By D. Elias Akleh Reports about the latest Lebanese conflict talked only about the symptoms of the conflict and ignored its root causes. The Lebanese political infrastructure was deliberately formed, since its independence in 1943, […]

By Stephen Lendman Led by Dick Cheney, Bush administration neocons want war on Iran. So does the Israeli Lobby, but it doesn’t mean they’ll get it. Powerful forces in Washington and the Pentagon are opposed […]

By Jim Miles Common Wealth – Economics for a Crowded Planet.  Jeffrey D. Sachs, Penguin Press, NY, 2008. Economists…some so intent on their money, not able to truly release themselves from their fundamental neoliberal values, […]

By Reham Alhelsi As Palestinians all over the world commemorate the Nakba and 60 years of on-going zionist ethnic cleansing, murder and apartheid, there is one aspect of our Palestinian identity that survived despite all […]

By Suzanne Baroud Nothing seems to work right for Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton in her attempts to once more dwell in the White House. Senator Barack Obama, despite inflated controversies continued his glide to the […]

By Franklin Lamb in Beirut Saturday Afternoon May 10 2008 witnessed a pronounced easing of tension. Is a solution at hand? Based on a US Congressional source, the Siniora government is reportedly able, with US […]

By Rannie Amiri "If we wanted to stage a coup, you would have woken up this morning in prison, or in the middle of the sea. We do not want that. It is a political […]

By Ramzy Baroud The data provided in the US State Department’s annual terrorism report for 2007 points to some interesting if puzzling conclusions. The much publicised document, made available 30 April via the State Department’s […]

By Katherine Mukhar (Dedicated to the Palestinians in their continual fight for freedom) Vultures swoop aboveWhile I, their future prey,Must stand aloneBeneath the sunTo face my deathWithout an ounce of fear.I will not succumbTo what […]

By Aijaz Zaka Syed My youngest one is as old as the young son of Sami Al Hajj, the Al Jazeera cameraman who was carried home to freedom on a stretcher this week, after seven […]

By Franklin Lamb,Outside Beirut’s Closed Airport "The question is no longer why, for the answer has become clear. However, what is the secret behind the timing of this? What is being prepared for the future […]

By Kim Bullimore Abu Zureyk, Al Abbasiyya, Abu Shusha, Ayan az Zaytun, Awlam, Azz Zema, AHaiqia, Balad ash Sheikh, Bayt Daras, Beer Sheba, Bi’ne, Burayr, al Dawayima, Dayr el Asad, Deir Yassin, Eilbourn, Haifa, Hawwassa, […]

By Stephen Lendman Ramzy Baroud is a veteran Palestinian-American journalist and former Al-Jazeera producer. He also taught Mass Communication at Australia’s Curtin University of Technology and is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Chronicle, […]

By Suzanne Baroud Media pundits can say what they may about Ralph Nader, but the fact remains that he is an upright man of political prudence, foresightedness, and principles rarely matched by the highly touted […]

By Ivan Eland More memos recently have surfaced that were written early in the Bush administration by John C. Yoo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel — the man who gave us the […]

By Jim Miles Our Eyes and "Dreams of Home" created by the children of Lajee Center with Rich Wiles.  Lajee Center, Bethlehem, Palestine.  2007. (For more info visit: www.Lajee.org) Our Eyes The pictures arrive at […]

By Omar Barghouti In 1965, the American Committee on Africa [1], following the lead of prominent British arts associations, sponsored a historic declaration against South African apartheid, signed by more than 60 cultural personalities. It […]

By Miko Peled Israel’s assault on the people of Gaza is so horrendous that it will not soon be forgotten. This vicious attempt by Israel to destroy an entire nation has tipped the scales for […]

By William James Martin Former President Jimmy Carter’s independent Middle East diplomacy is nothing less than a coup of the American foreign policy of the Bush administration. Carter has now met twice with the representatives […]

By Uri Avnery Every time I hear the voice of David Ben-Gurion uttering the words "Therefore we are gathered here..," I think of Issar Barsky, a charming youngster, the little brother of a girl-friend of mine. […]

By Dr. Elias Akleh Greek Orthodox Christian celebrations of Saturday’s Holy Fire and Sunday’s Easter in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem late April were violated and spoiled by aggressive interruptions of Israeli […]

By Gaither Stewart I feel sick.She says I’m sick in the head.Actually I’m sick in the heart, sick in my viscera. My head reels, I feel chronic vertigo.She says it’s only paranoia.I tell her the […]

By Stephen Lendman On May 14, Israelis will commemorate the 60th anniversary of their "War of Independence" and founding of the Jewish State. It also marks 60 years of Palestinian Nakba suffering. The web site […]

By Tim Collins If the recent flurry of Mideast diplomatic activity is any indication, a new chapter in Israeli-Palestinian relations may soon unfold. En route to London to meet with the Middle East Peace Quartet […]

By Franklin Lamb in Lebanon Part IV: Bait, Hook and Switch: the US Offer and the Quid Pro Quo "Absolutely not! Without a credible deterrent force, there is no real Lebanese sovereignty. Israel came very […]