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Former CIA Officers warn Israel may attack Iran this month (Must Read)

A group of high level former U.S. intelligence officers has just published an extremely important analysis warning that Israel may plan to attack Iran as early as this month (full

Israel plans mass forced removals of Bedouin

Jonathan Cook reports from the Negev village of al-Araqib, which has been ethnically cleansed by the Israeli authorities twice in a few days as part of a plan financed by

Declaring victory in shaky Iraq

In his speech Monday about troop drawdowns in Iraq, President Barack Obama used variations of the word “promise” seven times in just 35 minutes.

Muslim Brotherhood supports ElBaradei

When Mohamed ElBaradei, nobel laureate and former head of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, swept back to Egypt in February talking of democratic reform and possibly running for president,

…and the yearning for democracy

Different yet linked, Egypt's 1919 and 1952 revolutions were successes that failed to produce democracy. This lacuna must be now filled, writes Wahid Abdel-Meguid

How to create your very own terrorist state

Tim Coles takes us through 11 steps necessary to create a “terrorist state”. Using Yemen as a case study, he argues that these steps precisely match US and British policies

The arrogance of American power

Paul J. Balles argues that the continued presence of 1,000 American military bases outside the USA nearly two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union is a symptom of

Holocaustabation

Once again, Israel is resorting to psychological blackmail tactics by invoking "anti-Semitism and the holocaust" to enhance its ugly image in the eyes of the peoples of the world.

Exclusive Intifada Interview with Archbishop Theodosios (Atallah) Hanna

“For those who use the Bible to support Israel need to differentiate between God promise and Balfour promise, because the occupation is the result of a promise given to the

Time to crack down on settlement funding – by Yousef Munayyer

To say that the proliferation of Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory is an impediment to peace is an understatement.