By Dennis

The purpose of propaganda is not to persuade, but rather to control. And the less it corresponds to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent while being told obvious lies, or worse, when they are forced to repeat the lie, their ability to resist lies is destroyed.

A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. That is the true purpose of propaganda.

by Antoine Shalhat

The racism that appears to be inherent within the state of Israel isn't going away, it's getting worse. Although Palestinian Arabs are its main targets, others are also affected.

by Dr Adnan Abu Amer

Israeli concern over what they describe as the most serious internal crisis that the state has witnessed since its establishment is growing due to the state of division, polarisation and partisan tensions. They have also expressed concern about the effects of these issues including fragmentation of the internal front, the spread of civil war terms, the collapse of the Israeli society and the war of hostility and hatred.

by Nasim Ahmed

In his new book, A Promised Land, former US President Barack Obama admits that he has a lot to say. So much so, that he felt the need to explain why he was unable to tell the story of his presidency in a single 900 page volume.

by Dr Adnan Abu Amer

As Israel's internal disputes continue with ever more calls to dissolve parliament and hold early elections, the popularity of right-winger Naftali Bennett, who aspires to be Benjamin Netanyahu's successor, is rising. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's main coalition partner, Minister of Defence Benny Gantz, faces a rebellion within the Blue and White bloc pushing him to withdraw from the government.

Does Netanyahu have a future in government? And what is the possibility of new political leaders taking over?

by Yvonne Ridley

American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem yesterday challenged his inclusion on a US government "kill list" even though he is thousands of miles away in a rebel-held prison in Syria.

by Dr Adnan Abu Amer

With the ongoing impasse in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, some new proposals have been published covering an alternative to an independent Palestinian state. This has clearly been done with Biden's victory and the end of the Trump era in mind.

by Yousef Alhelou

Last week, Israeli occupation forces carried out the largest demolition in years in the occupied West Bank. Some 76 Palestinian-owned properties, tents, sheds, structures and animal fodder were destroyed in the occupied Jordan Valley village of Khirbet Humsa. Almost 80 people, including 41 children, were displaced as winter approaches in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Washington, Nov 8 (PTI) Known as the "female Obama", first time Senator Kamala Devi Harris has scripted history by becoming first woman, Black and Indian-American vice president of the United States.

Harris was picked by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as his running mate in August, months after she suspended her own presidential dreams, saying she lacked the financial resources to continue her campaign.

By Lalit K Jha

Washington, Nov 8 (PTI) President-elect Joe Biden will continue strengthening India-US relationship, think-tanks and prominent Indian-American experts have said.

"A Biden administration will be mostly positive for India," said Rick Rossow from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

"I expect most positive areas of cooperation -- notably defence -- to be maintained," he said.

by Asa Winstanley

This week the Undercover Policing Inquiry finally got underway, albeit in an unusual, coronavirus-restricted virtual fashion.

There has been a delay of more than five years since it was first formally announced by then Home Secretary Theresa May.

by Yvonne Ridley

It looks as if French President Emmanuel Macron is looking for a way out of the mess he has created with his fiery rhetoric and attack on the Muslim world and his Turkish counterpart, one of the most popular Muslim leaders. Of course, it is hard to tell if Macron is genuinely sorry for the hurt and pain he has caused the world’s Muslims, or is simply more concerned about the potential havoc that a boycott of all things French will have on his country’s economy and his own chances of being re-elected.