Dr Scott Burchill taught the theory of International Relations for over 30 years and analyses international politics. Honorary Fellow of Deakin University.
Imagine a scenario where the military refuses to attack another country because they know the Prime Minister is only advocating it to confer a domestic political advantage on himself.
Well, it seems to be happening in Israel just hours before a general election.
The people you bankroll - such impeccable judgement.
James Packer paid law firm Hadad Roth Shenhar $1.8m amid Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption case https://t.co/ianFQHapKg
Not sure which is more dispiriting here:
- his contempt for democracy;
- his ignorance of politics;
- that he doesn't realise he is criticising Trump's approach in the US;
- that he is being re-tweeted by halfwits.
Brazil is a tragic case study.
Once you let communism in, it’s tough to vote it out.
They sink their claws into the Supreme Court and do everything possible legal or illegal to stay in power, even after Flávio destroyed Lula (a criminal) in the debate.
Stay alert 🇺🇸!
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came from behind to win Brazil’s runoff election, halting a right-wing wave sweeping Latin America and defying predictions that the 80-year-old political veteran had finally reached the end of his extraordinary career. https://t.co/tc9OUlWLT2
📷: Maira Erlich/Bloomberg
The Hébertists were a highly radical, ultra-left faction during the Reign of Terror of the French revolution, championing aggressive de-Christianisation, direct democracy, price controls and widespread use of the guillotine. Subsequent French republics never officially rehabilitated or memorialised them.
The Cordeliers Club (Society of Friends of the Rights of Man and the Citizen) was, like the rival Jacobin Club, a political club founded during the French Revolution and active between 1790 and 1795.
The club’s most prominent figures were Georges Danton, and the Hébertists. The club’s name came from the Cordeliers Abbey, a Franciscan monastery where the club’s headquarters was located in the Cordeliers neighborhood.
The sign is affixed to the building where the Cordeliers Club met: 13 Rue de l’École de Médecine, 75005 Paris.
Please read and share this article from *The BMJ* on *"Sexual violence against Palestinians". It’s difficult reading, but must be shared. Five doctors and legal scholars examine the evidence and call for independent investigations and accountability.
https://t.co/oPV5V2pYCp
BBC Eye Documentary Investigation: A recent investigative documentary, highlighted by BBC World Service, uncovered forensic and medical evidence of children being targeted by "a single shot, precisely aimed".
https://t.co/TgBtORNoJU
Dr. Nick Maynard (Oxford Consultant Surgeon): Testified regarding patterns of specific high-velocity gunshot wounds found on young boys, stating that medical teams recognised explicit targeting patterns that local staff described as "target practice" by soldiers.
His accounts are catalogued here:
https://t.co/TR6I6ilbX9
Dr. Mimi Sed (US Emergency Physician): In an in-depth video interview here, Dr. Sed recounts her medical missions to Gaza where the overwhelming majority of her patients (up to 86% personally) were children under the age of 10 suffering from severe trauma injuries, pointing to systemic targeting
https://t.co/R7S2eSEx08
Professor Nizam Mamode (British Surgeon): Speaking to the UK Parliament's International Development Committee and featured in a BBC News Video Report, Prof. Mamode broke down as he described treating children who were intentionally targeted by quadcopter drones.
He testified that after a bomb would drop, drones would fly down to deliberately fire upon injured civilians and children lying on the ground.
https://t.co/RV0HIBoMQK
Dr. Mark Perlmutter (US Orthopedic Surgeon): In this interview, Dr. Perlmutter states that he treated multiple children with precise, high-velocity sniper wounds.
He highlighted cases of toddlers who suffered "double-tap" bullet wounds to the head and chest, arguing this demonstrates deliberate targeting rather than accidental collateral damage. He also delivered these testimonies in briefings before the United Nations https://t.co/0TqUjrGpO0