Welcome, Chuck

By Uri Avnery I find Chuck Hagel eminently likeable. I am not quite certain why. Perhaps it’s his war record. He was decorated for valor in the Vietnam War (which I detested). He was a […]

Unchecked Israel Firsters

By Jamal Kanj In current debate over Chuck Hagel’s pick to head the Pentagon, it is becoming self-evident that any political appointment in a US administration must first pass the Israeli litmus test. Pressure from […]

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The State of Palestine Exists

By John V. Whitbeck On January 3, Mahmoud Abbas, acting in his capacities as President of the State of Palestine and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, signed “Decree No. 1 […]

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Syria – A Prize For…?

By Iqbal Jassat While Syria has become synonymous with death and destruction and an enormously costly struggle for control of arguably the most strategic country in the Arab world persists, it is amazing how much […]

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Weird Elections in Israel

By Uri Avnery In a few hundred years, a professor looking for an especially esoteric subject will ask his students to research the Israeli elections of 2013. The students will come back with a unanimous […]

Obama and the Jewish Lobby

By Jamal Kanj The Israeli lobby is flexing its muscle against Barack Obama’s potential nominee to be the next Secretary of Defence. The frontrunner Chuck Hagel is co-chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board […]