A roundup of opinions from a busy week at the UN By Kate September 23, 2011 49 Video: Will Palestinian statehood make a difference in Gaza? 22 Sept — Julie Webb-Pullman: In…
Breaking: ‘Irvine 11’ found guilty on two charges for protesting Michael Oren By Adam Horowitz September 23, 2011 93 Update: Electronic Intifada reports over twitter that the students will not be sentenced to jail…
Abbas brings Tahrir to New York, and some of our media seem to be on board By Philip Weiss September 23, 2011 57 CNN broadcast Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the General Assembly today with a split screen of…
Mondoweiss liveblogs the UN General Assembly speeches By Alex Kane September 23, 2011 194 All eyes are on Palestine today as Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is set…
Internationalize this conflict — Rabbani By Philip Weiss September 23, 2011 4 Mouin Rabbani at the Hill begins by stating what is now obvious to all, US…
Obama tells 900 rabbis that resolving I/P ‘crisis’ is key to peace in Middle East By Philip Weiss September 23, 2011 21 Obama spoke to 900 rabbis yesterday in a conference call, for over 30 minutes. Wow.…
The Palestinian Authority’s top gun in D.C.: Benjamin Netanyahu By Alex Kane September 23, 2011 7 The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) decision to buck the United States and ask the United Nations…
Palestinian statehood and the struggle for self determination and national rights By Simone Daud September 23, 2011 53 I’m struck by how old and tired Mahmoud Abbas and his companions at the UN…
So much for secular Jewish identity By Philip Weiss September 23, 2011 14 At The Hill, Lanny Davis says that Democrats lost the Brooklyn congressional district because of…