(An open letter to President-Elect Barack Obama) Dear Mr. President-Elect, Barack Obama, First of all, let me convey my heartiest congratulation to you on your election as the President of the United States of America. […]

By Nadia W. Awad – The West Bank  After two years of campaigning, debating and fund-raising, the US presidential elections are finally over. And after probably his first decent night’s sleep in two years, President-Elect […]

By Ghassan Khatib – The West Bank The domestic Israeli political scene and balance of powers have a very strong effect on the peace process and the domestic Palestinian scene. The Israeli balance of power is […]

By James Petras Introduction The role of the mass media (MM) in influencing mass and class behavior has been a central concern among critical writers, especially since the turn of the Twentieth century. Debates and studies on […]

By Stuart Littlewood – London It’s time to register Friends of Israel as an agent of a foreign power The corridors of power at Westminster are swarming with Israel supporters even though the British public […]

By Ivan Eland The Russian military was clearly superior to that of a small country in its "near abroad" – Georgia -but is a "resurgent" Russia a threat to the United States? If the United […]

By IRIN News – Nahr al-Bared, Lebanon he picked plastics and paper off the rubble-filled conveyor belt, Issam Sayyed indicated to a white house behind him pock-marked with bullet holes and with its roof caved […]

By Gilad Atzmon – London Once again America has proven that it can bring a change about. In fact, I would not count on Obama himself to bring a real change, as we all remember, […]

By Ralph Nader Dear Senator Obama: In your nearly two-year presidential campaign, the words "hope and change," "change and hope" have been your trademark declarations. Yet there is an asymmetry between those objectives and your […]

By Uri Avnery – Israel In a day, it seems at the moment, the incredible will happen: the most important "white" country in the world will elect a black president. 143 years after the assassination […]

By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai A fellow traveler, who has been religiously batting for Barack Obama, wrote in this week: "I think through divine intervention, good luck or whatever, Obama has it wrapped up. […]

By Ali Alarabi Is the McCain-Palin campaign getting desperate? Obviously they are and they are getting more than desperate with their ugly attacks on Palestinian American Colombia university professor Rashid Khalidi and his alleged new […]

By Nadia W. Awad – The West Bank After a month of haggling, Tzipi Livni, appointed to replace outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, announced this week that she has not been able to form […]

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank Sticker number six. That is what you should try to avoid at all costs when traveling out of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. For those uneducated in the […]

By Robert Weitzel "You tell me whar a man gits his corn pone, en I’ll tell you what his ’pinions is." – Mark Twain Mark Twain once said “in matters concerning religion and politics a man’s reasoning […]

By Mats Svensson Until  November 2004, Israel lacked a partner for peace. President Arafat was locked up in a prison in Ramallah. He could admittedly receive international dignitaries from the whole world after Israeli approval. […]

By Abid Mustafa – London On the October 26 2008, four U.S. helicopters flew 8 kilometers into Syria from Iraq, and attacked a farm compound in Eastern Syria. The operation led by US Special Forces […]

By Jim Miles The Limits of Power – The End of American Exceptionalism.  Andrew J. Bacevich. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 2008.  Before the war in Iraq started Robert Kagan wrote a […]

By Hussein Al-alak – UK It can only be described as astonishing, the fact that to explain away the failure of the US/UK occupation of Iraq, some people have sunk to a new depth and […]

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Despite his advanced age, the news came as a shock. An era had passed. On October 31, author, activist, actor, broadcaster, and mensch for all seasons Louis "Studs" Terkel died […]

By Brian McAfee With now over 300 reported deaths, 500 injured and thousands rendered homeless as a result of the October 29 earthquake that struck Baluchistan in southwest Pakistan a new need for humanitarian assistance […]

By Ramzy Baroud At a recent conference I was repeatedly asked about the prospects for a third Palestinian uprising, or Intifada. The question, although seemingly uncomplicated, is both loaded and important, and cannot be answered […]

By Anis Hamadeh For the second time now, the Free Gaza Movement successfully challenged the siege of Gaza. A year ago, Israel officially declared the Gaza Strip to be an "enemy entity" filled with enemy people. […]