Netanyahu turns Israel's government into a personal shield
As Israelis prepare to vote, Benjamin Netanyahu is turning the state machinery into a personal shield to evade accountability and cling to power.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
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US sanctions on the International Criminal Court must be resisted
Washington targets the International Criminal Court with financial penalties after Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize, but European allies must resist this imperial coercion.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Donald Trump claims peace with Iran as missiles strike Riyadh
Donald Trump claims he stopped Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but strikes on Riyadh and burning ships reveal a strategy mortgaged to Moscow.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump sanctions the ICC in a hollow response to his Nobel snub
Donald Trump lashed out at Norway and sanctioned the International Criminal Court after missing the Nobel Peace Prize, mistaking personal grievance for a durable grand strategy.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Washington attacks the ICC with a financial death penalty
The Trump administration's sweeping sanctions against The Hague seek to dismantle international justice, forcing Europe to choose between American financial dominance and the rule of law.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Navi Pillay’s Nobel Prize honors procedure over theater
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, choosing the steady machinery of international law over the empty political theater of statecraft.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Georgia Senate debate trades substance for partisan fairy tales
Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins clashed over old federal policies on a debate stage, offering voters a false choice between exhausted economic fantasies.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Netanyahu blocks Gaza rebuilding to protect his own power
As Donald Trump’s peace plan stalls, Benjamin Netanyahu uses military control to keep Gaza in frozen misery while Washington shields him from international justice.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Benjamin Netanyahu uses Gaza's ruins to hide his failures
As Israelis mourn the October 7 attacks, Benjamin Netanyahu uses the ruins of Gaza to hide his security failures and shield himself from accountability.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Mayor Mamdani fails the test of October 7 with empty balance
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to split the ledger on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, delivering a statement that united both political flanks in outrage.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Netanyahu buys domestic votes with United Nations defiance
Benjamin Netanyahu attacked New York's mayor at the United Nations to rally his base before elections, proving that foreign hostility remains his preferred domestic shield.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Sarandon arrest at UN exposes state power shielding impunity
Police arrested Susan Sarandon and other protesters outside the United Nations, exposing how powerful states protect impunity while civil society demands justice.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Netanyahu brings election theater to the UN General Assembly
Facing a tight vote at home, the Israeli prime minister turned the UN rostrum into a stump speech, attacking allies and embracing conflict.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Arrests at the UN show where power rests
Progressive allies of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani were arrested outside the United Nations as Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the General Assembly.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Netanyahu trades international isolation for domestic survival
Facing an election and war crimes charges, Benjamin Netanyahu used the United Nations General Assembly to project defiance, trading international isolation for domestic survival.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump and Mamdani show pragmatism beats purity at Gracie Mansion
New York's mayor hosted the president for housing talks, proving that transactional deal-making can outlast bitter ideological feuds despite partisan theater.
By Dana Whitfield ·