Democracy Is a Beautiful Thing

"The people can have anything they want. The trouble is, they do not want anything. At least they vote that way on election day." Eugene Debs, American socialist leader, early

Defending Israel to the “End Times”

These are busy days for Christian Zionists. While President Bush recently returned from his trip to the Middle East “optimistic” that a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians could

Israeli Soldiers Speak Out

A searing interview with Avichai Sharon and Noam Chayut, both veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces and members of Breaking the Silence. Sharon and Chayut served during the second intifada,

Jawdat Said and Islam as a Violence-Free Religion

Philosopher Jawdat Said, little known in the West, has been propagating a vision of Islam free of violence for the past 40 years. His books have been widely read and

PA health ministry rings alarm bell after death of 90th victim of siege

Palestinian patients in need of treatment outside the Gaza Strip are increasing due to the inadequate health services available in the Strip, Khaled Radi, the public relations official in the

UN: Human conditions in Gaza worsening

The office of the special UN coordinator for the peace process in the Middle East said that the Israeli continued closure of all crossings to Gaza blocked the entry of

American Justice – To the Dark Side

This is the America that our leaders want us to be proud of? This is the America we have built. This is who we are.

British soldiers ‘tortured and killed’ 22 Iraqis

Out of the 31 people detained only nine survived and they claim they were subjected to torture. Iraqi death certificates are said to state that the corpses of the Iraqis

Iraqis Are People, Too

Arrogance, Racism and American Exceptionalism

Tadamun: IOF troops Killed 96 Palestinians in January

The international Tadamun (solidarity) society for human rights revealed in its monthly report that the IOF troops killed in January 96 Palestinian citizens mostly in the Gaza Strip including 10