PATRICK LAWRENCE: Germany Learns From the IDF
The Israelis are to teach Germans how to use artificial intelligence based on the I.D.F.’s experience in Gaza, where, among other things, it used A.I. to identify targets, guide drones, and conduct remote assassinations. A year ago this month — St….
WATCH: The World This Week – Episode 4
Hiding Epstein’s ties to Israel; new nuclear danger as New START ends; Palestine Action acquitted in London, poised to protest Herzog in Sydney, The World This Week. Watch the replay. Host: Joe Lauria. Guest: Patrick Lawrence. Producer: Cathy Vogan.
WATCH: The World This Week, Episode 2
We break down Davos after Trump’s Greenland retreat, Mark Carney’s speech, Zelenksy berating the Europeans and Sy Hersh channeling Ukraine War myths. Meanwhile, Australia outlaws criticism of Israel. 8 pm EST tonight, Saturday. Joe Lauria and Patrick Lawrence analyze it for you at…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Zionism on the Upper East Side
What has lately transpired in the New York of Zohran Mamdani is a very direct extension of the impunity that encourages and protects the Israeli terror machine in Gaza and the West Bank. We watch in horror from afar as…
Patrick Lawrence: The Knesset and the ‘Post–9/11 Method’
Maybe you saw the video that went public on Nov. 1 wherein Itamar Ben–Givr stands above a row of Palestinian prisoners lying face down with their heads in bags and their hands bound behind their backs. “Look at how they…
Patrick Lawrence: Against Chutzpah
I have been reading a lot these past days about how the Israelis treated those they detained when they illegally boarded the vessels that comprised the now-famous aid flotilla that never made it to Gaza’s shores. The Irish — naturally,…
“Recognition amid genocide.”
Palestinians speak. 29 SEPTEMBER—The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly turned out to be as momentous as many had anticipated. On Sunday 21 September Australia, Canada, Portugal, and the United Kingdom recognized Palestinian statehood. The following day, six…
Patrick Lawrence: The State of the ‘State of Palestine’
United Nations General Assembly sessions, held each September since 51 nations convened in a Methodist church hall in London in 1946, come and go and mostly go without event. The General Assembly is set to begin its 80th session come Sept….
Patrick Lawrence: Yes, It’s a Genocide
Correct nomenclature, as I have long argued, is essential for our understanding of things, people, events. Unless we name something properly we will not know how to judge it or what the right course of action may be in response…
WATCH: The World This Week – w/Ray McGovern
Former C.I.A. Russia analyst Ray McGovern joins Episode 5 of The World This Week to discuss the war in Ukraine and the Middle East. Watch the replay. The World This Week discusses the Ukraine War and the Middle East with former C.I.A. analyst Ray…