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The White Lie of Herzl

By Uri Avnery This coming Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Israel will consider an application by a group of Israeli citizens to compel the Interior Ministry to register them as belonging to the “Israeli nation”. […]

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What Next for Bibi and Obama?

By George S. Hishmeh – Washington There is increasing doubt in the Arab World and elsewhere that Israel is seriously interested in negotiating peace with its neighbors the Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. That doubt has […]

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Footnotes in Gaza

By Robin Yassin-Kassab Footnotes in Gaza: A Graphic Novel. Joe Sacco. Metropolitan Books, 2009. This is not what you expect: an accomplished and self-reflective work of history enclosed within a layer of war reportage – […]

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Getting Away With Murder

By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Check this out. Here’s a story of two countries from the Middle East. One is an ancient civilization with a rich history that goes back five thousand years. It’s a […]

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Israel Annexes West Bank Mosques

The Israeli occupation authorities have decided to place two historic mosques in the occupied West Bank to a list of alleged Jewish heritage sites, drawing immediate rebuke from Palestinians and Israelis alike. "This announcement is […]

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Dubious in Dubai

By Uri Avnery From time to time I ask myself: what would happen if the world’s governments decided to abolish all their spy agencies simultaneously?  True, it would be a great blow to the authors […]