When Israel began deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda eight years ago, it did so in secret. Johnson’s government has copied that scheme but done so brazenly – to show that post-Brexit Britain is the most hostile corner of Europe to refugees.

Zelensky’s dream of Ukraine as a ‘big Israel’ unnerves Moscow. It bolsters Putin’s fears that Kyiv is intent on a programme of violent ‘de-Russification’.

Israel is keen to blame Islamic State for a fresh spate of attacks by Palestinians. But Palestinians don’t need indoctrination from a foreign group. They have plenty of homegrown reasons to strike out against the apartheid state ruling over them

In his reckless call for regime change in Moscow, Biden gave Putin cause – after US actions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria – to argue that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was indeed pre-emptive and therefore justified.

If Putin is a war criminal, then Albright was no less of one. The only difference is that in Putin’s case the media are determined to show us his hands drenched in blood. In Albright’s case, they have washed the blood completely from view.

If Meta’s new hate speech policy against Russians is to be applied impartially, why should Palestinians not be allowed to promote violence against Israel and against Israeli soldiers that have been occupying and besieging them for decades?

Journalists are cheering on the arming of militias and civilians making improvised explosives – acts they usually treat as terrorism.

If Putin is a madman, like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders before him, then the only solution is the use of force to the bitter end. 

However serious the accusation of failing to prosecute a paedophile, Sir Keir Starmer might still prefer it over being labelled a traitor, a champion of terrorists and an antisemite, as Corbyn consistently was.

Amnesty and the wider human rights community are still holding back on clarifying the full implications of Israel’s apartheid character – because they fear being accused of antisemitism.

Washington’s ban on Pegasus spyware isn’t really about safeguarding human rights. It’s about curbing Israel’s dominance of ‘cyber weapons diplomacy’.

The media’s watchdog role is an illusion. The current scandal over Boris Johnson’s lockdown parties reveals just how dependent journalists are on government.

The world is entering what looks like a new, even more complex cold war, in which any misunderstanding, mishap or false move could rapidly escalate into nuclear confrontation.

Europe is preparing to make its borders impregnable to the victims of its colonial interference, its wars and the climate crisis that its consumption-driven economies have generated.

It is the ultimate, ugly paradox that Julian Assange’s legal and physical fate rests in the hands of two states – the US and UK – that have the most to lose by allowing him to regain his freedom and publish more of the truths they want concealed.

The High Court’s ruling paves Assange’s way to a US trial following ‘assurances’ he will not be mistreated. But the US has been persecuting Assange for a decade after he exposed its war crimes.

Today’s conversation about Israel sounds like a throwback to the 1980s. Israel’s apartheid character and its vigorous lobby are off the table. But worse, both parties are once again reluctant even to criticise the occupation.

Kyle Rittenhouse is not the enemy. He’s the latest phantasm conjured up by the corporate media’s outrage industry to feed its bottom line and feed our egos.

There’s no ‘honest mistake’ defence for the US and Israel when the same mistakes keep happening. ‘Honest mistakes’ can’t be a pattern of behaviour – the killing of innocents, whether in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria or Palestine.