Postcard From…Bi’lin
Foreigners recently joined a weekly march for peace in the West Bank.
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.
Gaza: Laboratory for the Power-Hungry
The bloodshed in Gaza was a testing ground for dangerous hypotheses about far greater global political issues.
Detaining the United Nations
Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, wasn’t allowed into Israel on a recent trip. That action fits a pattern of Israeli efforts to hide the human consequences of the siege of Gaza and of the escalating settlement expansion in the West Bank.
On the Brink of Peace in the Middle East?
A convergence of interests in the region provide a golden opportunity for the United States to reverse its policy and help bring peace to the Middle East.
The End of History: With a Period, Not a Question Mark
A letter from Abu Dis, Occupied West Bank.
U.S. Steps Up Efforts to Prolong Iraq Occupation
UFPJ Talking Points #59: U.S. trying to “legalize” permanent occupation of Iraq; Shifting discourse on Israel-Palestine
Obama’s Right Turn?
In his recent AIPAC speech, Barack Obama veers right.
Free Trade Follies
Although Iraq is the defining foreign policy issue so far in the presidential race, China will no doubt be smuggled into the election through this rather stark contrast between the Republicans and Democrats over trade.
Second Thoughts
George W. Bush has probably pushed more people to the left than Noam Chomsky.
Middle East Still at War
UFPJ Talking Points #58: The U.S. is losing but the winners are unclear.
The Day Diplomacy Died
In our special Memorial Day edition, World Beat is publishing an obituary for Diplomacy, which died prematurely last week after an extended illness.
Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie
Join Craig and Cindy Corrie, along with IPS fellow Phyllis Bennis, who will be introducing and reading from the just-released book Let Me Stand Alone: the Journals of Rachel Corrie.
This is a collection of writings of the young peace activist/poet/thinker whose death at the hands of an Israeli soldier driving a U.S.-supplied armored Caterpillar bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003 brought new attention and new mobilization to the issue of U.S. support for the Israeli occupation. Before her death at age 23, Rachel had been an inveterate writer, diarist, poet, and communicator. Her book, put together by her family, reverberates with echoes of her long-held belief in the unity of humanity.
"We have got to understand that they dream our dreams, and we dream theirs."
Bush’s Last State of the Union
Stephen Zunes tells you the real story behind the president’s latest speech.
Sovereignty Through Decentralization
To bring development, reconciliation, and stability to conflict areas, it’s better to think local.