Two Israeli refusers on why they support BDS By Noam Gur and Alon Gurman March 19, 2012 6 The BDS Movement Our difficulty with understanding the complex reality of Palestine and Israel was…
Israeli settlers attack a shepherd and a child in separate attacks in the West Bank By Today in Palestine March 18, 2012 2 Ethnic Cleansing / Land Theft & Destruction / Occupation & Apartheid Jordan Valley: Three families…
Kill other peoples, but not your own By Eleanor Kilroy March 17, 2012 25 I am currently immersed in the culture and politics of Syria as producer of a…
Israel as strategic liability — US will trample human rights in Egypt for one reason By Philip Weiss March 16, 2012 16 (From a friend.) Today the Times piece on the Obama administration planning to give military…
Gilad Shalit’s father says, ‘If I were Palestinian I’d kidnap soldiers’ By Annie Robbins March 15, 2012 45 Noam Shalit Noam Shalit, father of former prisoner Gilad Shalit announced on Israel’s Channel 10…
Are solar panels an existential threat to Israel too? By Today in Palestine March 15, 2012 4 Palestinians prepare to lose the solar panels that provide a lifeline Israel is planning to…
Fighting from civilian areas? Perfectly understandable– in Syria By Philip Weiss March 14, 2012 27 From a story about Syrian violence on NPR Monday night: “Melissa Block speaks with Al…
Obama rejects a Syrian deal because his team wants F15s (and other stuff I learned at lunch) By Philip Weiss March 14, 2012 20 The last time we had lunch you misquoted me, my friend from the Arabian peninsula…
Egypt is looted, and the U.S. press calls it ‘reform’ By James North March 13, 2012 14 Joseph Stiglitz One of the more annoying and dishonest features of the mainstream American media…
Muslim activists give NYPD chief Ray Kelly the cold shoulder By Alex Kane March 13, 2012 13 Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD chief Ray Kelly (Photo: AP) Ray Kelly, the current head…
