Geopolitics turned humanitarian workers and refugees into hostages of a budget war that makes life for the community absurdly hard, from seeing a doctor to earning a paycheck.
Israeli policy toward Palestinian prisoners is now facing unprecedented scrutiny due to a mass hunger strike aimed at ending administrative detention and other harsh policies.
Key figures in the Israeli government have offered up a famous 'town square' test to determine whether a society is free--and Israel is failing that test.
Vijay Prashad talks neoliberal economics, the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and why NATO's intervention in Libya marked a new chapter in the story of the Arab revolts.
March 30th will begin a people's march to Jerusalem to draw attention to Israel's assault on the city's history and culture and its loss as a centre for Islam and Christianity.
Although Obama has ruled out US participation in a strike against Iran before the election, Israel has already won by setting the lens that America sees the Middle East through.
AIPAC has tremendous clout but its influence has been disastrous for U.S. foreign policy and U.S. democracy. Here are ten reasons why AIPAC is so dangerous.
Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. February 28, 2012.
Netanyahu may calculate that an election-season Israeli attack might force the Obama administration to back a war and/or damage Obama’s re-election chances.
