Imperialism
Israel
Palestine
Fig. 1. The ruins of a terminal at the Gaza airport. Image by Said Khatib (Agence France-Presse) on September 9, 2018, via the Times of Israel,[1] fair use.
The legal conclusions are there: The U.S. is clearly on notice that its actions are in violation of both international and domestic law.[2]
Juan Cole, “Israel’s Reputation forever Besmirched by UN Court Injunction to Cease Genociding Palestinians,” Informed Comment, January 27, 2024, https://www.juancole.com/2024/01/reputation-besmirched-palestinians.html
Rory Jones and Dov Lieber, “Netanyahu Puts Political Survival Ahead of Tough Decisions on Gaza,” Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2024, https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-puts-political-survival-ahead-of-tough-decisions-on-gaza-783cb8e6
Ed Pilkington, “Pro-Palestinian protests hound Biden, casting shadow on his re-election effort,” Guardian, January 31, 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/31/biden-pro-palestine-protest-israel
Yasmeen Abutaleb and Karen DeYoung, “Biden imposes sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlers,” Washington Post, February 1, 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/01/biden-signs-executive-order-sanctioning-west-bank-settlers/
Gabriel Debenedetti, “Bernie’s Pressure Campaign,” New York, February 1, 2024, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2024/02/bernie-sanders-israel-gaza-democrats-biden.html
Alice Speri, “After Historic Ruling, Lawyers Vow to Keep Fighting Biden Over Complicity in Gaza Genocide,” Intercept, February 1, 2024, https://theintercept.com/2024/02/01/gaza-biden-genocide-lawsuit-ruling/
Adam Taylor, “UNRWA funding pauses come amid uncertainty over Gaza aid future,” Washington Post, February 1, 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/01/unrwa-funding-pause-united-nations-future-aid/
Daniel Hurst, “‘Shockingly amateurish’: Australian government delivers veiled rebuke to Israel over UN agency comments,” Guardian, February 2, 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/03/shockingly-amateurish-australian-government-delivers-veiled-rebuke-to-israel-over-un-agency-comments
Kaamil Ahmed, “‘Everything beautiful has been destroyed’: Palestinians mourn a city in tatters,” Guardian, February 4, 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/04/everything-beautiful-has-been-destroyed-palestinians-mourn-a-city-in-tatters
Pennsylvania and surrounding areas
Pittsburgh, the Ohio Valley, and surrounding areas
Pollution
Fig. 1. Photographer unknown, circa 1940-1950, from Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1940-1950, AIS.1978.22, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh, via Bloomberg,[3] fair use.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review included drone video of U.S. Steel’s Clairton works in the article.[4] This plant looks a lot grungier when viewed in person. Nothing has happened to change my view that the plant should be razed, the land remediated, and put to some use that will benefit Clairton residents.
Justin Vellucci, “‘This is what money smells like,’” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 4, 2024, https://triblive.com/local/2-2m-fine-is-latest-entry-in-clairtons-air-pollution-history/
- [1]Agence France-Presse and Times of Israel, “20 years after its opening, destroyed Gaza airport embodies grounded peace hopes,” Times of Israel, September 12, 2018, https://www.timesofisrael.com/20-years-after-its-opening-destroyed-gaza-airport-embodies-grounded-peace-hopes/↩
- [2]Katherine Gallagher, quoted in Alice Speri, “After Historic Ruling, Lawyers Vow to Keep Fighting Biden Over Complicity in Gaza Genocide,” Intercept, February 1, 2024, https://theintercept.com/2024/02/01/gaza-biden-genocide-lawsuit-ruling/↩
- [3]Mark Byrnes, “What Pittsburgh Looked Like When It Decided It Had a Pollution Problem,” Bloomberg, June 5, 2012, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-06-05/what-pittsburgh-looked-like-when-it-decided-it-had-a-pollution-problem↩
- [4]Justin Vellucci, “‘This is what money smells like,’” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 4, 2024, https://triblive.com/local/2-2m-fine-is-latest-entry-in-clairtons-air-pollution-history/↩