Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13361/move_over%2C_arafat/ It's time for Yasser Arafat to step aside and make room for a moderate leadership that lead Palestinians from violence to self-governance. Wed, 12 Jun 2002 00:00:00 PDT Robert Scheer, WorkingForChange.com http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13269/%22transferring%22_palestinians_out/ The Israeli government wants to expel Palestinians from the West Bank. Will the country's highest court allow it? Mon, 03 Jun 2002 00:00:00 PDT Neve Gordon, Oren Yiftachel, In These Times http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13272/the_ugly_truth_about_suicide_bombers/ Why are suicide bombers able to smuggle explosives into Israel with such ease? Because Arab Israelis are helping them. Mon, 03 Jun 2002 00:00:00 PDT Marc Sirois, YellowTimes.org http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13267/onward%2C_christian_soldiers/ The conflict in the Middle East is fueling a burgeoning love affair between born-again Christians and Israel. Fri, 31 May 2002 00:00:00 PDT Deanne Stillman, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13156/beating_up_the_press/ With both Israelis and Palestinians accusing the media of bias, it is now more important than ever for journalists to keep an open mind. Fri, 17 May 2002 00:00:00 PDT Marty Jezer, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13117/making_sense_of_warring_narratives/ The cannons of war in the Middle East are drowning out frail, muted and multifaceted voices of reason and sanity. Mon, 13 May 2002 00:00:00 PDT Etgar Keret, LA Weekly http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13101/aiding_the_war_effort/ 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. Fri, 10 May 2002 00:00:00 PDT Stephen Zunes, Joseph Yackley, Foreign Policy in Focus http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13090/reading_the_middle_eastern_and_south_asian_press/ something Thu, 09 May 2002 00:00:00 PDT Sandip Roy, Pacific News Service http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13091/bush%27s_wag-the-dog_policy_on_iraq/ The Bush administration now admits there is no connection between Saddam Hussein and the Sept. 11 attacks -- but is still bent on attacking Iraq. Thu, 09 May 2002 00:00:00 PDT Robert Scheer, WorkingForChange.com http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13094/the_long%2C_strange_trip_into_beit_jalla/ An Israeli activist describes his experience taking food into the beseiged Palestinian town of Beit Jalla. Thu, 09 May 2002 00:00:00 PDT Yigal Bronner, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/13048/leave_our_kids_alone/ 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. Mon, 06 May 2002 00:00:00 PDT Andrew Friedman, Pacific News Service http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/12972/playing_the_anti-semitism_card/ Some Jewish organizations in the U.S. accuse Arabs of anti-Semitism -- yet embrace right-wing Christian groups that denounce Jews. Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:00:00 PDT Marty Jezer, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/12956/chomsky_on_the_middle_east/ Noam Chomsky offers the cold, hard facts about the Middle East peace process, the future of Palestine and U.S. Mideast policy. Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:00:00 PDT Michael Albert, Z Magazine http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/12939/word_games_and_body_bags/ 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. Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:00:00 PDT Irit Katriel, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/12919/the_middle_east_according_to_robert_fisk/ Controversial British journalist Robert Fisk believes that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict might turn into something as apocalyptic as the French-Algerian war. Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:00:00 PDT Marc Cooper, LA Weekly http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/12920/a_jewish_tradition_of_justice/ Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories puts at risk the core ideal of Judaism -- the commitment to social justice. Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:00:00 PDT Peter Gabel, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/12921/walking_among_bodies_in_jenin/ A Palestinian-American teacher at Bir Zeit University offers an eyewitness account of the tragic conditions in the Jenin refugee camp. Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:00:00 PDT Chivvis Moore, Pacific News Service http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/12892/time_to_respond_to_war/ 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. Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:00:00 PDT Laura Flanders, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/12878/i_helped_kill_a_palestinian_today/ 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 Tue, 16 Apr 2002 00:00:00 PDT Robert Jensen, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/middleeast/12881/towards_a_better_world/ 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. Tue, 16 Apr 2002 00:00:00 PDT Mark Bruzonsky, MidEast Realities