By Dr. Elias Akleh When twelve good American jurors acquit a group of defendants from all charges, and twelve other good American jurors convict them of all the charges in a second trial, one cannot […]

By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A broad coalition of Jewish lobby groups has made a series of breakthroughs this year in its campaign to link the question of justice for millions of Palestinian refugees with justice […]

By Miko Peled  Besides restoring my faith in humanity, Barak Obama’s victory made me think of one thing: The first Palestinian Prime Minister in a post Zionist, secular, democratic state in Palestine/Israel. This may sound […]

By Nicola Nasser – The West Bank Palestinian-Israeli peace-making can only deliver if Palestinians are united, but the current Annapolis "peace process" was launched first of all as a blueprint for perpetuating the inter-Palestinian divide. […]

By Deepak Tripathi It is tempting to see Barack Obama as an antiwar leader because of his opposition to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. As the next president of the United States, he […]

By Alden C. Mayfield – Seoul The stubborn plague of racism refuses to die. First, Biological racism argued that the "white" race was inherently superior to all other races. This concept of European racism justified its […]

By Ola Attallah – Gaza City The Israeli navy prevented on Monday, December 1, a Libyan aid ship from sailing into Gaza, sending a clear warning to Arabs not to try to break its long-running […]

By Ivan Eland Upon Barack Obama’s election, the Russians made threats to U.S. allies over their acceptance of a U.S. missile defense system. Also, Russia recently sent its first large military force to Latin America […]

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago The Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) was the largest American Muslim charity until the Bush administration falsely declared it an enemy of the state and shut […]

By Uri Avnery – Israel The Israeli Obama. What will he look like, the Israeli counterpart of Barack Obama? What will be his attributes? That is a tantalizing question. It goes without saying that one […]

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank On a recent trip to Milan, Italy, I spotted three teenage girls strolling through the famed Duomo area of the city. For the most part, the girls looked […]

By IRIN News Food aid accounts for over two thirds of the 2009 US$462 million requested by UN agencies and NGOs to fund humanitarian aid programmes in the occupied Palestinian Territories (oPt). Food accounts for […]

By James Petras "The deal South Korea’s Daewoo Logistics is negotiating with the Madagascar Government looks rapacious…The Madagascan case looks neo-colonial…The Madagascan people stand to lose half of their arable land." — Financial Times Editorial, […]

By Robert Weitzel "With [traditional Israeli defense strategists] it’s all about tanks and land and controlling territories… and this hilltop and that hilltop. All these things are worthless." – Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Soon after […]

By Sonja Karkar What kind of government in the 21st century can deny another people basic human rights — that is, the right to food, water, shelter, security and dignity? What kind of government imposes […]

By Stuart Littlewood – London Who could have believed that by Christmas 2008 the West would still be unable to summon up courage to discipline Israel for crimes against the Palestinians? The cruel siege of […]

By Ramzy Baroud When Gaza’s electricity is in working order, most Palestinians in the impoverished and overcrowded Strip huddle around their television screens. It’s neither "American Idol" nor "Dancing with the Stars" that brings them […]

By Hany Ramadan – Cairo The Gaza Strip has been living under an Israeli 16-month-old despicable siege, which is now reaching its most harshly shocking pinnacle. In addition to blocking the flow of food, medical […]

By Iqbal Jassat – South Africa The imminent departure of America’s leader from the White House, signals the end of eight disastrous years under the Bush administration. As biographers and others prepare to document a […]

By Ola Attallah – Gaza City Abu-Samir Nafei is desperate. The father of seven toured Gaza City for hours trying to buy bread for his hungry children back home. "I sought every single bakery around, […]

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Imagine life under these conditions: Living in limbo under a foreign occupier. Having no self-determination, no right of return, and no power over your daily life. Being in constant fear, […]

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank On Sunday, November 23, the PLO Central Council elected Mahmoud Abbas the President of Palestine. The last president the Palestinians had was Yasser Arafat, or Abu Ammar, who […]