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The Double Standards GAME

Ok, let me get this straight, when two Israeli soldiers are kidnapped (not killed) by the resistance group Hezbollah, in which their very existence is due to yet another Israeli

Healing begins at home

I guess this is what the "birth pangs of a new Middle East" sound like: the scream of jets, the wailing of bombs, the terrified cries of victims and the

Israeli officer refuses to join military service in Lebanon

An Israeli officer refused to join the military service in Lebanon’s second war and was sentenced to 28 days in prison to register the first such case in the ongoing

DFLP: Olmert should stand trial as war criminal in The Hague

Tayseer Nasrallah, the DFLP politburo member, has said that Israeli premier Ehud Olmert should stand trail before the international court of justice in The Hague as a "war criminal". Nasrallah

Jewish Rabbis Allow Killing Of Innocent Children In Lebanon

The committee of Jewish rabbis in the West Bank settlements issued a Jewish religious edict permitting the IOF troops to kill women and children in Lebanon and Gaza Strip without

The Fallen Pharaoh, Kifaya’s Corruption Report in Egypt

Egypt’s Kifaya Movement has raised the ante in its opposition to President Hosni Mubarak’s regime by issuing a massive report that dares to name names and detail corruption among the

EU Mediation Requires a Common Line

The Israeli army has said its offensive to defeat Hezbollah could last several weeks. Yet time is running out for international diplomatic intervention. What role could the European Union play

Brothers in Arms, EU Arms Exports in the Middle East

Though European governments have been quick to criticize the escalation of violence in the Middle East, the EU still sells weapons to Israel and Lebanon. Europe needs to strengthen its

The Vicious Circle of Rightfulness, Power, and Loss of Compassion

Israelis have internalized the sense of "victimhood" and have thus become blind to the suffering of their adversaries, writes Israeli psychologist Dan Bar-On