Will Obama meet with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani? By Annie Robbins September 16, 2013 14 Next week President Obama and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani will be speaking at the U.N.…
Video: In and out of David Ben-Gurion’s desert house in 5 minutes By Philip Weiss September 16, 2013 17 The other day, a group of us visited David Ben-Gurion’s house in Sde Boker, the…
Major ‘NYT’ piece calls two-state negotiations ‘phony’–and catastrophic By Philip Weiss September 16, 2013 318 Everyone is talking about the piece by Ian Lustick titled, “Two State Illusion,” that appeared…
Our indigenous preoccupation By Marc H. Ellis September 15, 2013 5 This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To…
Crossing Qalandiya checkpoint on Yom Kippur By Philip Weiss September 15, 2013 44 Being in Jerusalem for Yom Kippur, I sought to experience the policy of closures for…
Israeli Supreme Court defers decision on ‘Absentee Property Law’ in East Jerusalem, concerned about opening ‘Pandora’s box’ By Kate September 14, 2013 10 Absentee Property Law in East Jerudalem | | Israeli court may suspend law used to…
Double standard: Disarming Syria puts Israel’s nuclear and chemical arsenal in the spotlight By Annie Robbins September 14, 2013 55 Last week on September 9, as a collective gasp of relief over the Russia-Syria deal…
Yom Kippur’s ancient extremity By Marc H. Ellis September 14, 2013 23 This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To…
Young Israeli Jews want an attack on Syria, but older ones say Obama missed his chance By Philip Weiss September 14, 2013 120 The only Israelis who want the U.S. to attack Syria are young Jews. They are…
Opening shots fired in federal lawsuit against NYPD spying on Muslims By Alex Kane September 13, 2013 4 The federal courtroom was mostly silent in the minutes before proceedings started, the mood somber…