A slice of life in Tel Rumaida By Reham Alhelsi January 16, 2010 28 Tel Rumaida checkpoint (Photo: Reham Alhelsi) This is the checkpoint at the entrance to the…
Why Haiti Is Poor (I) By James North January 16, 2010 52 Haiti’s poverty has a number of causes, but to a great extent the country is…
Chomsky/Abunimah (the left and Zionism) By Philip Weiss January 16, 2010 145 Here is an exchange at KPFA in California between Noam Chomsky and Ali Abunimah and…
Sometimes a headline says it all By Philip Weiss January 16, 2010 27 Haaretz: "Mitchell to arrive in Mideast this week with no plan…"
Haiti Gaza By Philip Weiss January 16, 2010 91 I’m moved by the American response to the Haiti disaster, by the sense of connection…
What will another Lebanon war do for Obama’s Cairo speech? By Bruce Wolman and Phil Weiss January 16, 2010 42 Friends dont let friends drive drunk. You’ve heard that line about the U.S. relationship with…
Hebron leaves us stunned, devastated, drowning in shame By Alice Rothchild January 15, 2010 30 On January 12th, we drive to the southern West Bank city of Hebron. This city…
Goldstone blitz shows peril for Jews breaking ranks By Philip Weiss January 15, 2010 29 Good for Moment, it has published this vigorous defense of Richard Goldstone by Letty Cottin…
Normal Life in Port-au-Prince By James North January 15, 2010 10 The news coverage of the Haitian earthquake is understandably showing people who are stunned and…
Rubber bullets fail to disperse Bil’in demonstration By Philip Weiss January 15, 2010 1 Friends of Freedom and Justice, Bil’in, report that "live ammunition" was used on the weekly…