‘Torture and Genocide’, a new report by Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

On March 23, 2026 a new report by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese to the Human Rights Council was published, with the title ‘Torture and Genocide’. Here is a brief abstract. The report can be downloaded, by clicking on the image below.

Torture and Genocide in Palestine: A Systemic Policy

The report by the UN Special Rapporteur exposes a stark reality: the torture inflicted on Palestinians is neither incidental nor exceptional. It is a central pillar of a system of colonial domination and an ongoing genocidal process.

For decades, Israel has embedded coercive violence within its mechanisms of control. However, since October 2023, an unprecedented escalation marks a qualitative shift: torture has become massive, openly endorsed, and directed against the Palestinian people as a whole. It no longer targets individuals alone, but a population “as such.”

In prisons and detention camps, testimonies describe a regime of extreme brutality: beatings, sleep deprivation, deliberate starvation, sexual violence, and systematic humiliation. Children, doctors, journalists, and humanitarian workers are arrested, tortured, and in some cases killed. Bodies are broken, minds shattered, lives destroyed. This violence is not a deviation—it is coordinated, institutionalized, and publicly justified.

But torture is not confined to detention sites. The report demonstrates that the entire occupied Palestinian territory has been transformed into a “torturing environment.” In Gaza, siege, famine, mass bombardment, and the destruction of hospitals, schools, and homes create permanent collective suffering. The entire population is trapped in a space where death, fear, and deprivation are constant.

In the West Bank, pervasive surveillance, settler violence, forced displacement, and the destruction of livelihoods extend this logic. Daily life itself becomes a form of torture—an existence defined by insecurity, humiliation, and constant threat.

International law is clear: torture is absolutely prohibited. But the report goes further. It shows that the systematic use of torture against a group is a key indicator of genocidal intent. By inflicting widespread physical and psychological harm, destroying living conditions, and targeting social structures, Israel is implementing a strategy aimed at weakening, fragmenting, and ultimately erasing the Palestinian people.

This system is not sustained by the military alone. It is reinforced by legislation, validated by courts, legitimized by political discourse, amplified by media, and normalized within parts of society. Torture thus becomes a collective enterprise, socially produced and politically defended.

The report’s conclusion is unequivocal: the ongoing genocide also manifests as continuous, collective, and generational torture. These are not isolated acts, but a coherent architecture of destruction.

In the face of this, international inaction is no longer tenable. States have a legal obligation to prevent, investigate, and prosecute these crimes. Ending torture also requires ending the system that produces it: occupation, apartheid, and settler colonialism.

EN->FR ES DE IT AR FA | Arundhati Roy: Iran is Not Gaza|أرونداتي روي: إيران ليست غزة| ایران غزه نیست: آرونداتی روی

 ایران غزه نیست: آرونداتی روی

آرونداتی روی، نویسنده و روشنفکر برنده جایزه عرصهعمومی ، در ۹ مارس ۲۰۲۶ در گورگانون حضار را برانگیخت هنگامی که از فاجعه جنگ در غرب آسیا صحبت کرد، جنگی که توسط آمریکا و اسرائیل بر ایران تحمیل شده و تهدید میکند منطقه و جهان را در خود ببلعد.

 من چیزی برای گفتن دارم چون دختر مادرم هستم و چون باید شانه‌هایم را صاف کنم و این را بگویم. این بیانیه‌ای کوچک درباره جنگی است که در آستانه فرو بردن جهان است. می‌دانم امروز اینجا جمع شده‌ایم تا درباره کتاب مادر مریم به دیدارم می‌آید صحبت کنیم، اما چگونه می‌توانیم روز را به پایان برسانیم بدون اینکه از آن شهرهای زیبا، تهران، اصفهان و بیروت که در آتش می‌سوزند، سخن بگویم؟

مطابق با روح صراحت و بی‌ادبی مادرم مریم، می‌خواهم از این فرصت برای گفتن چیزی درباره حمله ناعادلانه و غیرقانونی آمریکا و اسرائیل به تهران استفاده کنم. این البته ادامه نسل‌کشی آمریکا و اسرائیل در غزه است. این همان نسل‌کشی‌های تکراری با همان دستورالعمل تکراری است، کشتن زنان و کودکان، بمباران بیمارستان‌ها، بمباران منطقه‌ای شهرها و سپس نقش قربانی را بازی کردن.

اما ایران غزه نیست. تئاتر این جنگ جدید می‌تواند گسترش یابد و تمام جهان را در خود ببلعد. ما در آستانه فاجعه‌ای هسته‌ای و فروپاشی اقتصادی هستیم.

همان کشوری که هیروشیما و ناکازاکی را بمباران کرد، ممکن است خود را آماده می‌کند تا یکی از کهن‌ترین تمدن‌های جهان را بمباران کند. فرصت‌های دیگری برای صحبت مفصل در این باره خواهد بود، بنابراین اجازه دهید در اینجا به سادگی بگویم که من بی‌قیدوشرط در کنار ایران ایستاده‌ام. هر رژیمی که نیاز به تغییر دارد، از جمله آمریکا، اسرائیل و کشور خودمان، باید توسط مردم تغییر کند، نه توسط یک قدرت امپریالیستی پف‌کرده، دروغگو، فریبکار، حریص، غارتگر منابع و بمب‌افکن و متحدانش که سعی دارند تمام جهان را به زور به اطاعت وادارند.

ایران در برابر آنها ایستاده است در حالی که هند از ترس به خود می‌لرزد. من از اینکه دولت ما چقدر بی‌جرأت و بی‌ریشه بوده است شرمنده‌ام. گذشته‌ها ما کشوری فقیر با مردمی بسیار تهی‌دست بودیم، اما افتخار داشتیم، عزت داشتیم.

امروز ما کشوری ثروتمند با مردمی بسیار فقیر و بیکار هستیم که به جای غذای واقعی، از رژیم غذایی نفرت، زهر و دروغ تغذیه می‌کنند. ما افتخار را از دست داده‌ایم، عزت را از دست داده‌ایم، شجاعت را از دست داده‌ایم، مگر در فیلم‌هایمان. ما چه جور مردمی هستیم که دولت منتخب ما نمی‌تواند بایستد و آمریکا را وقتی که سران کشورهای دیگر را می‌رباید و ترور می‌کند محکوم کند ؟ آیا دوست داریم چنین رفتاری با ما شود؟ اینکه نخست‌وزیر ما تنها چند روز پیش از حمله اسرائیل به ایران، به اسرائیل سفر کند و بنیامین نتانیاهو را در آغوش بگیرد، چه معنایی دارد؟ اینکه دولت ما تنها چند روز پیش از اینکه دیوان عالی آمریکا تعرفه‌های ترامپ را غیرقانونی اعلام کند، یک قرارداد تجاری چاپلوسانه با آمریکا امضا کند که به معنای واقعی کشاورزان و صنعت نساجی ما را به فروش می‌گذارد، چه معنایی دارد؟ اینکه حالا به ما اجازه داده شده از روسیه نفت بخریم، چه معنایی دارد؟ برای چه کار دیگری باید اجازه بگیریم؟ برای رفتن به دستشویی؟ برای یک روز مرخصی از کار؟ برای دیدار مادرمان؟ هر روز سیاستمداران آمریکایی، از جمله دونالد ترامپ، علناً ما را مسخره و تحقیر می‌کنند و نخست‌وزیر ما با آن خندهٔ معروف پوچش می‌خندد و چاپلوسی می کند.

در اوج نسل‌کشی در غزه، دولت هند هزاران کارگر فقیر هندی را برای جایگزینی کارگران فلسطینی اخراج‌شده به اسرائیل فرستاد. امروز، در حالی که اسرائیلی‌ها در پناهگاه‌ها به سر می‌برند، گزارش می‌شود که آن کارگران هندی اجازه ورود به آن پناهگاه‌ها را ندارند. این یعنی چه؟ چه کسی ما را به این جایگاه کاملاً تحقیرآمیز، ‌شرم‌آور و نفرت‌انگیز در جهان کشانده است؟ برخی از شما به یاد دارید که چگونه ما درباره آن اصطلاح کمونیستی چینی، «سگ دویدن امپریالیسم» شوخی می‌کردیم.

اما در حال حاضر می‌توانم بگویم که این اصطلاح به خوبی وضع ما را توصیف می‌کند، البته به جز در فیلم‌های غیرعادی و مسموم‌مان که قهرمانان سلولوئیدی ما در آن خودنمایی می‌کنند، که جنگی را به دنبال جنگی دیگر به پیروزی می‌رسانند و با حماقت و عضلانی‌تر از حد، تشنهٔ خون‌ریزی سیری‌ناپذیر، ما را با خشونت‌های بی‌مورد و مغزهای پُر از کاه خود شعله‌ور می‌کنند.

Iran is Not Gaza: Arundhati Roy  Award-winning writer and public intellectual, Arundhati Roy stirred the audience in Gurgaon on March 9, 2026 when she spoke of the travesty of the war in West Asia, imposed by US and Israel on Iran, threatening to engulf the region, and the world.   I have something to say because I’m my mother’s daughter and because I need to straighten my shoulders and say this. It’s a little statement about the war that is about to consume the world. I know we’re here today to talk about Mother Mary Comes to Me, but how can we end the day without talking about those beautiful cities, Tehran, Isfahan and Beirut that are up in flames.   In keeping with my mother Mary’s spirit of candour and impoliteness, I would like to use this platform to say something about the unprovoked and illegal attack by the United States and Israel on Tehran. It is of course a continuation of the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza. It’s the same old genocides using the same old playbook, murdering women and children, bombing hospitals, carpet bombing cities and then playing the victim.   But Iran is not Gaza. The theatre of this new war could expand to consume the whole world. We’re on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse.   The same country that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki could be readying itself to bomb one of the most ancient civilisations in the world. There will be other occasions to speak of this in detail, so here let me simply say that I stand with Iran unequivocally. Any regimes that need changing, including the US, Israel and ours, need to be changed by the people, not by some bloated lying, not by some bloated lying, cheating, greedy, resource-grabbing, bomb-dropping imperial power and its allies who are trying to bully the whole world into submission.   Iran is standing up to them while India cowers. I’m ashamed of how gutless and how spineless our government has been. Long ago we were a poor country of very poor people, but we had pride, we had dignity.   Today we are a rich country with very poor, unemployed people who are fed on a diet of hatred, poison and falsehoods instead of real food. We have lost pride, we have lost dignity, we have lost courage, except in our movies. What sort of people are we whose elected government cannot stand up and condemn the US when it kidnaps and assassinates heads of state in other countries? Would we like that done to us? For our Prime Minister to have travelled to Israel and embraced Benjamin Netanyahu just days before he attacked Iran, what does it mean? For our government to sign a groveling trade deal with the US that literally sells our farmers and textile industry down the river only days before the US Supreme Court declared Trump’s tariffs illegal, what does it mean? For us to now be given permission to buy oil from Russia, what does it mean? What else do we need permission for? To go to the bathroom? To take a day off work? To visit our mothers? Every day US politicians, including Donald Trump, mock and demean us publicly and our Prime Minister laughs his famous vacuous laugh and hugs on. At the height of the genocide in Gaza, the government of India sent thousands of poor Indian workers to Israel to replace expelled Palestinian workers. Today, while Israelis take shelter in bunkers, it is being reported that those Indian workers are not allowed into those shelters. What the hell does this mean? Who has put us into this absolutely humiliating, shameless, disgusting place in the world? Some of you will remember how we used to joke about that florid, overblown Chinese communist term, running dog of imperialism. But right now I’d say it describes us well, except of course in our twisted toxic movies in which our celluloid heroes strut on, winning phantom war after war, dumb and over-muscled, fueling our insatiable bloodlust with their gratuitous violence and their shit for brains.	Arundhati Roy : l’Iran n’est pas Gaza L’écrivaine primée et intellectuelle publique Arundhati Roy a électrisé le public à Gurgaon le 9 mars 2026 lorsqu’elle a parlé de la parodie de guerre en Asie occidentale, imposée par USraël à l’Iran, menaçant d’engloutir la région et le monde.   J’ai quelque chose à dire parce que je suis la fille de ma mère et parce que j’ai besoin de redresser les épaules pour le dire. C’est une petite déclaration sur la guerre qui est sur le point de consumer le monde. Je sais que nous sommes ici aujourd’hui pour parler de mon livre Mother Mary Comes to Me, mais comment finir la journée sans parler de ces magnifiques villes, Téhéran, Ispahan et Beyrouth, qui sont en flammes. Dans l’esprit de franchise et d’impolitesse de ma mère Mary, je voudrais utiliser cette tribune pour dire quelque chose sur l’attaque non provoquée et illégale d’USraël contre Téhéran. C’est bien sûr une continuation du génocide usraélien à Gaza. Ce sont les mêmes vieux génocides utilisant le même vieux manuel : tuer des femmes et des enfants, bombarder les hôpitaux, raser des villes, puis jouer les victimes. Mais l’Iran n’est pas Gaza. Le théâtre de cette nouvelle guerre pourrait s’étendre jusqu’à consumer le monde entier. Nous sommes au bord de la catastrophe nucléaire et de l’effondrement économique. Le même pays qui a bombardé Hiroshima et Nagasaki pourrait se préparer à bombarder l’une des civilisations les plus anciennes du monde. Il y aura d’autres occasions d’en parler en détail, alors ici, permettez-moi de dire simplement que je suis sans équivoque aux côtés de l’Iran. Les régimes qui ont besoin d’être changés, y compris les USA, Israël et le nôtre, doivent être changés par les peuples, non par une puissance impériale boursouflée, menteuse, tricheuse, avide, accapareuse de ressources, lanceuse de bombes, et ses alliés qui tentent d’intimider le monde entier pour le soumettre. L’Iran leur tient tête tandis que l’Inde se recroqueville. J’ai honte de la lâcheté et de l’absence de colonne vertébrale de notre gouvernement. Il y a longtemps, nous étions un pays pauvre avec des gens très pauvres, mais nous avions de la fierté, nous avions de la dignité. Aujourd’hui, nous sommes un pays riche avec des gens très pauvres et au chômage, nourris au régime de la haine, du poison et des mensonges au lieu de vraie nourriture. Nous avons perdu la fierté, nous avons perdu la dignité, nous avons perdu le courage, sauf dans nos films. Quel genre de personnes sommes-nous si notre gouvernement élu ne peut pas se lever et condamner les USA quand ils kidnappent et assassinent des chefs d’État dans d’autres pays ? Voudrions-nous qu’on nous fasse cela ? Que notre Premier Ministre se soit rendu en Israël et ait étreint Benjamin Netanyahou quelques jours seulement avant qu’il n’attaque l’Iran, qu’est-ce que cela signifie ? Que notre gouvernement ait signé un accord commercial rampant avec les USA qui vend littéralement nos agriculteurs et notre industrie textile, seulement quelques jours avant que la Cour suprême des USA ne déclare les tarifs douaniers de Trump illégaux, qu’est-ce que cela signifie ? Que nous ayons maintenant la permission d’acheter du pétrole à la Russie, qu’est-ce que cela signifie ? Pour quoi d’autre avons-nous besoin d’autorisation ? Pour aller aux toilettes ? Pour prendre un jour de congé ? Pour rendre visite à nos mères ? Chaque jour, des hommes politiques usaméricains, Donald Trump compris, se moquent de nous et nous humilient publiquement, et notre Premier Ministre rit de son fameux rire vide et donne des accolades. Au plus fort du génocide à Gaza, le gouvernement indien a envoyé des milliers de travailleurs indiens pauvres en Israël pour remplacer les travailleurs palestiniens expulsés. Aujourd’hui, alors que les Israéliens s’abritent dans des bunkers, il est rapporté que ces travailleurs indiens n’ont pas le droit d’entrer dans ces bunkers. Qu’est-ce que cela signifie, bon sang ? Qui nous a mis dans cette position absolument humiliante, honteuse et dégoûtante dans le monde ? Certains d’entre vous se souviendront de nos plaisanteries sur ce terme communiste chinois ampoulé et exagéré : « chien courant de l’impérialisme ». Mais en ce moment, je dirais qu’il nous décrit bien, sauf bien sûr dans nos films tordus et toxiques où nos héros de celluloïd paradent, gagnant guerre fantôme après guerre fantôme, stupides et surmusclés, alimentant notre soif de sang insatiable avec leur violence gratuite et la merde qui leur tient de cerveau.	Arundhati Roy: Irán no es Gaza La galardonada escritora e intelectual pública Arundhati Roy cautivó al público en Gurgaon el 9 de marzo de 2026 cuando habló de la farsa de la guerra en Asia Occidental, impuesta por USrael a Irán, que amenaza con envolver a la región y al mundo.   Tengo algo que decir porque soy hija de mi madre y porque necesito enderezar los hombros para decir esto. Es una pequeña declaración sobre la guerra que está a punto de consumir al mundo. Sé que hoy estamos aquí para hablar de mi libro Mother Mary Comes to Me, pero ¿cómo podemos terminar el día sin hablar de esas hermosas ciudades, Teherán, Isfahán y Beirut, que están en llamas? En consonancia con el espíritu de franqueza y descortesía de mi madre Mary, me gustaría usar esta plataforma para decir algo sobre el ataque no provocado e ilegal de USrael contra Teherán. Es, por supuesto, una continuación del genocidio usraelí en Gaza. Son los mismos viejos genocidios que usan el mismo libreto de siempre: asesinar mujeres y niños, bombardear hospitales, arrasar ciudades con alfombras y luego hacerse las víctimas. Pero Irán no es Gaza. El escenario de esta nueva guerra podría expandirse para consumir al mundo entero. Estamos al borde de una catástrofe nuclear y un colapso económico. El mismo país que bombardeó Hiroshima y Nagasaki podría estar preparándose para bombardear una de las civilizaciones más antiguas del mundo. Habrá otras ocasiones para hablar de esto en detalle, así que permítanme decir simplemente que estoy con Irán sin ambigüedades. Cualquier régimen que necesite ser cambiado, incluyendo USA, Israel y el nuestro, debe ser cambiado por los pueblos, no por un poder imperial inflado, mentiroso, tramposo, codicioso, acaparador de recursos y lanzador de bombas, y sus aliados que intentan intimidar al mundo entero para someterlo. Irán se les enfrenta mientras India se acobarda. Estoy avergonzada de lo cobarde y lo débil que ha sido nuestro gobierno. Hace mucho tiempo éramos un país pobre, con gente muy pobre, pero teníamos orgullo, teníamos dignidad. Hoy somos un país rico con gente muy pobre y desempleada, alimentada con una dieta de odio, veneno y falsedades en lugar de comida real. Hemos perdido el orgullo, hemos perdido la dignidad, hemos perdido el coraje, excepto en nuestras películas. ¿Qué clase de personas somos si nuestro gobierno elegido no puede levantarse y condenar a USA cuando secuestra y asesina a jefes de Estado en otros países? ¿Nos gustaría que nos hicieran eso a nosotros? Que nuestro primer ministro haya viajado a Israel y abrazado a Benjamín Netanyahu apenas unos días antes de que atacara Irán, ¿qué significa? Que nuestro gobierno haya firmado un acuerdo comercial rastrero con USA que literalmente vende a nuestros agricultores y a nuestra industria textil, solo unos días antes de que la Corte Suprema de USA declarara ilegales los aranceles de Trump, ¿qué significa? Que ahora se nos dé permiso para comprar petróleo a Rusia, ¿qué significa? ¿Para qué más necesitamos permiso? ¿Para ir al baño? ¿Para tomar un día libre en el trabajo? ¿Para visitar a nuestras madres? Cada día, los políticos gringos, incluido Donald Trump, se burlan y nos menosprecian públicamente, y nuestro primer ministro ríe su famosa risa vacía y da abrazos. En pleno genocidio en Gaza, el gobierno de la India envió a miles de trabajadores indios pobres a Israel para reemplazar a los trabajadores palestinos expulsados. Hoy, mientras los israelíes se refugian en búnkeres, se informa que a esos trabajadores indios no se les permite entrar en esos búnkeres. ¿Qué demonios significa esto? ¿Quién nos ha puesto en este lugar absolutamente humillante, vergonzoso y repugnante en el mundo? Algunos de ustedes recordarán cómo solíamos bromear sobre ese florido y exagerado término comunista chino: “perro corredor del imperialismo”. Pero ahora mismo diría que nos describe bien, excepto, por supuesto, en nuestras retorcidas y tóxicas películas en las que nuestros héroes de celuloide pavonean, ganando guerra fantasma tras guerra fantasma, torpes e hipermusculados, alimentando nuestra insaciable sed de sangre con su violencia gratuita y la mierda que les hace de cerebro.
Arundhati Roy: der Iran ist nicht Gaza Die preisgekrönte Schriftstellerin und öffentliche Intellektuelle Arundhati Roy begeisterte das Publikum in Gurgaon am 9. März 2026, als sie über die Farce des Krieges in Westasien sprach, der von USrael dem Iran aufgezwungen wird und droht, die Region und die Welt zu verschlingen. Ich habe etwas zu sagen, weil ich die Tochter meiner Mutter bin und weil ich meine Schultern straffen muss, um dies zu sagen. Es ist eine kleine Erklärung über den Krieg, der im Begriff ist, die Welt zu verschlingen. Ich weiß, wir sind heute hier, um über mein Buch Mother Mary Comes to Me zu sprechen, aber wie können wir den Tag beenden, ohne über diese wunderschönen Städte Teheran, Isfahan und Beirut zu sprechen, die in Flammen stehen? Im Sinne des Geistes der Offenheit und Unhöflichkeit meiner Mutter Mary möchte ich diese Plattform nutzen, um etwas über den unprovozierten und illegalen Angriff USraels auf Teheran zu sagen. Es ist natürlich eine Fortsetzung des usraelischen Völkermords in Gaza. Es sind die gleichen alten Völkermorde, die nach dem gleichen alten Muster ablaufen: Ermordung von Frauen und Kindern, Bombardierung von Krankenhäusern, Flächenbombardements von Städten und dann das Spielen des Opfers. Aber der Iran ist nicht Gaza. Das Theater dieses neuen Krieges könnte sich ausweiten und die ganze Welt verschlingen. Wir stehen am Rande einer nuklearen Katastrophe und eines wirtschaftlichen Zusammenbruchs. Dasselbe Land, das Hiroshima und Nagasaki bombardiert hat, könnte sich darauf vorbereiten, eine der ältesten Zivilisationen der Welt zu bombardieren. Es wird andere Gelegenheiten geben, ausführlich darüber zu sprechen, also lassen Sie mich hier einfach sagen, dass ich uneingeschränkt an der Seite des Irans stehe. Alle Regime, die verändert werden müssen, einschließlich der USA, Israels und unseres, müssen von den Völkern verändert werden, nicht von einer aufgeblasenen, lügenden, betrügerischen, gierigen, ressourcenraffenden, bombenabwerfenden imperialen Macht und ihren Verbündeten, die versuchen, die ganze Welt einzuschüchtern und zu unterwerfen. Der Iran stellt sich ihnen entgegen, während Indien sich duckt. Ich schäme mich, wie feige und rückgratlos unsere Regierung war. Vor langer Zeit waren wir ein armes Land mit sehr armen Menschen, aber wir hatten Stolz, wir hatten Würde. Heute sind wir ein reiches Land mit sehr armen, arbeitslosen Menschen, die mit einer Diät aus Hass, Gift und Lügen anstelle von richtiger Nahrung gefüttert werden. Wir haben Stolz verloren, wir haben Würde verloren, wir haben Mut verloren, außer in unseren Filmen. Was für Menschen sind wir, dass unsere gewählte Regierung nicht aufstehen und die USA verurteilen kann, wenn sie Staatsoberhäupter in anderen Ländern entführt und ermordet? Würden wir das auch bei uns wollen? Dass unser Premierminister nur wenige Tage vor dem Angriff auf den Iran nach Israel reiste und Benjamin Netanyahu umarmte, was bedeutet das? Dass unsere Regierung nur wenige Tage, bevor der Oberste Gerichtshof der USA Trumps Zölle für illegal erklärte, einen kriecherischen Handelsvertrag mit den USA unterzeichnete, der unsere Bauern und die Textilindustrie buchstäblich verschleudert, was bedeutet das? Dass uns nun die Erlaubnis erteilt wird, Öl aus Russland zu kaufen, was bedeutet das? Wofür brauchen wir noch Erlaubnis? Zum Toilettengang? Für einen freien Tag? Um unsere Mütter zu besuchen? Jeden Tag verspotten und erniedrigen uns US-Politiker, darunter Donald Trump, öffentlich, und unser Premierminister lacht sein berühmtes hohles Lachen und schmust herum. Auf dem Höhepunkt des Völkermords in Gaza schickte die indische Regierung Tausende arme indische Arbeiter nach Israel, um vertriebene palästinensische Arbeiter zu ersetzen. Heute, während die Israelis in Bunkern Schutz suchen, wird berichtet, dass diese indischen Arbeiter nicht in diese Bunker gelassen werden. Was zum Teufel soll das bedeuten? Wer hat uns an diesen absolut demütigenden, schamlosen, widerlichen Ort in der Welt gebracht? Einige von Ihnen werden sich daran erinnern, wie wir über diesen blumigen, überzogenen kommunistischen Begriff aus China scherzten: „Laufhund des Imperialismus“. Aber im Moment würde ich sagen, dass er uns gut beschreibt, außer natürlich in unseren verdrehten, giftigen Filmen, in denen unsere Zelluloidhelden stolzieren, imaginäre Kriege um imaginäre Kriege gewinnen, dumm und übermuskelt, unseren unstillbaren Blutdurst mit ihrer sinnlosen Gewalt und ihrem Scheißdreck von Gehirn anheizen.	Arundhati Roy/ L’Iran non è Gaza La scrittrice pluripremiata e intellettuale pubblica Arundhati Roy ha elettrizzato il pubblico a Gurgaon il 9 marzo 2026 quando ha parlato della farsa della guerra nell’Asia occidentale, imposta da USraele all’Iran, che minaccia di inghiottire la regione e il mondo. Ho qualcosa da dire perché sono figlia di mia madre e perché ho bisogno di raddrizzare le spalle per dirlo. È una piccola dichiarazione sulla guerra che sta per consumare il mondo. So che siamo qui oggi per parlare del mio libro Mother Mary Comes to Me, ma come possiamo finire la giornata senza parlare di quelle bellissime città, Teheran, Isfahan e Beirut, che vanno in fiamme? In linea con lo spirito di candore e maleducazione di mia madre Mary, vorrei usare questa piattaforma per dire qualcosa sull’attacco non provocato e illegale di USraele a Teheran. È ovviamente una continuazione del genocidio usraeliano a Gaza. Sono gli stessi vecchi genocidi che usano lo stesso vecchio copione: uccidere donne e bambini, bombardare ospedali, bombardare a tappeto le città e poi giocare la parte della vittima. Ma l’Iran non è Gaza. Il teatro di questa nuova guerra potrebbe espandersi fino a consumare il mondo intero. Siamo sul baratro di una catastrofe nucleare e di un collasso economico. Lo stesso paese che bombardò Hiroshima e Nagasaki potrebbe prepararsi a bombardare una delle civiltà più antiche del mondo. Ci saranno altre occasioni per parlarne in dettaglio, quindi qui lasciatemi semplicemente dire che sto inequivocabilmente con l’Iran. Qualsiasi regime che abbia bisogno di essere cambiato, inclusi USA, Israele e il nostro, deve essere cambiato dai popoli, non da un potere imperiale gonfio, bugiardo, imbroglione, avido, accaparratore di risorse, sganciatore di bombe, e dai suoi alleati che cercano di intimidire il mondo intero per sottometterlo. L’Iran li sta affrontando mentre l’India si rannicchia. Mi vergogno di quanto il nostro governo sia stato senza coraggio e senza spina dorsale. Tanto tempo fa eravamo un paese povero, con persone molto povere, ma avevamo orgoglio, avevamo dignità. Oggi siamo un paese ricco con persone molto povere e disoccupate, nutrite con una dieta a base di odio, veleno e falsità invece che di cibo vero. Abbiamo perso l’orgoglio, abbiamo perso la dignità, abbiamo perso il coraggio, tranne che nei nostri film. Che tipo di persone siamo se il nostro governo eletto non può alzarsi e condannare gli USA quando rapiscono e assassinano capi di stato in altri paesi? Vorremmo che fosse fatto a noi? Che il nostro Primo Ministro abbia viaggiato in Israele e abbia abbracciato Benjamin Netanyahu pochi giorni prima che attaccasse l’Iran, cosa significa? Che il nostro governo abbia firmato un accordo commerciale servile con gli USA che letteralmente vende i nostri agricoltori e la nostra industria tessile, solo pochi giorni prima che la Corte Suprema degli USA dichiarasse illegali i dazi di Trump, cosa significa? Che ora ci sia dato il permesso di comprare petrolio dalla Russia, cosa significa? Per cos’altro abbiamo bisogno del permesso? Per andare in bagno? Per prendere un giorno libero dal lavoro? Per visitare nostre madri? Ogni giorno, politici usamericani, incluso Donald Trump, ci deridono e ci umiliano pubblicamente, e il nostro Primo Ministro ride la sua famosa risata vuota e si abbraccia. Al culmine del genocidio a Gaza, il governo indiano ha inviato migliaia di poveri lavoratori indiani in Israele per sostituire i lavoratori palestinesi espulsi. Oggi, mentre gli israeliani si rifugiano nei bunker, viene riportato che a quei lavoratori indiani non è permesso entrare in quei bunker. Cosa diavolo significa questo? Chi ci ha messo in questo posto assolutamente umiliante, vergognoso e disgustoso nel mondo? Alcuni di voi ricorderanno come scherzavamo su quel termine comunista cinese fiorito ed esagerato, “cane corrente dell’imperialismo”. Ma in questo momento direi che ci descrive bene, tranne che, naturalmente, nei nostri film contorti e tossici in cui i nostri eroi di celluloide pavoneggiano, vincendo guerra fantasma dopo guerra fantasma, stupidi e ipermuscolati, alimentando la nostra insaziabile sete di sangue con la loro violenza gratuita e la merda che gli fa da cervello.	الكاتبة الهندية أرونداتي روي: إيران ليست غزة   الكاتبة الحائزة على جوائز والمفكرة العامة أرونداتي روي ألهبت الجمهور في جورجاون في 9 مارس 2026 عندما تحدثت عن مهزلة الحرب في غرب آسيا، التي تفرضها الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل على إيران، مهددةً بابتلاع المنطقة والعالم. لديَّ ما أقوله لأنني ابنة أمي، ولأنني بحاجة إلى أن أُقوِّم كتفي لأقول هذا. إنه بيان صغير عن الحرب التي على وشك أن تلتهم العالم. أعلم أننا هنا اليوم للحديث عن Mother Mary Comes to Me، ولكن كيف يمكننا إنهاء اليوم دون التحدث عن تلك المدن الجميلة، طهران وأصفهان وبيروت، التي تشتعل فيها النيران؟ على غرار روح الصراحة وقلة الأدب التي تتحلى بها والدتي ماري، أود أن أستخدم هذه المنصة لأقول شيئاً عن الهجوم غير المبرر وغير القانوني الذي شنته الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل على طهران. إنه بالطبع استمرار للإبادة الجماعية الأمريكية الإسرائيلية في غزة. إنها نفس عمليات الإبادة الجماعية القديمة باستخدام نفس النهج القديم: قتل النساء والأطفال، وقصف المستشفيات، وقصف المدن بالكامل، ثم لعب دور الضحية. لكن إيران ليست غزة. مسرح هذه الحرب الجديدة يمكن أن يتسع ليلتهم العالم بأسره. نحن على شفا كارثة نووية وانهيار اقتصادي. نفس الدولة التي قصفت هيروشيما وناغازاكي قد تعد نفسها لقصف واحدة من أقدم الحضارات في العالم. ستكون هناك مناسبات أخرى للحديث عن هذا بالتفصيل، لذا دعوني هنا أقول ببساطة أنني أقف إلى جانب إيران دون مواربة. أي أنظمة تحتاج إلى التغيير، بما في ذلك الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل ونظامنا، يجب أن يغيرها الشعوب، وليس قوة إمبريالية منتفخة، كاذبة، غشاشة، جشعة، مستحوذة على الموارد، مُلْقية للقنابل، وحلفاؤها الذين يحاولون تخويف العالم بأسره وإخضاعه. إيران تقف في وجههم بينما الهند تذل. أشعر بالخجل من جبن حكومتنا ومن افتقارها إلى العمود الفقري. منذ زمن بعيد، كنا دولة فقيرة لشعب فقير جداً، لكن كان لدينا فخر، وكانت لدينا كرامة. اليوم نحن دولة غنية بشعب فقير جداً وعاطل عن العمل، يُغذى بنظام غذائي من الكراهية والسموم والأكاذيب بدلاً من الطعام الحقيقي. لقد فقدنا الفخر، وفقدنا الكرامة، وفقدنا الشجاعة، باستثناء في أفلامنا. أي نوع من الناس نحن إذا كانت حكومتنا المنتخبة لا تستطيع الوقوف وإدانة الولايات المتحدة عندما تختطف وتغتال رؤساء دول في بلدان أخرى؟ هل نود أن يُفعل بنا ذلك؟ أن يسافر رئيس وزرائنا إلى إسرائيل ويعانق بنيامين نتنياهو قبل أيام قليلة من هجومه على إيران، ماذا يعني ذلك؟ أن توقع حكومتنا اتفاقية تجارية ذليلة مع الولايات المتحدة تبيع حرفياً مزارعينا وصناعة النسيج لدينا، قبل أيام قليلة فقط من إعلان المحكمة العليا الأمريكية أن تعريفات ترمب غير قانونية، ماذا يعني ذلك؟ أن يُسمح لنا الآن بشراء النفط من روسيا، ماذا يعني ذلك؟ ماذا نحتاج إلى الإذن لأجله أيضاً؟ للذهاب إلى الحمام؟ لأخذ يوم إجازة من العمل؟ لزيارة أمهاتنا؟ كل يوم، سياسيون أمريكيون، بما فيهم دونالد ترمب، يسخرون منا ويهينوننا علناً، ورئيس وزرائنا يضحك ضحكته الفارغة الشهيرة ويحتضن. في ذروة الإبادة الجماعية في غزة، أرسلت حكومة الهند آلاف العمال الهنود الفقراء إلى إسرائيل ليحلوا محل العمال الفلسطينيين المطرودين. اليوم، بينما يحتمي الإسرائيليون في الملاجئ، يتم الإبلاغ أن هؤلاء العمال الهنود لا يُسمح لهم بدخول تلك الملاجئ. ماذا يعني هذا بحق الجحيم؟ من الذي وضعنا في هذا المكان المهين والمخزٍ والمقرف تماماً في العالم؟ بعضكم سيتذكر كيف كنا نمزح بشأن المصطلح الشيوعي الصيني المزهر والمبالغ فيه، "كلب الإمبريالية الجاري". لكن الآن أود أن أقول إنه يصفنا جيداً، باستثناء طبعاً في أفلامنا الملتوية والسامة التي يتفشى فيها أبطالنا المصنوعون من السيلولويد، وهم يربحون حرباً وهمية تلو الأخرى، أغبياء ومكتنزين بالعضلات، يغذون تعطشنا الدامي الذي لا يشبع بعنفهم المجاني ودماغهم التافه.

 

وطن - حاج محمود کریمی|Watan|Haj Mahmoud Karimi

 

وطن - حاج محمود کریمی

“Motherland”: the Iranian response to Trump's “Stupid Fury”

„Watan“ [Heimat]: die iranische Antwort auf Trumps „Stupid Fury“

“Watan” [Patria]: la respuesta iraní a la “Stupid Fury” de Trump

« Watan »[patrie], la réponse iranienne à la « Stupid Fury » de Trump

Bibi, the Mafia Boss|le Parrain|el Capo|نتنياهو زعيم المافيا

 Gideon Levy

Netanyahu the Mafia Boss Takes Pride in What He Ought to Be Ashamed Of

Don Bibi Netanyahou, le Parrain, tire fierté de ce dont il devrait avoir honte

Netanyahu, el Capo, se enorgullece de lo que debería avergonzarle

نتنياهو زعيم المافيا يفتخر بما يجب أن يخجل منه، بقلم جدعون ليفي

“STUPID FURY”: Joe Kent/Tucker Carlson [EN|FR|ES]

 Full transcript of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Joe Kent, published on March 18, 2026

Joe Kent, who has just resigned as director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, explains why the USA actually gone to war with Iran.

Transcription intégrale de l'interview de Joe Kent par Tucker Carlson, publiée le 18 mars 2026

Joe Kent, ex-directeur du Centre national usaméricain de lutte contre le terrorisme, explique les véritables raisons pour lesquelles les USA sont entrés en guerre contre l'Iran.

Transcripción completa de la entrevista a Joe Kent realizada por Tucker Carlson, publicada el 18 de marzo de 2026

Joe Kent, exdirector del Centro Nacional Usamericano de Lucha contra el Terrorismo, explica las verdaderas razones por las que USA entró en guerra contra Irán.

“Why isn’t Iran giving up?” – Trump’s question reveals the Iran debacle

@luxaitor_fitabogado_23

„Warum gibt Iran nicht auf?“ – Trumps Frage zeigt das Iran-Desaster

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Day 17 of the war with Iran. Wait, let me say that again: day 17.

And do you know what is happening right now in the corridors of the White House? Donald Trump is sitting in his office asking his advisors a question that changes everything: Why aren’t the Persians giving up?

The Wall Street Journal leaked it. The most powerful man in the world is surprised. I repeat: surprised. The man who said this war would end very soon. The man who claimed Iran no longer had a navy or an air force.

This man does not understand why Tehran keeps fighting. And here comes the part that kept me awake all night: his advisors are privately urging him to find an exit. Privately. That means publicly they talk about victory, but behind closed doors there is total panic. That is an admission of weakness.

Trump expected a quick victory. A repeat of his 12-day war last June. But reality looks completely different.

After 17 days, Iran is still firing missiles, has mined the Strait of Hormuz and — here’s the kicker — is exporting more oil than before the war. Plus 30%. Let that sink in.

The United States has been bombing Iran for over two weeks, allegedly hitting 6,000 targets, destroying the Iranian navy and disabling the air force. And yet Iranian oil exports are rising. How is that possible? China.

The Chinese take every barrel Tehran offers. No sanctions, no rules, just business. While Trump thought he would bring Iran to its knees, the mullahs rerouted their ships, activated new trade routes, and are making more money than before.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump keeps asking the same question in meetings: why aren’t they capitulating? His advisors have no answer. Or rather, they do have an answer, but Trump does not want to hear it.

The answer is: because the plan has failed. Because the American military can hit targets, but cannot bomb political solutions out of the sky. Because Iran is a very different opponent from Afghanistan or Iraq.

Wait, it gets worse. Trump’s public statements change daily. First unconditional surrender, then “very soon over,” then “almost nothing left to bomb.”

And now this desperate question: why aren’t they giving up? This is not strategy. This is improvisation. This is a president realizing that his biggest foreign policy gamble is spiraling out of control.

Republicans are getting nervous. Polls show that the majority of Americans oppose this war. Oil prices have surged above $100 per barrel, briefly reaching $119.

At gas stations across the United States, people are paying record prices. The midterm elections are coming, and Trump’s advisors know: if the war continues for weeks, we lose Congress.

That’s why the leak to the Wall Street Journal. That’s why the private push for an exit plan. They are trying to gently steer the president toward the exit without him losing face.

But Trump is Trump. He cannot just stop. He has to declare victory, even if there isn’t one.

So he tells the press: “We are far ahead of schedule.” That is Orwellian language. “Ahead of schedule” means, in Trump’s world: we no longer have a schedule because the original plan has collapsed.

And here is the thing: Iran knows it. The Revolutionary Guards issued a statement.

Iran will decide when the war ends.

That is a direct response to Trump’s claims. Tehran is telling the most powerful man in the world to his face: you do not control this war. We do.

And the facts prove them right.

Jürgen Habermas: In Lieu of an Obituary

In the first two or three quarters of his life, he had belonged to that Germany we loved—the Germany of “Dichter und Denker” (poets and thinkers)—only to end his long existence (96 years) on the side of the “Richter und Henker” (judges and executioners). Jürgen Habermas passed away on March 14. He no longer had the time or the strength to declare his support for Operation Epic Fury/Silent Holy City [sic & resic], unleashed by the well-known duo of executioners against the land that gave rise to Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Omar Khayyam, Rumi, Al-Ghazali, Suhrawardi, Al-Razi, Al-Farabi, Mulla Sadra, and… Ali Shariati. Having become a sacred cow of self-righteous but wrong-acting Germany, Habermas, shortly after October 7, 2023, committed an infamous text of unconditional support for the Zionist killers. This ultimate perversion of his own “communicative action” earned him a stinging response from an Iranian sociologist, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Asef Bayat, author of extremely creative works on social movements in the Mashreq and the Maghreb. We reproduce it below in lieu of an obituary, as it was first published in New Lines Magazine.-FG, Tlaxcala

Jürgen Habermas Contradicts His Own Ideas When It Comes to Gaza

One of the world’s most influential philosophers has weighed in on the war in Gaza. A Middle East scholar tells him why he’s wrong

Asef Bayat, December 8, 2023

Philosopher Jürgen Habermas (left) and sociologist Asef Bayat (right). (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP via Getty Images)

Editor’s note: Jürgen Habermas and Asef Bayat are towering global thinkers. Their books have been translated into multiple languages and are taught in universities throughout the world. Habermas is part of the pantheon of the legendary Frankfurt School of critical theory, along with the late Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse. Yet he is perhaps best known for his ideas about the “public sphere” — a realm where citizens come together to debate matters of general concern and “public opinion” is formed, which he traces back to coffeehouses and literary salons in 18th-century Europe — and as a defender of liberal democracy against its critics on both the left and the right. He is no stranger to the challenge that Bayat poses in this open letter; his very public debates and intellectual battles over many decades have made him a household name in Germany.

Bayat is a sociologist of the contemporary Middle East best known for his concept of “post-Islamism” and for his textured studies of street politics, everyday life and how ordinary people change the Middle East (the subtitle of his 2013 book, “Life as Politics”). Habermas has been widely criticized for his recent statements on the Gaza war, but what distinguishes this open letter is its immanent critique: Bayat sets out to show how Habermas fails to apply his own ideas to the case of Israel-Palestine. It is a critique from within the logic of Habermasian thought. This gives it a force that will — or should — resonate with Habermas and his defenders. It is more of an invitation than a polemic. It is an attempt to engage, and we publish it here in hopes that it will do just that.-New Lines

Dear professor Habermas,

You may not remember me, but we met in Egypt in March 1998. You came to the American University in Cairo as a distinguished visiting professor to engage with the faculty, students and the public. Everyone was enthusiastic to hear you. Your ideas on the public sphere, rational dialogue and democratic life were like a breath of fresh air in a time when Islamists and autocrats in the Middle East were stifling free expression under the guise of “protecting Islam.” I recall a pleasant conversation we had on Iran and religious politics over dinner at the house of a colleague. I tried to convey to you the emergence of a “post-Islamist” society in Iran, which you later seemed to experience on your trip to Tehran in 2002, before you spoke about a “post-secular” society in Europe. We in Cairo saw in your core concepts a great potential for fostering a transnational public sphere and cross-cultural dialogues. We took to heart the kernel of your communicative philosophy about how consensus-truth can be reached through free debate.

Now, some 25 years later, in Berlin, I read your co-authored “Principles of Solidarity” statement on the Gaza war with more than a little concern and alarm. The spirit of the statement broadly admonishes those in Germany who speak out, through statements or protests, against Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas’ appalling attacks of Oct. 7. It implies that these criticisms of Israel are intolerable because support for the state of Israel is a fundamental part of German political culture, “for which Jewish life and Israel’s right to exist are central elements worthy of special protection.” The principle of “special protection” is rooted in Germany’s exceptional history, in the “mass crimes of the Nazi era.”

It is admirable that you and your country’s political-intellectual class are adamant about sustaining the memory of that historic horror so that similar horrors will not befall the Jews (and I assume, and hope, other peoples). But your formulation of, and fixation on, German exceptionalism leaves practically no room for conversation about Israel’s policies and Palestinian rights. When you confound criticisms of “Israel’s actions” with “antisemitic reactions,” you are encouraging silence and stifling debate.

As an academic, I am stunned to learn that in German universities — even within classrooms, which should be free spaces for discussion and inquiry — almost everyone remains silent when the subject of Palestine comes up. Newspapers, radio and television are almost entirely devoid of open and meaningful debate on the subject. Indeed, scores of people, including Jews who have called for a ceasefire, have been fired from positions, had their events and awards canceled and been accused of “antisemitism.” How are people supposed to deliberate about what is right and what is wrong if they are not allowed to speak freely? What happens to your celebrated idea of the “public sphere,” “rational dialogue” and “deliberative democracy”?

The fact is that most of the critics and protests you admonish never question the principle of protecting Jewish life — and please do not confuse these rational critics of the Israeli government with the disgraceful far-right neo-Nazis or other antisemites who must be vigorously condemned and confronted. Indeed, almost every statement I have read condemns both Hamas’ atrocities against civilians in Israel and antisemitism. These critics are not disputing the protection of Jewish life or Israel’s right to exist. They are disputing the denial of Palestinian lives and Palestine’s right to exist. And this is something about which your statement is tragically silent.

There is not a single reference in the statement to Israel as an occupying power or to Gaza as an open-air prison. There is nothing about this perverse disparity. This is not to speak of the everyday erasure of Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. “Israel’s actions,” which you deem “justified in principle,” have entailed dropping 6,000 bombs in six days on a defenseless population; well over 15,000 dead (70% of them women and children); 35,000 injured; 7,000 missing; and 1.7 million displaced — not to mention the cruelty of denying the population food, water, housing, security and any modicum of dignity. Key infrastructures of life have vanished.

“Colorful and Totalitarian”, a Critical Dictionary by Prof. Rudolph BauerInterview

In his dictionary “Colorful and Totalitarian”, Bremen-based sociologist Prof. Rudolph Bauer, with foresight, combines the two terms “colorful” and “totalitarian” to describe contemporary totalitarianism and, at the same time, to denounce it before it is too late. In a world where violence, militarism, restriction of freedoms, surveillance, racism,  discrimination, and utter indifference and lack of empathy are on the rise, the terms Bauer cites in his critical dictionary shake us awake to think independently and critically, without letting ourselves be blinded by the colorful hues of this contemporary fascism. Dr. Rampoldi from ProMosaik interviewed the author. The critical dictionary has already been published in English. This dictionary saves us the trouble of reading many other works. It teaches us to critically question a world that, due to its diversity, appears anti-fascist but is in reality structured in a totalitarian manner.

 

Please explain to us the choice of the title of your book.

The title identifies the overall political trend of the countries of the Western world towards a totalitarian rule disguised as colorful. "Colorful" and "totalitarian" seem to contradict each other. Indeed, classical totalitarianism was uniform: with one party, one ideology, one leader, one people, one race, one collective, and one single destiny, namely, to rule the world. However, the contemporary totalitarianism that is emerging in front of our eyes seems to be the opposite. It is diverse and colorful like the rainbow: gender-diverse, migrant, anti-fascist and anti-racist, "self-determined", diverse and woke. It shows itself as liberal, cosmopolitan, freedom-oriented and democratic. From an external point of view, it separates itself from the ideology of retro-fascism. But the crucial element of this system of rule is totalitarianism. It censors and suppresses, segregates and demarcates, imprisons and locks out. And it is militaristically oriented towards the conquest as well as the domination of the world. By its colorfulness on the surface, the emerging totalitarian regime deceives about its true character and deeper core.

What are the main topics of the terms that appear in your dictionary?

The keywords refer to institutions, organizations, people and not least to terms and their meaning or their confusing variety of meanings. On the one hand, the keywords are related to each other by cross-references. This creates a grid of connections making us realize that we live behind the bars as if we were in captivity. In other words, there is a dense network of links in which we are involved and which we, as consumers of the daily news, are not aware of. Our ordinary thinking is parceled out. We only ever see one side of the fate cube of reality. We always see only the day-to-day events, not the general, comprehensive context. Nor do we recognize the historical contexts which have an impact up to the present and then continue into the future. The dictionary reveals present-day relationships at the horizontal level. Furthermore, the dictionary shows both vertical references to the totalitarian past and lines of development into a totalitarian future.