On returning from his first trip to the Gaza Strip, Noam Chomsky told Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, “It’s kind of amazing and inspiring to see people somehow managing to survive as caged animals subject to constant, random, sadistic punishment only to humiliate them,...
The mantra of this round was "once and for all." “We must put an end to this (the rockets, Hamas, the Palestinians, the Arabs?) once and for all!” — this cry from the heart was heard dozens of times daily on TV from the harassed inhabitants of Israel’s battered towns...
The world recently celebrated Malala Day in honor of the young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, an innocent victim of political violence perpetrated by the Taliban. She is rightfully honored as a hero for her willingness to speak up for her right to an education...
Just as it did in Afghanistan and Iraq, the CIA and U.S. military act on bad intel when designating targets for drone attacks. As when the United States greased the skids for war with Iraq, it's ratcheting up tensions with Iran by disseminating misinformation about...
The big news this Thanksgiving holiday is the announcement of the Gaza ceasefire. Will it last beyond the time you're eating desert and trying to recover from a massive Tryptophane overdose? Don't be so sure…. The reason for this uncertainty is because Hamas comes out...
Not for the first time, the Hague Inquisition (ICTY) has done something stupid. The quasi-court, claiming nonexistent authority from the UN Security Council to prosecute war crimes during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, last Friday released two Croatian generals,...
With the truce in the week-long Gaza war, Barack Obama is being prompted by right and left to re-engage and renew U.S. efforts to solve the core question of Middle East peace. Before he gets reinvolved in peacemaking, our once-burned president should ask himself some...
