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Month: September 2013
Oslo Failure Finally Acknowledged Two Decades Later
By Iqbal Jassat 20 years ago when the Oslo accords were signed on the White House lawn amidst a huge amount of fanfare, a Palestinian voice made a compelling argument against it. The voice belonged […]
Tale of Two Cities: Ramallah, Gaza and the Identity Crisis
By Ramzy Baroud The distance between Gaza and Ramallah in sheer miles is hardly significant. But in actuality, both cities represent two different political realities, with inescapable cultural and socioeconomic dimensions. Their geopolitical horizons are […]
Syrian Complexities and the Geopolitical Context
By Zaakir Ahmed Mayet The world seems to be spiraling out of control. As murder, death and wanton destruction becomes the order of the day; these realities are demonstrated in Syria. The mass slaughter occurring […]
The Shortest Path to Peace in Syria
By Nicola Nasser Because “defensive alliances which have fixed and limited objectives are often more durable,” the “Syria-Iran alliance has survived” more than three decades of unwavering and insistent US – led military, economic, diplomatic […]
US Threats Syria: Powerful – but Amazing
By Jamal Kanj The myopic view of the world’s most powerful men in Washington never ceases to amaze me. I am reminded of the 1980s when then American president Ronald Reagan compared the Afghan Mujahideen […]
Beyond Tribal Loyalties – Book Review
Reviewed by Hatim Kanaaneh (Beyond Tribal Loyalties –Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activities. Avigail Abarbanel, Editor; Cambridge Scholars Publishing; 2012.) Of late, the atmosphere in The Middle East has been murky; indeed murkier than usual. […]
Chomsky on ‘Peace Talks’ and the Syria War – Interview
Frank Barat Talks to Professor Noam Chomsky Frank Barat: What is the definition of negotiations in Israel-US language and why is the Palestinian Authority playing along? Noam Chomsky: From the U.S. point of view, negotiations […]
‘Shout Out’ for Syrian Opposition Lobby in USA?
By Iqbal Jassat Shocking details unearthed by award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal reveal a gory mix of shady PR operatives with links to Israel, behind an active push for war on Syria. This comes against the […]
Israeli Forces Issue 4 Demolition Orders in Jerusalem
Israeli municipality staff and police issued four demolition orders for commercial properties in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Sunday, a local group said. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that Israeli forces raided […]
Israel’s Lobbyists Pushing Hard for another War in the Middle East
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara Two million refugees out of Syria, some of them Palestinian refugees from 1948 and 1967 and some Iraqi refugees from 2004. They are the consequences of war and yet the […]
Munich, Syria, and Intervention
By Binoy Kampmark Historical analogies can be effective tools to command attention. They can also be grotesque fabrications and dangerous distortions. Each historical event has its own locale of development, its own forces, and distinctiveness. […]
The Return of the Golems
By William A. Cook ‘AIPAC urges Congress to grant the President the authority he has requested to protect America’s national security interests and dissuade the Syrian regime’s further use of unconventional weapons. The civilized world […]
Hundreds of PFLP Supporters Protest against Peace Talks
Hundreds of people marched in Ramallah on Saturday to protest against peace negotiations with Israel. The march was organized by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to protest a return to peace talks […]
John Kerry Sells a War that Americans Aren’t Buying
By Medea Benjamin It was September 19, 2002, and US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was scheduled to address the Senate Armed Services Committee about why it was necessary to invade a country that never […]
Stopping Barry O’Bomber’s Rush to War
By Ralph Nader Dear President Obama: Little did your school boy chums in Hawaii, watching you race up and down the basketball court, know how prescient they were when they nicknamed you “Barry O’Bomber”. Little […]
Israeli Forces Detain 5 During Al-Aqsa Clashes
Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces after Jewish rightists entered the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday, locals said. Local youths threw stones at a group of around 40 Israeli rightists who entered the […]
Oslo Dead but Still Matters: Abbas’s Village Leagues and Palestinian Silence
By Ramzy Baroud Suppose several armored vehicles belonging to a branch of the Palestinian Authority raided an Israeli border village at the eve of a new round of peace negotiations. One can picture PA President […]
Jordan Invites US Targets for Syrian Retaliation
By Nicola Nasser Located at the crossroads of several regional crises, including the Palestinian – Israeli and Iraqi conflicts, Jordan has been in the eye of the Syrian storm for more than thirty months, and […]
Normalizing Israel – The Almond Tree Book Review
By Vacy Vlazna Jewish American, Michelle Cohen Corasanti’s The Almond Tree should be retitled, The Normal Tree, because, as Shahada, the tree is witness, since 1947, to the normal daily atrocities by the Israeli occupiers […]
François Hollande and the ICC
By John V. Whitbeck Now that Prime Minister David Cameron has sought parliamentary approval for “military action” against Syria and President Barack Obama has announced his intention to seek congressional approval, can President François Hollande, […]
Egyptian Army Demolishes Homes, Tunnels along Gaza Border
Egyptian forces have demolished six tunnels and 20 homes near the Gaza border since Sunday, an Egyptian security official said Monday. Egyptian forces used explosives to destroy four smuggling tunnels in the Sarsuriyya neighborhood on […]
The Consequences of Cameron’s Syria Defeat
By Deepak Tripathi The defeat of British Prime Minister David Cameron in Parliament over his plan for “humanitarian intervention” in Syria to “protect civilians from President Assad’s chemical attacks” is one of the most significant […]
Striking Syria: Illegal, Immoral, and Dangerous
By Phyllis Bennis If I were very optimistic, I’d say that President Obama is hoping that Congress will follow the example of the British parliament, and vote against his proposed military strike on Syria. It […]