Netanyahu Visits the White House: Change We Can Believe in for U.S.-Israeli Relations?
Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Obama has the chance to make good on real change in U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Postcard From…Bi’lin
Foreigners recently joined a weekly march for peace in the West Bank.
Missing an Anti-Racism Moment
The Obama administration boycotted the UN conference on racism and missed a golden opportunity.
Israeli Policy Gives Jews a Bad Name
Jewish tradition teaches each person to strive to become a pillar of ethics, learn the law and behave so as to answer to God for transgressions — not to rulers of a so-called Jewish state. There’s a difference between being anti-Israel and anti-Semitic.
Israel: Rise of the Right
In its recent elections Israel witnessed the rise of the right, the extreme right, and the fascist right.
Israel May Escape War Crimes Charges
Despite massive violations of international law, difficulties abound in holding Israeli officials accountable.
Terrorists, Freedom Fighters, or Schlemiels? You Pick
With or without anticipation, Israeli policies helped shape the kinds of enemies that pledge to sacrifice their lives to fight the Jewish state.
Gaza: Laboratory for the Power-Hungry
The bloodshed in Gaza was a testing ground for dangerous hypotheses about far greater global political issues.
Gaza Under Siege
Gaza is now synonymous with carnage, rising death tolls, destroyed schools, and city streets slick with blood.
Reason for War?
The world witnessed another lopsided war in which Israel delivered a deadly round of rockets and bombs into civilian neighborhoods in Gaza.
We’re in This Together
As our economy continues to decline, “common security clubs” are one way people can support each other and take action for a more just future.
Gaza: Israel, Washington to Blame
President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to restore America’s image in the world. He should start by elevating peace and justice in the Middle East over war and occupation.
U.S. Blocks UN Security Council Vote Calling for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza
Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! interviews Phyllis Bennis on the UN Security Council’s meeting on Gaza.
A Letter to the New York Times on the Gaza Crisis
The Israeli airstrikes are a clear violation of international humanitarian law.
Gaza Crisis: Israeli Violations & U.S. Complicity
The Israeli airstrikes represent serious violations of international law—including the Geneva Conventions and a range of international humanitarian law—and the U.S. is complicit in all of it.