Why was political adviser Axelrod present when Obama and security aides picked ‘kill list’? By Philip Weiss May 31, 2012 31 A friend writes: On the Times “kill list” story–has anyone asked what the hell David…
A flurry of attacks against Palestinian women, students and children By Today in Palestine May 29, 2012 4 Land / Property and Resource Theft / Ethnic Cleansing / Restriction of Movement Israeli gov’t…
Romney seeks backing of ‘pro-choice, social liberal’ By Philip Weiss May 29, 2012 10 USA Today, on politics: Mitt Romney is reportedly meeting today with Sheldon Adelson, the casino…
A mother sends ‘a message to the whole world’ about the Palestinian will By Annie Robbins May 29, 2012 14 Nidal Izziden Fattash This is a story of an amazing bittersweet twist of fate, of…
The antiwar thinktank: West Point By Philip Weiss May 29, 2012 54 Yesterday the Times had a great piece on a West Point colonel, Gian Gentile, who…
WaPo unearths…. Iranian plot to assassinate US embassy officials By Annie Robbins May 28, 2012 36 Azerbaijan arrested 22 people on suspicion of spying for Iran, accusing them of links to…
UN Committee: Israeli system ‘tantamount to apartheid’ By Today in Palestine May 27, 2012 3 Ethnic Cleansing / Land Theft & Destruction / Occupation & Apartheid / Exile & Restriction…
Slater on Beinart By Philip Weiss May 27, 2012 58 Jerome Slater has an excellent piece up on his site about Peter Beinart’s book and…
US official — we went to Israel first By Philip Weiss May 27, 2012 16 Haaretz reports, based on an unnamed US official, that no gaps exist between the US…
Israel lobby’s favorite senator tries to erase Palestinian refugee status for millions By Alex Kane May 26, 2012 64 Senator Mark Kirk (Photo: Kirk.senate.gov) Palestinians in the occupied territories, the diaspora and in refugee…