By Franklin Lamb – Shatila Refugee Camp, Beirut "Our Resistance continues, the Sacred Cause of all people of good will endures, and the Dream of our full Return shall never die!" – 14 year old […]

By Uri Avnery As an Israeli, I am ashamed. An incumbent Prime Minister has been compelled to resign because of personal corruption. How awful! As an Israeli, I am proud. An incumbent Prime Minister has […]

By Deepak Tripathi As George W. Bush limps towards the finish line of his turbulent presidency, two recent events on the other side of the globe, in the region that has been the main battleground […]

By John Chuckman Sarah Palin is not qualified for high office, and she has proved it in two interviews, if you were listening, but it was equally clear eight years ago that George Bush was […]

By Ivan Eland In the twilight of his eight-year term, George W. Bush is the loneliest guy in town these days. Remember him? With the economy in the tank, the Iraq War dragging on with […]

By Omar Barghouti – Jerusalem Israeli security officers at Tel-Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Airport Tuesday forced an African-American member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater — by far the best-known touring company in the United States […]

By Will Youmans – Washington An informal group of prominent Palestinian academics, politicians and activists published a stimulating document that raises questions and offers solutions about Palestinian national strategy. It follows a growing sense of […]

By Nicola Nasser – The West Bank For the first time, since the U.S.-hosted Annapolis conference on November 27 last year re-launched the Palestinian – Israeli negotiations, which were interrupted by the Al-Aqsa Intifada in […]

By Frank Barat Many Palestinians that I met during my travels in the West Bank told me that to know what Palestine really was about and meant, I had to go to Nablus. Most of […]

By Kevin B. Zeese The campaigns are in full gear, the candidates are picked, TV ads are running, and election corruption is taking hold.  Around the country, particularly in swing states, there are stories of […]

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali Seven years after 9/11, hostility towards the US remains at shocking levels in the Muslim world where the US has followed a double standard policy. Its relationship with the Muslim nations […]

By Mamoon Alabbasi – London A top Saudi cleric is reported to have issued a religious decree claiming that it is

By Ramzy Baroud Few would argue that the indirect Israel-Syria talks through Turkish mediation, which were first announced 21 May, were a sign of political maturity and readiness for peace. In fact, while the discussions […]

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank The Arab ministers are calling for it, Palestinian intellectuals and political pundits are espousing it and the people are hoping for it. Hamas and Fateh need to patch […]

By Rannie Amiri "God, the Exalted and Glorious, desired to maintain equality between His creatures and make the rich person experience hunger and pain so that he may have pity on the weak and mercy […]

By Stuart Littlewood – London The party conference season is in full swing in the UK and the Liberal Democrats begin theirs this weekend. The agenda includes a motion to endorse Policy Paper 74, "Britain’s Global […]

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali Seven years after 9/11, Muslims in America remained at the receiving end with assault on their civil rights and their faith in the name of “war on terror.” Muslims are the […]

By James Petras "Washington is forced to watch other powers shape events." — (Financial Times August 25, 2008) Introduction Everywhere one looks, US imperial policy has suffered major military and diplomatic defeats. With the backing […]

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank Recently, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak floated an old/new idea of allowing certain Palestinian populated areas around Jerusalem to become the capital of any future Palestinian state. The […]

By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Where is the rage? Where is the Arab chivalry (nakhwa)? Where is the Islamic passion (Rahmah)? Where are the Arab human rights organizations? Where are Abu Mazin and the rest of […]

By M. Shahid Alam "There has been Anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept […]

By Stuart Littlewood – London I have just stumbled across an important-looking report entitled ‘Regaining the Initiative – Palestinian Strategic Options to End Israeli Occupation’ by the Palestine Strategy Group. It is dated August 2008, […]

By Sonja Karkar – Melbourne, Australia Last night as I lay in bed wishing for sleep, I thought I saw a spider scurry across the moonlit ceiling.   I closed my eyes only to have uninvited […]

By Jeff Halper So rapid is the pace of systemic change in that indivisible entity known as Palestine/Israel that it almost defies our ability to keep up with it. The deliberate and systematic campaign of […]

By William A. Cook "I would rather lose a campaign than lose a war, apparently Senator Obama would rather lose a war than lose a campaign." (John McCain, daily) With this self-righteous and pseudo-truism becoming […]

By Kevin Zeese The Republican Convention was an early Halloween Party. The leaders of the party, including Sen. John McCain, dressing up and pretending to be something they are not. The party in power for […]