By Stephen Lendman They’re called "Refuseniks" but not for refusing to serve. They’ve done it proudly and courageously, and here’s how "Courage to Refuse" members state their position: "We, reserve officers and soldiers of the […]

By Gaither Stewart After the fall of Soviet Communism some political scientists came to believe that the terms Left and Right no longer made sense, that they were actually the same. Before his death in […]

By Dan Lieberman A century old conflict between the state of Israel and stateless Palestinians, many of whom have been disposed from lands that created the Israel state, has precipitated a argument: Is it preferable […]

By Franklin Lamb in Lebanon Part I: Historical Context and Current Posturing “The Bush administration parking a flotilla from its US 6th fleet off the coast of Lebanon was made necessary, it claims, to demonstrate Washington’s […]

By Ramzy Baroud Just days after the Hamas-Fatah clash last June in Gaza, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looked firm and composed as he shook hands with members of his new emergency government. He made […]

By Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi Sixty years after the Nakba, the catastrophe, Palestinians are still without a state. They are living under occupation, many are in refugee camps, others are scattered around the world, and a […]

By Linda S. Heard Many throughout the Muslim world and beyond are asking this question: What are the real reasons behind the US invasion of Iraq and its wish to overthrow the governments of Syria […]

By Dr. Elias Akleh Former American President Jimmy Carter had always been atypical president. His personal life, his presidency, his political and humanitarian services are totally different than the rest of the American presidents. He […]

By Paul Findley Candidates for public office, high and low, are bewitched -frightened is the more accurate word – by an unwarranted but costly fear of the US lobby that functions on behalf of the […]

By William A. Cook "The voice of your brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground." May 14th, 2008, marks the anniversary of two momentous events, the “Declaration of Independence” of the new born state […]

By Ivan Eland At the passing of the 25th anniversary of the 1983 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon—the first large suicide bombing to target Americans—the time is right to ask the perennial […]

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 […]