As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings. This is how it unfolded.
On the evening of Jan. 27, Israeli settlers launched one of the most devastating pogroms on the Palestinian communities of Masafer Yatta in recent memory, attacking three villages simultaneously with what appeared to be an unprecedented level of coordination with the Israeli army. (…)

WITH THE PROTESTS that have broken out in Iran, one has seen all-too-typical reactions from those often referred to as tankies or campists. With the emergence of protests against an autocratic, theocratic regime that has positioned itself in opposition to the US, tankies and campists have been quick to denounce the protests as a US-orchestrated “color revolution.” Indeed, if the Trump administration carries out airstrikes or some other form of military intervention directed at the Iranian (…)

La Chine a annoncé le 24 janvier dernier la destitution du plus haut responsable militaire chinois, le général Zhang Youxia. Cette nouvelle purge fracassante dans l'armée met en lumière de fortes tensions au sein du régime. Mais elle pourrait aussi traduire la volonté du président Xi Jinping de réunir les conditions au sein de l'Armée populaire de libération (APL) pour mener un jour une guerre prolongée contre Taïwan.
Le général Zhang Youxia (张又侠), 75 ans, vice-président de la Commission (…)