries, set the Middle East on fire, and even...
‘Free Marwan Barghouti’: The War Against Palestinian Democracy
If Palestinians could have a democratic election, the 66-year-old Barghouti, their charismatic leader in the West Bank prior to his imprisonment, would the absolute winner. That is why Israel announced last Thursday that Barghouti will not be among the 2,000-odd...
The Defeat of Israel and the Rebirth of Palestinian Agency
For decades, the prevailing notion was that the 'solution' to the Israeli occupation of Palestine lay in a strictly negotiated process. “Only dialogue can achieve peace” has been the relentlessly peddled mantra in political circles, academic platforms, media forums,...
Can Trump Revive the Strategic Arms Control System He Helped Wreck?
For the first time in several years, there is some positive movement between Russia and the United States on strategic arms control. In late September 2025, Vladimir Putin proposed that Moscow and Washington agree to extend the New Start Treaty – which is set to...
When Presidents Kill
During the past six weeks, President Donald Trump has ordered U.S. troops to attack and destroy four speed boats in the Caribbean Sea, 1,500 miles from the United States. The president revealed that the attacks were conducted without warning, were intended not to stop...