By Natalie Abu Shakra – Gaza His green eyes divert in the opposite direction as I look into them. He smiles at me shyly, sadly, forlornly. I stand against the magnitude of a man, too […]

By Rannie Amiri "They are trying to silence the voices that criticize the [Egyptian] government’s performance and send a message by assaulting and kidnapping, to say that criticism will not be tolerated." — Gamal Eid, […]

By Robin Yassin-Kassab ‘I do not hate (Israelis) for being Jewish or Israeli but because of what they have done to us. Because of the acts of occupation. It is difficult to forget what was […]

By Dina Jadallah-Taschler It really is time to be biased, and emphatically so. Biased against racism, injustice and oppression.  The assault on Gaza and its wake leave the Palestinians on uncertain ground. On the one […]

By Ron Jacobs On Friday, February 6, the University of Rochester-SDS (UR-SDS) organized an occupation of Goergen Hall at the University of Rochester for peace and solidarity with the Palestinians. The action was partially inspired […]

By Ali Fathollah-Nejad Germany’s most prominent political debate TV program ‘Anne Will’ had announced to run a show on Gaza on 11 January, but in what many observers believe to be an unprecedented step canceled […]

By Uri Avnery – Israel Tantalus is punished by the Gods for reasons that are not entirely clear. He is hungry and thirsty, but the water in which he stands recedes when he bends down […]

By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Slumdog Millionaire continues to rock. Unlike most movies in this genre and class, it has had a dream run at the box office as well as managed to capture […]

By Jim Miles Israel’s Occupation. Neve Gordon. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 2008. There are many sources of information from websites through newspapers to books that carry significant referenced information about the history and […]

By Christina Jung – Seoul Israel’s offensive against Gaza has been just as much about a war of words as it has been about a war of military assault. With an aggressive public relations campaign, […]

By Nicola Nasser – The West Bank Dust of Tuesday’s voting battle settled down and the battle of forming the next Israeli government has just begun. With Benjamin Netanyahu poised for premiership and Avigdor Lieberman, […]

By M. Shahid Alam As the United States prepares to escalate its eight-year war against the Taliban, it might be useful to weigh its chances of success. Consider, first, the fate of three previous invasions […]

By Ramzy Baroud When Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared before a cheering crowd in Doha, Qatar, on January 28, the need for a new leadership, his words generated panic amongst leaders of the West Bank-based […]

By Stuart Littlewood – London God whispered in the Church of England’s ear and it dumped its shares in Caterpillar. This House of God had about £2.5m invested in a company that manufactures one of Israel’s […]

By William A. Cook ‘We should try to spirit the penniless Arab population across the borders by procuring employment for it in transit countries, while denying it any employment in our own country. Both the […]

By Neve Gordon – Israel Israelis have had their say at the polls, and now it is up to the world, and particularly the Obama administration, to respond. Thirty-three parties ran for the Knesset (the […]

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By Nadine Rosa-Rosso – Brussels (Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a speech delivered by Nadine Rosa-Rosso at the Beirut International Forum for Resistance, Anti-Imperialism, Solidarity between Peoples and Alternatives, held from January […]

By Joharah Baker This year’s general elections in Israel will go down in history as one of the tightest races ever. While Kadima head and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s centrist party has claimed a slight […]

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago The language is softened and deceptive. The strategy and tactics are not. The "war on terror" continues. Promised change is talk, not policy. Just look at Obama’s "war cabinet," discussed […]