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Eyeless in Gaza
By Uri AvneryThe trouble with war is that it has two sides.Everything would be so much easier if war had only one side. Ours, of course.There you are, drawing up a wonderful plan for the next war,...
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Israel Could Face War Crimes Jeopardy
By Amitabh PalThe Gaza conflict may be over, but the repercussions for Israel linger on, not least whether Israel can be held accountable for violating international law.More than 400 children in Gaza...
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Pressure Mounts on IL University after Canning Salaita
The University of Illinois finds itself at the center of a controversy over academic freedom since it rescinded the offer of a faculty position to Steven Salaita apparently because of his criticism of...
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What Happened to the Cease-Fire in Gaza?
By Uri Avnery The war was over. Families returned to their kibbutzim near Gaza. Kindergartens opened up again. A cease-fire was in force and extended again and again. Obviously, both sides were...
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Behind the Rise of ISIS
Uri AvneryFor six decades my friends and I have warned our people: if we don't make peace with the nationalist Arab forces, we shall be faced with Islamic Arab forces. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
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Palestinian Farmer Spotlights Food Sovereignty
Julia BurkeAli Abd ElRahman has been in the United States for only a few days, but it’s the longest he’s ever lived without having to go through a military checkpoint.ElRahman lives in Jerusalem, and...
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The Poverty of Nationalism
Edward SaidEditor's Note: Just two years after Benjamin Netanyahu took office as leader of Israel for the first time nearly two decades ago, Palestinian writer Edward Said predicted in the pages of The...
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Hamas Fights to a Draw
By Uri AvneryAfter 29 days of fighting (until now), who has won?It is, of course, much too early to draw final conclusions. It will take months and years to sum up all the consequences. But Israeli...
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On Justice for the Palestinians
I.F. StoneEditor's note: This contribution by the late journalist I.F. Stone first appeared in our January 1975 magazine. In a week that saw escalated violence between Israelis and Palestinians, our...
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Torture, Drones, and Hollywood: A Former CIA Operative Talks
Ed RampellRobert Baer, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative who was awarded the Career Intelligence Medal, has a new book out, The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins (Blue Rider Press). His...
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Netanyahu’s Most Expensive Speech
Uri AvneryFor God’s sake, do not mention peace!Elections are a time of great excitement. The streets are plastered with propaganda; politicians talk themselves hoarse; sometimes violent clashes break...
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Netanyahu Still Swaying U.S. Congress
Stephen ZunesIsraeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s speech before a joint session of Congress on March 3 was unprecedented in many ways.It constituted a major breach of protocol, in that it was...
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Saudi Royal Snub: Obama's Incomplete Mission
Asad AbuKhalilUntil King Salman’s notable absence from meetings with the White House this week, the Saudi royal family has managed its relationship with the United States with utmost care. There has...
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Obama Needs to Show Netanyahu Some Tough Love
Submitted by Juan Cole on Tue, 11/10/2015 - 9:41amJuan ColeFar right Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited Washington, D.C., Monday, asking the United States to up its $3 billion a year in...
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Jerusalem Palestinian Rights Activist Speaks Up for the Children
Submitted by Amitabh Pal on Sun, 11/22/2015 - 9:29pmAmitabh PalPhoto courtesy of Sahar Abbasi Baidon"They left me in the room for five hours with my hands tied behind my back and my legs tied to each...
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The Debate We Had, the Debate We Need
Submitted by James Zogby on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:21amJames ZogbySince the end of the Vietnam War, every US president has been consumed with and defined by events in the Middle East. During all this...
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When Every Walk To School Is An Act of Resistance
Submitted by Cassandra Dixon on Wed, 02/10/2016 - 8:20amCassandra DixonA young girl injured by two masked settlers who attacked her with stones as she gathered herbs on the path between the villages of...
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Why Democratic Party Foreign Policy Disappoints
Submitted by Richard Falk on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:44amRichard FalkArt by Heath HinegardnerFor six years, from 2008 to 2014, I acted as United Nations Special Rapporteur for Occupied Palestine, and...
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Hillary and Bernie Part Ways on Israel
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 11:34amStephen ZunesScreenshot taken from MSNBC debate coverageThe foreign policy divide between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders could not have been...
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"Most Progressive Dem Platform in History" Hawkish on Foreign Policy
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 1:25pmStephen ZunesImage by Joeff DavisThe Democratic Party platform may indeed be, as some have proclaimed, the “most progressive” in the history of the...
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