By Rannie Amiri "Obviously he will influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn’t he be? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going to clean the floors of the White House." – Dr. Benjamin […]

By Robert Weitzel On Election Day, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! went to Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem to interview voters. She asked 18-year-old Diamond, a first-time voter, why she voted for Barack Obama: “Because […]

By Uri Avnery – Israel When I told this to Anwar Sadat, he laughed: "The moment the door of your airplane opened, all Israelis held their breath. I live on a main street in Tel-Aviv, […]

By Ali Alarabi Hillary is being considered for the top job at the State Department? Well, what does that mean for American politics and more, what does it mean for the Middle East? Whether it will be […]

By Gilad Atzmon – London Waltz With Bashir is a breath-taking new Israeli film, an animated documentary directed by Ari Folman. In 1982 (First Lebanon War), Folman was a 19-year-old IDF infantry soldier. Twenty-four years […]

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank For the Jews, certain words have become taboo, especially when used by non-Jews. These include Holocaust, Apartheid and Nazism. Because of the atrocities that took place against Jews […]

By Tariq A. Al-Maeena – Jedda At the entrance of a bank, I bumped into Adam, an acquaintance from some times back. Adam was beaming, his brilliantly white teeth plastered across his dark face. When I […]

By Hiyam Noir – Gaza Last Friday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Israeli government to keep in mind its legal responsibility to deliver urgent and steady supply of sufficient fuel and humanitarian […]

By Kevin Zeese October saw an increase in bankruptcies — 108,595, an average of 4,936 every business day. President Bush hosted the G-20 summit –the official menu included fruitwood-smoked quail, thyme-roasted rack of lamb and […]

The Hon Kevin RuddPrime Minister of AustraliaParliament House, Canberra 2600 Dear Prime Minister, I am writing to you about the situation in Gaza and the urgent need for the world community – including Australia – […]

By Aijaz Zaka Syed Dear Mr Obama, Salaam, I am not sure if this will ever pass your eyes. At a time when the whole world is excited about your landmark election and everybody who […]

By Ramzy Baroud There are a few buzzwords that every American politician, aiming for high office must utilize, even if disingenuously, to have a reasonable chance at getting elected. President-elect, Barak Obama’s constant use of […]

By Ramzy Baroud My right knee is wrapped. My left ankle is iced. I lost the nail on my right big toe, and have about 20 blisters and a similar number of bruises on both […]

By Sam Leibowitz and Mazin Qumsiyeh As the endless negotiations between Israeli government and Palestinian Authority officials regurgitate old arguments while making no progress, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians are paying attention to […]

By Ralph Nader Barack Obama is receiving lots of advice from many people these days about the collapse of Wall Street, the sinking economy and the quagmire wars he will inherit from the Bush regime. […]

By Paul Craig Roberts If the change President-elect Obama has promised includes a halt to America’s wars of aggression and an end to the rip-off of taxpayers by powerful financial interests, what explains Obama’s choice […]

By Eva Bartlett – Gaza Gaza is host to a new power outage. It came the evening of the day when a delegation of 11 European Members of Parliament had visited Gaza’s only power plant, […]

By Sonja Karkar – Melbourne The illegal settlement movement, supported by every Israeli administration to date, has burgeoned out of control and its right wing leaders are vehemently opposed to negotiating land for peace. We […]

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank Whichever way you slice it, the cancelled reconciliation talks slated to have taken place in Cairo on November 9 is bad news. If our goal is to merely […]

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago On October 28, the Financial Times’ columnist Martin Wolf wrote: "Preventing a global slump must be the priority." He cited Nouriel Roubini back in February listing "twelve steps to financial […]

By Ron Taylor "The children face beatings from settlers," says O. "Sometimes they spend all day in fear. The settlers must leave. If the settlers are here there is no safety, only fear." O is […]