Intifada Palestine

By Glenn Greenwald
The initial act of aggression was the Israeli seizing of a ship in international waters which was doing nothing hostile; that action was taken to enforce a horrific, inhumane blockade and, more generally, a brutal, decades-long occupation; and whatever else is true, at least nine civilians were killed by the Israeli Navy

by Juan cole
The repercussions of the brutal shooting-fish-in-a-barrel Gaza War, of the continued Israeli siege and boycott of the Gaza Strip, and of the vigorous colonization of the Palestinian West Bank by militant Israelis, continue to grow.

By Anthony Lawson
Nearly 300 members of the U.S. Congress Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, affirming their commitment to Israel. The letter has totally undermined the power of the President of the United States.

ShareBy Juan Cole February 23, 2010 Martin Kramer revealed his true colors at the Herzliya Conference, wherein he blamed political violence in the Muslim world on population growth, called for that growth to be restrained, and praised the illegal and unconscionable Israeli blockade of civilian Gazans for its effect on reducing the number of Gazans. [...]

ShareBy Juan R. Cole An audio message allegedly from Usamah Bin Laden was released Sunday, claiming that the attempted Christmas day airline attack over Detroit was his work. I’m going to go out on a limb here and assert two things about the audio. First, I do not think it is genuine. Second, I think [...]