By Gaither Stewart      Without a tear in their grim eyes, They sit at the loom, the rage of despair on their faces: We have suffered and hunger’d long enough; ‘0ld Germany, we are weaving a […]

By Khalid Amayreh in Occupied Jerusalem The government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of illegal Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores in the Gulf emirate. […]

By Robert Weitzel For twenty-four years the archconservative, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith—formerly the Holy Office of the Inquisition. As the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog, he […]

By Katherine Mukhar We, the complacent onesBasking with Peacepontificate:"They are wrong!Why resist?Stop the terrorists!” We, the complacent onesWith PeaceAs our house guestCome and go freelyWe have a voiceYet remain silentGagged by Apathy We, the complacent […]

By Jamil I. Toubbeh If John Milton were constructing his epic, Paradise Lost, today Zionism would be his protagonist Lucifer, Adam and Eve his US and its seven-member cherubic choir, the G8. *** Dr. Ruth […]

By James Petras Introduction The sustained vituperative attack and the feeble apologetic defense of Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s brilliant, eloquent and substantive sermon in defense of human dignity speaks to the basic ethical, political and strategic […]

By Aijaz Zaka Syed Two scenes from the Middle East this week offer an amazing study in contrast. They demonstrate how the region has dramatically changed over the past few years. And yet, the more […]

By Uri Avnery Tonight the Jews all over the world will celebrate the Seder, the unique ceremony that unites Jews everywhere in the defining Jewish myth: the Exodus from Egypt. Every year I marvel again at […]

By Gaither Stewart The World goes round and round and human beings say and do the same things again and again, so that it seems there is truly nothing new under the sun. The perplexing […]

By Mahmoud El-Yousseph Newsflash: Carter denied permission into Gaza by Israel! The former U.S. president is currently on a peace mission in the Middle East as the head of Carter Center for Peace and not […]

By Rannie Amiri This week witnessed the online debut of a new, self-styled “pro-peace, pro-Israel” lobby dubbed J Street, and its affiliated political action committee, JStreetPAC. Purposely named after a fictional street in the nation’s […]

By Mahmoud al-Zahar in Gaza President Jimmy Carter’s sensible plan to visit the Hamas leadership this week brings honesty and pragmatism to the Middle East while underscoring the fact that American policy has reached its […]

By Ramzy Baroud A memorable quote in Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) still carries a wealth of relevance. He writes, "They own the [holy] land, just the mere land, and that’s all they do […]

By Eileen Fleming I have known and worked with Riad Hamad, founder of the Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund for over three years. It was reported to me he committed suicide two days ago. Riad was […]

By Stephen Lendman For many readers, Sami Al-Arian needs no introduction. For others, here’s a brief snapshot of his case before updating his current status: — Al-Arian is a Kuwaiti-born son of Palestinian refugees who […]

By Jim Miles The Perils of Empire.  James Laxer.  Viking (Penguin), Toronto. 2008. The concept of empire has been discussed quite rigorously by various authors since the advent of the Bush administration, with views ranging […]

By Kathy Kelly U.S. Senators and Representatives are finding common ground in asking that Iraqis begin picking up the tab for the cost of war, so an April 14 AP article by Anne Flaherty reported. […]

By Mats Svensson Mavivi comes from South Africa and is for the first time in Gaza to speak with women’s organisations, students, civil servants and political fractions. For 18 years she was part of the […]

By Gaither Stewart in Rome How much laughter and tears, consternation and gnashing of teeth Silvio Berlusconi continues to provoke in Italy, Europe and the world. Now, after a two-year interim out of power during […]

By Dan Glazebrook Robert Fisk has a well-earned reputation as one of the most honest and hard hitting foreign correspondents in the British media. He has worked in Northern Ireland, where he exposed the presence […]

By Amnesty International The Israeli government should immediately order a full and independent investigation into yesterday’s killings of Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International said today. “Yesterday’s strikes, which the […]

By Joharah Baker Art, in all its forms, has always been an elevated expression of reality. Good art has the ability to see beyond the obvious and delve into the unknown, finding hidden secrets and […]

By Kim Bullimore in the West Bank Today I witnessed, for the first time, a Palestinian child being abducted by the Israeli Occupation Forces. This, of course, is not the first time that a Palestinian […]

By Monica Hill Spirits lifted last January when most of an 8.5-mile wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt came tumbling down and Palestinian women led the way across the border — to food, medicine […]