Succumbing to the Dark Side
Torture is a violation of U.S. and international law. Yet George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, on the basis of legally incompetent memos prepared by Justice Department officials, gave the OK to interrogators to violate U.S. and international law. The new Obama...
Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in West Bank
RAMALLAH - "I heard voices, I turned around to look, and saw a group of Israeli settlers assaulting my brother Hammad," says Abdallah Wahadin, 82, a Palestinian farmer from Beit Ummar near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. "Three of them surrounded...
Iraq: 4 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded
Is Dennis Ross Poisoning the Well?
Will Netanyahu Give Up Settlements to Gain Support Against Iran?
JERUSALEM - The tremors of Monday's North Korean nuclear test have been felt all around the world, no more so in a country seemingly not directly affected by whether or not North Korea is a full-fledged nuclear power. In Israel, there is deep concern, an existential...
Who Will Stand Up to America and Israel?
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 12 Iraqis Killed; 17 Iraqis Wounded
The Chimera of Total Security
"No one can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." - Edward R. Murrow Let's talk about the next terrorist attack. We cannot know what form it will take, where it will occur, or what the casualty count will be. But one thing we do know:...
Palestinians Scoring Own Goals
RAMALLAH - While the U.S. appears to be optimistic about Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, inter-Palestinian rivalry, a recalcitrant Israeli government, and an international community with its own agenda could well scuttle a settlement. For the first time in decades...