* 1948: A Soldier’s Tale, the Bloody Road to Jerusalem by Uri Avnery, translated by Christopher Costello * Israel’s Vicious…
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“The Ordeals of Gaza”
Israeli military spokesmen, justifying their army’s assault on the Gaza Strip, said the war was about Sderot. In a way,…
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For Barack Obama on the Eve of His Inauguration as President of the United States.
Continue reading →The power network
Publicly, Israel will not do business with those who do not recognise it. But behind the scenes is a complex…
Continue reading →Obituary of Imad Mougnieh: Elusive Hizbollah leader
The United States had credited Mougnieh with the 1983 bombing of its embassy in Beirut and the destruction of the…
Continue reading →The life of a hostage: terrifying, unjust and expendable
Alan Johnston told a press conference after his release yesterday morning, “They did threaten my life a number of times.…
Continue reading →A patriotic thought experiment
“I am going to teach [them] to elect good men.” –President Woodrow Wilson, referring to his decision in 1914 to…
Continue reading →Obituary – Major Derek Cooper, MC, OBE, World War II hero who espoused the Palestinian cause
There was no more improbable sight in Beirut during the brutal Israeli siege of 1982 than a graceful and elegant…
Continue reading →Cyber-Jihad
When I was five years old, the first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Nikita Khrushchev, threatened to bury me.…
Continue reading →Walled Off: Sharon’s fence turns villages into prisons
Az-Zawieh, West Bank – The soldier, automatic rifle slung over his shoulder like a kid’s backpack, approached the car and…
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