GAZA CITY - Eighteen-year-old Mona al-Ashkar says she did not immediately know the first explosion at the United Nations (UN) school in Beit Lahiya had blown her left leg off. There was smoke, then chaos, then the pain and disbelief set in once she realized it was...
ROME - The war of words continues in Gaza, in spite of the ceasefire. Nancy Snow, propaganda expert, talks to IPS about information spin strategies and whether we, the public, have learned any lessons from Iraq. Snow is a writer and a Huffington Post blogger. Her...
In his first major diplomatic moves since his inauguration, U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday named two accomplished negotiators, former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and Amb. Richard Holbrooke, as special envoys to deal with the Israel-Arab conflict and...
In the 1967 movie classic the Battle of Algiers, which recreated Algeria's war of independence against France, a handcuffed and shackled insurgent leader, Ben M'Hidi, is brought before a group of highly-partisan French journalists for intense interrogation. One of the...
At least 11 people were killed and three were wounded in the latest attacks. A U.S. soldier also died, in a vehicle accident south of Baghdad yesterday. Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker warned that a hasty withdrawal of U.S. forces could unravel hard-earned...
U.S. and international human rights groups Wednesday praised President Barack Obama's directive to immediately suspend the work of military commissions established by his predecessor, George W. Bush, to prosecute suspected terrorists at the U.S. detention facility at...
Updated at 9:23 p.m. EST, Jan. 22, 2009At least 10 Iraqis were killed and another three were wounded on a light day of attacks. No Coalition soldiers were reported killed; however, several nations are reevaluating their missions in Iraq. U.S. President Barack Obama...
On Inauguration day, Muslims and citizens worldwide optimistically and anxiously began purging the sordid memory of the disastrous and obtuse arrogance of the Bush administration. Even Obama, the "chosen one," cannot completely cleanse the collective stain...
How will history describe the Israeli war against the Palestinians in Gaza? Another Holocaust, this time perpetrated by the descendants of the victims? An election ploy by ambitious Israeli politicians to win votes in the February 10 elections? A test range for new...
Late last night, a text message notified us that the Israeli government was very close to declaring that they would stop attacking Gaza for one day. Shortly before midnight, we heard huge explosions, four in a row. Till now, that was the last attack. Israeli drones...
