June 18 2013

6 Singing sensation Mohammad Assaf has given us a ‘national umbrella’ — writes Palestinian political prisoner

7 State officials in California sign letter denouncing BDS movement on college campuses

10 After Kerry visit, Israeli and Palestinian leaders quietly re-open economic negotiations

5 Snowden shows up Obama on leadership

9 Taking on Bill Clinton and the ‘bigshots’, Chris Matthews says American people are opposed to Syrian intervention

4 Judge who acquitted war criminals at Hague had ‘close and confidential relations’ with U.S. gov’t

39 Latest DC mantra: The two-state solution is dead, long live the two-state solution!

6 ‘I wanted to make a film [on] the conflict between Zionism and the Palestinians’: David Koff on his groundbreaking 1981 film ‘Occupied Palestine’

June 17 2013

6 In ’68, Italo Calvino said the only solution in Palestine is ‘the revolutionary road’

10 Setting a dangerous precedent: 16-year-old Ali Shamlawi faces 25 counts of attempted murder for alleged stone throwing

20 ‘No consequences… ad finitum’ — Reporters reject State Dep’t explanation of US policy on settlements

30 Rob’t Kraft accuses Putin 8 years later– why now?

10 Exile and the Prophetic: Bought and sold

2 Report: Tel Aviv University collaborating with settler organization in East Jerusalem excavation

15 Israel stirs the pot in Syria

42 Looking for ‘a new devil,’ Israeli leaders and supporters left scrambling after election of moderate Rouhani

20 Why has Israel closed its doors to Syrian refugees?

June 16 2013

7 Religious zealots attack shepherd. Soldiers, playing ‘messiah’s donkey,’ back zealots

40 Tom Friedman says candidate with AIPAC backing can raise in 3 phone calls what his opponent needs 50,000 calls to raise

30 Hillary’s court is the Israel lobby

4 Exile and the prophetic: Father’s Day– don’t despair

24 Fmr French foreign minister reportedly says Israel seeks to ‘destroy’ Syria (and any other neighbor it can’t get along with)

13 When a ‘stockpile of homemade bombs’ is ho-hum and ha-ha