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Helena Cobban

Helena Cobban

Israeli society, institutions continue to implode

Just quickly, here are some of my thoughts on the implosion of key Israeli institutions, and to some extent of Jewish-Israeli society…

Aug 3

Israeli society, institutions continue to implode

Aug 3

Helena Cobban

USA takes sledgehammer to international law

The great artist Michaelangelo completed his “David” and some other seminal works before he turned 30. Imagine if, a few decades later, he…

Jul 25

USA takes sledgehammer to international law

Jul 25

Helena Cobban

Chaos, collusion, and catastrophe: Biden and the genocide in Gaza

Pres. Biden’s disastrous performance in the June 27 debate sent waves of horror through all supporters of the U.S. Democratic Party and…

Jul 6

Chaos, collusion, and catastrophe: Biden and the genocide in Gaza

Jul 6

Helena Cobban

Israel’s path to defeat: The implications

Today, nearly nine months into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the evidence is mounting that the country’s political-military leadership is…

Jun 22

Israel’s path to defeat: The implications

Jun 22

Helena Cobban

Biden’s super-fuzzy Gaza plan

It is certainly a welcome development that the President of the United States is now- at last- openly on the record calling for a “durable…

Jun 1

Biden’s super-fuzzy Gaza plan

Jun 1

Helena Cobban

Some key resources for understanding Hamas

(This resource list is a work in progress, as I’m planning to add additional resources and more commentary onto it. It is part of Just…

Apr 12

Apr 12

Helena Cobban

Israel’s two big provocations of April 1

Here are some quick thoughts on the two big military provocations the Israeli government undertook last Monday, April 1. The first, which…

Apr 7

Israel’s two big provocations of April 1

Apr 7

Helena Cobban

Ramadan coming. Gazans starving. U.S. policy in chaos. Hamas sketches political future.

These past couple of days have seen several important revelations and analyses related to Israel’s still-continuing genocide against the…

Mar 7

Ramadan coming. Gazans starving. U.S. policy in chaos. Hamas sketches political future.

Mar 7

Helena Cobban

My longform article on Gaza and the shifting global balance

… is now up at the Boston Review website, here.

Feb 16

My longform article on Gaza and the shifting global balance

Feb 16

Helena Cobban

The Red Sea in history and today

M/v Marlin Luanda afire after a Houthi missile attack

Jan 30

The Red Sea in history and today

Jan 30

Helena Cobban

Helena Cobban

Veteran analyst of global affairs, w/ some focus on West Asia. Pres., Just World Educational. Writes at Globalities.org.

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