Andrew Ross' position in this debate at Truthout over Israel and Palestine bothered me because he calls for the American labor movement to support the BDS movement. Although I personally support BDS, I don't see why American labor would do that. How would this benefit...
israel/palestine
Count Jonathan Chait among the long-time supporters of Israel depressed about the nation's dead-end stance toward Gaza: The story further reveals that Netanyahu appeared on several occasions to approach the.
Where does the fault lie for the problems between Israel and Palestine? As John Judis correctly points out, it lies heavily with Israel. In part: Israel is one of the.
The real tragedy going on in Israel-Palestine is not the hundreds of dead or the kids the Israelis are killing by bombing Gaza's schools, or the fact that Israel is the moral equivalent of apartheid-era South Africa (increasingly so too given the attack on public...
Got to give CNN a little credit. Their reporters are actually challenging power for once. First you have Anderson Cooper providing quality reporting from Gaza, along with engaging in some.
Matt Duss and Aziz Abu Sarah talk about invocations of "providence" in the context of political disputes:
I guess Bryan Caplan isn't the only member of the plutocracy channeling Gilded Age Social Darwinism. See Mitt Romney speaking about the differences between Israelis and Palestinians today. Noting the economic difference between Israel and Palestine, Romney stated: "If you could learn anything from the...
Matt and Zack Beauchamp talk about Arafat assassination rumors:
Palestinian and Knesset member Ahmad Tibi takes Republicans to task for using increasing inflamed rhetoric against his people. He takes on Eric Cantor in an interesting way: A man living.
"Neocon Woodstock" is just a fabulous headline. Instead of a lot of young naked people frolicking under the influence of LSD, the Herzliya Conference has a lot of middle-aged nerdy people fretting over the influence of IRGC (the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps). Less good vibrations,...
I'd hate to see that bastard Pollard go free, but it's hard to justify keeping him if there's even a chance that the release could save lives: “Officials in Jerusalem.
If you are a Facebook fan or friend of Nicholas Kristof, and it happened to show up in your newsfeed (or, if you were set to "live feed" and you.