The Arab World’s Intifada
The Arab Spring may have started in early 2011, but its origins link directly to the non-violent, society-wide mobilization that transformed Palestine’s national struggle beginning in the late 1980s.
Defunding UNESCO for the 1 Percent
Putting Israeli interests ahead of American interests begins to backfire.
[VIDEO] U.S. Pulls All Funding for UNESCO After Sweeping Vote to Support Palestinian Membership
Democracy Now! interview discussing the world’s symbolic rejection of the U.S.-led peace process, and the U.S. response.
Occupy Wall Street: New Politics and New Milestones
The Occupy Wall Street movement claimed a little scrap of earth in Zuccotti Park on behalf of all of us, and created a live-in soapbox from which to challenge inequality.
The Prisoner Swap
The prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas reflects the power of occupation and the power of changing circumstances.
Ideas, Reaction, and Action in Canada
Efforts to restrict my commentary on the Palestinian statehood bid show that when ideas can still turn into action even – or especially – when someone tries to squelch them.
Answering Obama’s UN Address
Until there is a change in the Obama administration’s policies, the president has little credibility in preaching to the world about the importance of peace.
When Creation Myths Converge: U.S. and Israeli Colonialism
Both the United States and Israeli believed their wildernesses — and those that inhabited them — needed to be tamed.
Kaddish for Oslo
The Oslo Accords produced nothing but settlements and suffering.
“Anti-Price Tag Patrol” Yet More Fuel for Israeli Right’s Fire
“Price taggers” are Israeli settlers who retaliate for IDF removal of Israeli settlers from the West Bank by attacking Palestinians and IDF property.
Blocking Palestinian Statehood
The Obama administration looks particularly bad, having spent so much diplomatic energy throughout the Arab Spring pledging to realign U.S. interests in the Middle East with American values of freedom, justice, and dignity.
Abbas at the United Nations a Game Changer? Maybe.
With the bid for Member State status at the UN, no longer is the failed U.S.-controlled “peace process” the only diplomatic game in town.
How Exactly Does Palestinian Statehood Sabotage the Peace Process?
To avoid U.N. rejection, Palestine — that “serial Rejectionist of peace,” according to an Israeli politician — is ready to compromise.
Bye-Bye “Peace Process” — Palestine Comes to the UN
After 20 years of failed U.S. diplomacy some means of moving the debate out of Washington and into the United Nations remains a vital necessity.
Rick Perry Rallies Against Palestinian Statehood With Israeli and American Jewish Leaders
Rick Perry called for cutting all U.S. aid to the Palestinians if the UN vote goes through, a measure already proposed by members of Congress.