By Alberto Cruz "Lebanon, a small country, perhaps destined to play a great part in the future, not just of the Middle East but of the whole Arab world." With that remark some friends bade […]

By Nizar Sakhnini The eighteenth century was the heyday of the imperialist lust for world-wide hegemony and control. Wealthy European Ashkenazim, who were facing discrimination in Europe, wanted to use this opportunity in order to […]

By Kevin Zeese Divisions among peace voters about the presidential election are becoming evident in columns by peace advocates and on discussion lists. The goal of ending the Iraq occupation and ending militarism is bigger […]

By Human Rights Watch JERUSALEM, March 31, 2008 – Israel should declare an immediate moratorium on demolitions of Bedouin homes and create an independent commission to investigate pervasive land and housing discrimination against its Bedouin […]

By Iqbal Jassat Ilan Pappe: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. (Oneworld Publications Limited – England); ISBN 978-1-85168-567-0 The International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms [IALANA] describe “whistleblowers” as those who stir up public attention […]

By Stuart Littlewood in London, UK The abysmal performance of western TV and radio interviewers when dealing with issues surrounding Israel is not only embarrassing but a blot on the escutcheon of journalism. Have the nation’s […]

By Chris Sands in Kabul A normal week in Kabul recently went like this: one day unknown attackers dressed in military gear kidnapped a local businessman; 48 hours later a rocket landed in a deserted […]

By Uri Avnery  Tomorrow will be the 32nd anniversary of the first "Day of the Land" – one of the defining events in the history of Israel. I remember the day well. I was at […]

By Caelum Moffatt Emotions are running high and tempers are flaring amongst Palestinians – a populace becoming increasingly beset by exhaustion and frustration. The end of March marks four months since the Annapolis Summit took […]

By Norman Solomon While the Iraqi government continued its large-scale military assault in Basra, the NPR reporter’s voice from Iraq was unequivocal this morning: "There is no doubt that this operation needed to happen." Such […]

By Ralph Nader Chairman John ConyersHouse Judiciary CommitteeU.S. House of RepresentativesU.S. CongressWashington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Conyers: Prominent Constitutional law experts believe President Bush has engaged in at least, five categories of repeated, defiant "high […]

By Najwa Sheikh I have been long wondered about the feelings, fears, concerns of those whose meant to fall sick in Gaza, real sick, and have denied access to treatment either because of lack of […]

By Stephen Lendman Blood and Religion by Jonathan Cook. London: Pluto Press, 2006. Jonathan Cook is a British-born independent journalist based (since September 2001) in the predominantly Arab city of Nazareth, Israel and is the […]

By Edward Said Despite this article being written in 1999 during the now discredited “peace process”, its powerful message for the basis of truth and reconciliation in Palestine is equally important today. The writer contends […]

By Suzanne Baroud In a place just a few miles from sandy beaches and soaring sky-scrapers, white stone villas and sky-blue swimming pools, it seems the epitome of irony and injustice that over 1.5 million […]

By Ramzy Baroud Five years following the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, the mainstream media is once more making the topic one of intense scrutiny and analysis. The costs and implications of the war […]

By Joharah Baker Earlier this month, Israeli occupation forces shut down the Islamic Study Center in the heart of Hebron on claims that the charitable society, which hosts an orphanage, library, bakery and shopping center, […]

By Ralph Nader The tragic marker of the 4000th U.S. Soldier to fall in Iraq is now before the American people–with no end in sight. During the vigils, marches and Winter Soldiers’ heartfelt testimonies on […]

By Philip Rizk Alexandria is a museum of history. The city sprawls along the magnificent Mediterranean coast, the pace of its inhabitants coalesces with the slow ebb and flow of the sea’s waves. Alexandria is […]

By Joshua Frank The left far too often dwells on gloom and doom. We postulate about the failures of past movements, the crashing economy, the bloodshed in the Middle East, and the wholesale destruction of […]

By Najwa Sheikh Gaza, the land of the continuous pain, and the unfolded stories, the lines of Gaza days are curved by the blood of it’s people, while its nights are drawn by the screams […]

By Alden C. Mayfield Mass population transfers inevitably favor the ruling ethnic majority. Why did relatively weak Tibetan Monks violently trash predominately Chinese owned businesses in the fabled city of Llasha. Colonial population transfers are […]

By Sam Husseini Jeff Cohen — full disclosure: he used to be my boss and is a friend — makes some very valid and important points in "Iraq Winter Soldier Hearings: Victory for Independent Media." […]

By Roni Ben Efrat The blood still boils at the sights that came out of Gaza when Israel invaded in March. At least 107 Palestinians were killed, mostly civilians. Houses collapsed on their inhabitants. Hamas […]