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US linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky is pictured during a press conference on September 20, 2018. Photo: AFP
My Take

My Take | The mainstreaming of long-time critic is a symptom of US empire’s decline

Few commentators are better positioned than famous linguist Noam Chomsky to make sense of how American imperialism and Israeli colonialism have morphed together during the war in Gaza that has revealed their true colours.

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Middle East

As Israel-Lebanon war intensifies, US-led ceasefire talks hang by a thread

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Middle East

Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks

Middle East

UAE arrests 3 suspects in killing of Israeli rabbi

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel will ‘seek justice with the criminals responsible for his death’.

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Middle East

1 dead, 3 police wounded in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan

Authorities said investigations were ongoing and come amid tensions over Israel’s war in Gaza and Lebanon.

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas says Israeli woman hostage killed in north Gaza

She is said to have been held with a second female captive whose life is in danger.

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Powerful Israeli air strike in Lebanon’s Beirut kills at least 20

An eight-storey building was struck with four missiles, including bunker-penetrating types designed to hit underground targets.

An excavator removes a destroyed car as rescue workers gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday. Photo: AP
Ukraine war

Outside In | It’s goodbye to ‘peace dividend’, hello to wars and defence binges

Global spending on defence is rising at the expense of social needs. The ‘peace dividend’ years are over.

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Middle East

ICC warrants put Netanyahu and others in a small group of accused leaders

The International Criminal Court’s wanted list includes Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.

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Israel-Gaza war

UN says its officials could meet with Israel’s Netanyahu despite warrant

Despite no-contact rules, UN officials may still meet with Israel’s Netanyahu under limited circumstances, spokesman says.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Gaza Strip this week. Photo: GPO via AFP
Israel-Gaza war

ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant and a Hamas leader

The action by the International Criminal Court came as the death toll from Israel’s campaign in Gaza passed 44,000 people.

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A man mourns holding the body of a child, who was killed in an Israeli strike, at the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in Gaza. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

US vetoes Gaza ceasefire call at UN, says no link to hostage release

The UN Security Council voted 14-1 in favour of the resolution, but it was not adopted because of the US objection.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel’s Netanyahu offers US$5 million reward for each Gaza hostage freed

The prime minister also promised a ‘safe way out’ of Gaza for the family of anyone who brings an abductee back to Israel.

Israel-Gaza war

Nearly 100 food aid trucks violently looted in Gaza, UN agencies say

Gaza gangs target trucks bringing aid into the war-torn territory threatened with famine.

A truck carrying Gaza humanitarian aid, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Israeli strike in Beirut near government buildings and embassies kills 5

Israel presses its campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah as the US works on a ceasefire proposal.

People gather in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in the Zoqaq al-Blat neighbourhood in Beirut. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

US hits Israeli settler group with sanctions over West Bank violence

US Treasury sanctioned Amana, the largest organisation involved in illegal settlement development in the West Bank, and its subsidiary Binyanei Bar Amana.

Malaysia

Starbucks Malaysia confronts long-term sales decline from anti-Israel boycott

Malaysia’s largest bank has warned that the brand is likely to suffer from long-term slumping sales, despite a booming coffee market.

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Middle East

Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah media chief

Mohammad Afif was a long-time adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike in September.

The aftermath of an Israeli strike on a building that killed Hezbollah’s media relations chief Mohammad Afif in Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Israeli strikes kill 12 in Gaza overnight as Netanyahu faces his critics

Flares were fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home, while Israeli troops advanced further into Lebanon’s north.

Donald Trump

Opinion | Why peace in the Middle East may be beyond Trump’s deal-making abilities

The US president-elect has vowed to end all wars. But the Middle East is likely to prove as much of a headache for him as it has for Biden.

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Donald Trump

Will Trump’s cabinet picks ignite tensions in the Middle East and South Asia?

While Israel and India may be ‘happy’ with Trump’s nominees, analysts say they have raised fears of conflict with Iran and regional instability.

Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump during a campaign event in Pennsylvania in October. Trump has picked Huckabee as US ambassador to Israel. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

UN special committee says Israel warfare in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’

UN report said Israel was ‘using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population’.

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A fire at a school sheltering displaced people, after it was hit by an Israeli strike, in Gaza City. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong society

Letters | HKEX worked through No 8 typhoon signal. So should rest of Hong Kong

Readers discuss the need to overhaul a typhoon signal system last revised in 1973, forging partnerships for Hong Kong’s industrial modernisation, the application of the rule of law in Hong Kong and football violence in Amsterdam.

The Netherlands

Dutch investigate alleged police violence after banned Amsterdam protest

Social media footage seemed to show police officers beating protesters who had been released after being taken away from the protest.

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Middle East

Deadly day for Israel army as 6 troops killed in Lebanon

Israel’s defence minister said there would be no easing up in the war against Hezbollah.

Members of ZAKA rescue services clean the blood stains where a rocket fired from Lebanon hit in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya, killing two. Photo: AP
The Netherlands

Dutch firebrand Wilders wants to deport those who attacked Israeli soccer fans

Opposition lawmakers say the far-right politician’s remarks are ‘pouring oil on the fire’.

Dutch MP Geert Wilders looks on before a debate in the Lower House on Wednesday on the attacks on Israeli fans after a football match in Amsterdam last week. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

US sidesteps own 30-day deadline for Israel to improve Gaza aid

State Department spokesman says some progress has been made, but aid groups dispute US findings.

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US-China relations

Trump eyes Rubio for top diplomat. Will China sanctions create chaos for ties?

Analysts say if Donald Trump picks Marco Rubio for US secretary of state, it could signal more ‘confrontational’ approach to diplomacy.

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