No Immunity for Torturers, Groups Urge
A Kinder, Gentler Iran Policy?
After an initial period of putting policy-makers in place, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is slowly rolling out its strategy for dealing with Iran. But the process is a work in progress, said several experts at a policy conference here, happy to...
CIA Director Asked to Preserve Secret Prisons
Scenario for 2009 Israeli Strike on Iran
Gaza Changed Everything, But Its People Still Suffer
Three months after the end of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, and nearly four months after former prime minister Ehud Olmert started it, the standoff between Israel and Hamas is as unresolved as ever. Gaza's 1.5 million residents, nearly all of them civilians, are...
‘Israelis Prepared for Violations’ in Gaza
TEL AVIV - After the internal investigation into the misconduct of Israeli soldiers in the course of the Gaza assault was closed suspiciously fast, a brief overview of publications by army officials, published months before the start of the war, suggests the reported...
Friday: 1 Marine, 8 Iraqis Killed; 19 Iraqis Wounded
At least eight Iraqis were killed and 19 were wounded, mostly during a mortar attack in southern Baghdad. A U.S. Marine was killed in a non-combat incident in Anbar province as well. Also, a day after a suicide attack in Anbar province, there is still confusion as to exactly how many died.
read moreStruggle Brews Over ‘Torture Memos’ Immunity
The Justice Department Thursday released four secret memos used by the George W. Bush administration to justify torture. The memos, produced by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), provided the legal framework for the CIA's use of waterboarding and...
West Bank a Time Bomb Waiting to Explode
Tension between Israelis and Palestinians is rising sharply as reflected in a number of increasingly bloody and violent confrontations since Israel's devastating war in Gaza at the beginning of the year. While Gaza, which the Islamic organization Hamas controls, has...
