War in the Middle East
Since the military withdrawal from Jenin, the Israeli public relations machine is denying all reports of a massacre -- and the international press seems to buying the spin.
Robert Scheer, WorkingForChange.com. June 12, 2002.
It's time for Yasser Arafat to step aside and make room for a moderate leadership that lead Palestinians from violence to self-governance.
Neve Gordon, Oren Yiftachel, In These Times. June 3, 2002.
The Israeli government wants to expel Palestinians from the West Bank. Will the country's highest court allow it?
Marc Sirois, YellowTimes.org. June 3, 2002.
Why are suicide bombers able to smuggle explosives into Israel with such ease? Because Arab Israelis are helping them.
Deanne Stillman, The Nation. May 31, 2002.
The conflict in the Middle East is fueling a burgeoning love affair between born-again Christians and Israel.
Marty Jezer, AlterNet. May 17, 2002.
With both Israelis and Palestinians accusing the media of bias, it is now more important than ever for journalists to keep an open mind.
Etgar Keret, LA Weekly. May 13, 2002.
The cannons of war in the Middle East are drowning out frail, muted and multifaceted voices of reason and sanity.
Stephen Zunes, Joseph Yackley, Foreign Policy in Focus. May 10, 2002.
U.S. military aid to Israel is neither increasing its security nor improving prospects for peace. It may be time to turn off the tap.
Sandip Roy, Pacific News Service. May 9, 2002.
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Robert Scheer, WorkingForChange.com. May 9, 2002.
The Bush administration now admits there is no connection between Saddam Hussein and the Sept. 11 attacks -- but is still bent on attacking Iraq.
Yigal Bronner, AlterNet. May 9, 2002.
An Israeli activist describes his experience taking food into the beseiged Palestinian town of Beit Jalla.
Andrew Friedman, Pacific News Service. May 6, 2002.
Some Palestinian groups have called for a ban on suicide bombings by teenagers. If Palestinian families are finally speaking out against manipulation of their youth by Palestinian officials, they
could bring new hope to the region.
Marty Jezer, AlterNet. April 29, 2002.
Some Jewish organizations in the U.S. accuse Arabs of anti-Semitism -- yet embrace right-wing Christian groups that denounce Jews.
Michael Albert, Z Magazine. April 25, 2002.
Noam Chomsky offers the cold, hard facts about the Middle East peace process, the future of Palestine and U.S. Mideast policy.
Irit Katriel, AlterNet. April 23, 2002.
Since the military withdrawal from Jenin, the Israeli public relations machine is denying all reports of a massacre -- and the international press seems to buying the spin.
Marc Cooper, LA Weekly. April 22, 2002.
Controversial British journalist Robert Fisk believes that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict might turn into something as apocalyptic as the French-Algerian war.
Peter Gabel, AlterNet. April 22, 2002.
Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories puts at risk the core ideal of Judaism -- the commitment to social justice.
Chivvis Moore, Pacific News Service. April 22, 2002.
A Palestinian-American teacher at Bir Zeit University offers an eyewitness account of the tragic conditions in the Jenin refugee camp.
Laura Flanders, AlterNet. April 17, 2002.
On Saturday, April 20, Americans of all stripes will mass in Washington and around the country to oppose Bush's war in Afghanistan and Sharon's war in Israel.
Robert Jensen, AlterNet. April 16, 2002.
The Israeli arsenal of tanks, missiles, and helicopters are funded by U.S. tax dollars. That makes us partly responsible for the bloodshed in the West Bank
Mark Bruzonsky, MidEast Realities. April 16, 2002.
Mideast Realities publisher makes an eloquent speech about the current state of the region and its future to college students attending the Model United Nations.
David Corn, AlterNet. April 12, 2002.
There is a specter haunting the conservatives of Washington, D.C. -- that Bush may wimp-out in the Middle East.
Nathan Gardels, New Perspectives Quarterly. April 12, 2002.
Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski says the current conflict reveals the failure of Bush's mideast policy. Sharon's actions will only make Palestinians more ruthless and desperate.
Laura Flanders, WorkingForChange.com. April 12, 2002.
In New York, Jewish hearts are breaking over Israel's war. Some say their parents' dream of Israel is dead.
Flore de Preneuf, Salon. April 11, 2002.
A group of Jewish and Arab Israeli widows and mothers are speaking out against Ariel Sharon's military offensive.
Elliot Colla, Pacific News Service. April 11, 2002.
With the Israeli army banning journalists from entering the West Bank, the only news we have of the siege are unverified email accounts. Can we trust these reports?
David Turnley, AlterNet. April 11, 2002.
When addressing Middle Eastern leaders, Bush employs the irritable but impotent language that people use when talking to their dogs. If only diplomacy was as simple as "Sit!"
Geov Parrish, Seattle Weekly. April 10, 2002.
What can Americans do about the horrible violence in the Middle East? Some are putting their bodies directly in the line of fire, and living to tell intimate, moving tales.
Will Durst, AlterNet. April 10, 2002.
Hey Colin, why don't you get over there and kick Arafat and Sharon in the ass and get Zinni out of there before he starts World War Goddam III.
Dan Brook, AlterNet. April 9, 2002.
When Israelis and Palestinians demonize each other, it is the people who suffer. Both sides need to accept responsibility and find a non-violent path to a just peace. Also on our War in the Middle East page:
- Israel's Women in Black
- Peres Calls Jenin Operation a 'Massacre'
- Emails from Palestine
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet. April 8, 2002.
President Bush is big on rhetoric but weak on action, especially when it comes to the Middle East. Perhaps that is why the Israelis are ignoring him.
William O. Beeman, Pacific News Service. April 8, 2002.
Now that Bush has finally recognized the need for U.S. involvement in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, he needs to take the next important step: commit peacekeeping forces to enforce the peace.
David Corn, AlterNet. April 5, 2002.
Recent events in Israel may well have put the kibosh on Bush's plan to extend his war on terrorism to Iraq.
Danny Schechter, MediaChannel.org. April 5, 2002.
We are watching the deadly game of tit for tat slowly ratcheting up the crisis in the Middle East. It has become, in network parlance, breaking news, with images that are sickeningly familiar to us all.
Tzaporah Ryter, AlterNet. April 5, 2002.
"Women carrying their children were trying desperately to flee from Ramallah, carrying infants and toddlers, and their young children, trying to reach safety."
Editorial Staff, AlterNet. April 4, 2002.
Eyewitness acccounts of the Israeli invasion are pouring in from Ramallah and Bethlehem every day. Read some of the reports being circulated on listservs and indymedia sites.
Norman Solomon, AlterNet. April 4, 2002.
Major media outlets must not continuing to wink and nod while the Israeli military slaughters Palestinian people.
Ian Williams, AlterNet. April 4, 2002.
The bloody campaign against the Palestinians is in keeping with the Israeli Prime Minister's checkered history. But why is the White House participating in his vendetta?
Eve Pell, Will Evans, AlterNet. April 4, 2002.
Hundreds of civilian "internationalists" are arriving in the West Bank to act as human shields for the Palestinians under siege by the Israeli Army.
Jim Lobe, AlterNet. April 4, 2002.
A highly influential cabal of rightwingers have a radical vision for the Middle East -- and they include some of Bush's closest advisers.
Mark LeVine, AlterNet. April 4, 2002.
Bring on the samba bands, puppeteers and turtle people; let's turn Ramallah into Seattle! Nothing short of a massive influx of activists ready to put their bodies on the line will challenge the terror of tanks and suicide bombers.
Michael Lerner, Cornel West, AlterNet. April 3, 2002.
Many Americans have been cowed into silence about Israeli aggression. But they should say aloud what they really feel: that Israel is behaving immorally and even savagely.
Geov Parrish, AlterNet. April 3, 2002.
"The Israeli aircrafts have started firing at Aida Refugee camp" ... "The soldiers are shooting at any moving target" ... "many dead lying in the streets" ...
AlterNet. April 2, 2002.
Eyewitness acccounts of the Israeli invasion are pouring in from Ramallah and Bethlehem every day. Read some of the reports being circulated on listservs and indymedia sites.
Jim Lobe, AlterNet. April 2, 2002.
As Israel invades the Palestinian territories, the Bush administration's respponse is being framed by two men who despise Yasser Arafat -- Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.
Robert Scheer, WorkingForChange.com. April 2, 2002.
President Bush is endorsing Ariel Sharon's bloody campaign against the Palestinians as a fight against terrorism -- and abdicating his responsibility to wage peace.
Eric Alterman, MSNBC. April 2, 2002.
The conflict in the Middle East is about warring narratives, each making its own claim to land and history. But in the United States, it is mostly the Israeli perspective that gets attention.
Simona Sharoni, AlterNet. April 2, 2002.
The aim of Ariel Sharon's military offensive to split Palestine into isolated fragments. It is a policy that can only lead to more bloodshed on both sides.
Sam Bahour, Michael Dahan, AlterNet. April 1, 2002.
Two Americans living in the war zone -- one Palestinian and the other Israeli -- issue an eloquent call for peace.
Lev Grinberg, AlterNet. April 1, 2002.
While Yassir Arafat is blamed for the actions of individual suicide bombers, no one is holding Ariel Sharon responsible for the crimes committed by his own army.
Neve Gordon, AlterNet. April 1, 2002.
An Israeli human rights activist wonders how his former classmate, who is now leading Israel's military action in Ramallah, turned into a war criminal. Also, on our new War in the Middle East page: Robert Fisk's Dispatches from Ramallah, A Way Out of the Violence and How U.S. Media Covers Israel.
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