Helena CobbanUSA takes sledgehammer to international lawThe great artist Michaelangelo completed his “David” and some other seminal works before he turned 30. Imagine if, a few decades later, he…1d ago1d ago
Helena CobbanChaos, collusion, and catastrophe: Biden and the genocide in GazaPres. Biden’s disastrous performance in the June 27 debate sent waves of horror through all supporters of the U.S. Democratic Party and…Jul 65Jul 65
Helena CobbanIsrael’s path to defeat: The implicationsToday, nearly nine months into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the evidence is mounting that the country’s political-military leadership is…Jun 2244Jun 2244
Helena CobbanBiden’s super-fuzzy Gaza planIt 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 1Jun 1
Helena CobbanSome 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 122Apr 122
Helena CobbanIsrael’s two big provocations of April 1Here are some quick thoughts on the two big military provocations the Israeli government undertook last Monday, April 1. The first, which…Apr 77Apr 77
Helena CobbanRamadan 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 75Mar 75
Helena CobbanMy longform article on Gaza and the shifting global balance… is now up at the Boston Review website, here.Feb 16Feb 16
Helena CobbanThe Red Sea in history and todayM/v Marlin Luanda afire after a Houthi missile attackJan 301Jan 301
Helena CobbanIsrael’s latest shameful attacks on UNRWALet us be clear. Israel — a country whose entire existence is the result of the Partition Plan for Palestine that the United Nations…Jan 2812Jan 2812