Month: April 2024

1) Chen Maanit and Jonathan Lis, “Israel Scrambles as Netanyahu, Gallant and IDF Chief Face ICC Arrest Warrants for War Crimes in Gaza; Warrants could be issued this week against Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and army chief Herzl Halevi. Some legal experts say the attorney general and army lawyers are partly to blame for not doing enough to prevent Israeli violations of international law,” Ha’aretz, April 28, 2024 (11:04 pm IDT);

2) Ronen Bergman and Patrick Kingsley, “Israeli Officials Believe I.C.C. Is Preparing Arrest Warrants Over War,” New York Times, April 28, 2024 (updated at 8:08 pm ET);

1) David Axe, “The new Ukraine aid might have won the war at a stroke, if it hadn’t been delayed; American delays have given Russia time to build an alternative to the Kerch bridges, The Telegraph, April 24, 2024 (6:35 pm);

1) Simeon Tegel, “Milei sacks historians whose research led to convictions of junta officers; Decision justified by accusing the team of “McCarthyism” and persecuting military personnel,” The Telegraph, April 16, 2024 (7:24 pm);

1) “What Happened to the Joe Biden I Knew?,” Bew York Times, April 19, 2024 (

1) Peggy Noonan,”Bad Leadership Is a National-Security Threat; The American porn-star trial, the tawdry British memoirs—all signal weakness and decadence,” Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2024 (6:11 pm ET);

2) David Philippot, “Guerre en Ukraine: Olaf Scholz «est convaincu que le risque d’une escalade n’est pas nul»,” Le Figaro, le 21 avril 2024 (19:00);

1) Piotr Cieśliński (Gazeta Wyborcza)[LENA], “Un astronome de Harvard annonce une nouvelle révolution copernicienne: ‘Nous ne sommes pas le centre intellectuel de l’Univers,,” Le Figaro, le 5 avril 2024, mis à jour le 7 avril 2024 à 22:46);

“À l’échelle cosmique, nos guerres sont ridicules.”

2) Piotr Cieśliński (Gazeta Wyborcza)[LENA], “A Harvard astronomer announces a new Copernican revolution: ‘We are not the intellectual center of the Universe’,” Le Figaro, April 4, 2024 (13:50, updated on April 7, 2024 at 22:46);

“On a cosmic scale, our wars are ridiculous.”

3) Jonathan Guyer and Ryan Grim: “MEET THE CONSULTING FIRM THAT’S STAFFING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION; WestExec represented major corporations throughout the Trump years. Now it’s in the White House, The Intercept, July 6, 2021 (6:00 a.m.);

4) “Pine Island Capital Partners,” Influence Watch.

1) Jamie Dettmer( in Kiev), “Ukraine is heading for defeat; The West’s failure to send weapons to Kyiv is helping Putin win his war,” Politico,April 17, 2024 (4:00 Aam CET);

1) David Axe,”Looking at today’s wars as local issues is a huge mistake. There is one war and it is global; Iran, North Korea and China are Russia’s arsenals of autocracy,” The Telegraph, April 15, 2024 (10:55am);

1) Editorial, “L’Ukraine en danger, Washington tergiverse; Alors que les forces russes pilonnent Kharkiv et les infrastructures énergétiques du pays, il est urgent que les républicains trumpistes américains lèvent le blocage du volet d’aide de 60 milliards de dollars attendu depuis six mois,” Le Monde le 13 avril 2024 (modifié à 13h23);

2) Editorial, “Washington can no longer dither in support for Ukraine; As Russian forces pound Kharkiv and the country’s energy infrastructure, it’s urgent that America’s Trump-supporting Republicans lift the six-month block on a $60 billion aid package, Le Monde, Aprl 13, 2024 .(2:57 pm (Paris);

1) @;8# Harel, “Two Assassinations, Same Problem: Israel Didn’t Think About the Consequences; The IDF is preparing for a response to the strike on the Iranian Embassy compound in Damascus, and it seems the possible consequences of killing members of Ismail Haniyeh’s family in Gaza weren’t considered deeply. U.S. backing provides a sense of security but exposes eroding Israeli deterrence,” Ha’aretz, April 2, 2024.

2) Amanda Taub, “Israel bombed an Iranian Embassy complex. Is that allowed?
Israel can likely argue that its actions did not violate international law’s protections for diplomatic missions, experts say.” New York Times, April 13, 2024,” New York Times, April 13, 2024.