A Debate Worth Noting

The significance of the Congressional debate may have been ignored given what appeared to be the lopsided vote in favor of the anti-Goldstone resolution, says James Zogby.

The Palin Effect

Little understood by those outside this culture was her religious worldview: Sarah Palin would topple America's secular tyrants, leading her people, the true Christians, into the kingdom, notes Max Blumenthal.

On Bended Knee to Bob Gates

Now 66 years old, Robert Gates presumably has gained experience and, hopefully, some wisdom. In his 40s, he was willing to distort intelligence evidence, dissemble before congressional committees and undercut

Palestinians Need Change — Not Charades

Mahmoud Abbas should cut short his silly little melodrama, resign as he said he would, and pave the way for a needed revival of effective Palestinian national leadership, says Rami

Scoundrel with Permission

While the Nativ operators are interested in maximizing the number of immigrants to Israel, Yishai and his people deny these very same immigrants the right to marry Jews or to

Was Homeland Security Created to Protect Those Who Deceived the US?

Was Dr. Nidal Hasan a terrorist? Or was he a troubled pawn in an ongoing psy-ops campaign meant to revive a narrative that—like the fixed intelligence—was losing credibility? Both the

US Congress Endorses Israeli War Crimes

The terms of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas included, not only the halting of rocket fire from Gaza, but also the Israeli agreement to lift its brutal economic blockade

Spotlight on Palestine

The Nazis called the French Resistance terrorists; we called them heroes. Pinning labels like 'terrorist' and 'militant' on people who are defending their homes and families is ridiculous. Always the

Rahm Emanuel Speaks for Obama

It’s true that Emanuel did say that 'Israel must halt settlement construction on the West Bank'; but in the context of his whole speech, that was mere lip-service to a

In Their Own Words

We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population', and ' Jewish villages were built in