Agence France Presse July 27, 2009. U.S. Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell called on Arab states on Monday to fully normalize ties with Israel, after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
The Huffington Post News Team, Huffington Post July 23, 2009. A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds signs of improvement in the attitudes of predominantly Muslim countries toward the U.S. since the election of Barack Obama.
David Price, CounterPunch. June 24, 2009. The "Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program" may become a permanent budget item, making universities unwitting agents of state intelligence.
Ira Chernus, AlterNet. June 11, 2009. Israel would rather go down fighting than survive with a damaged sense of national pride. What would happen if concessions weren't so symbolic?
Agence France PresseJune 4, 2009. "There is so much fear, so much mistrust," the president said. "But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward."
Agence France PresseJune 3, 2009. Climate change threatens to reduce the availability of scarce water resources, increase food insecurity and hinder economic growth.
Chas Freeman, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 11, 2009. Pick for National Intelligence Council Chair questions "whether the Obama administration will be able to make its own decisions."
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 27, 2009. It appears that Obama is getting off on the right foot, with exactly the right message.
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: Video. January 22, 2009. Al-Jazeera is reporting that Dense Inert Metal Explosives -- DIME weapons -- were used in Gaza.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. January 21, 2009. Israel has withdrawn from Gaza in conjunction with the commencement of Obama's presidency.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Media and Technology. January 18, 2009. Welfare Minister Isaac Herzog said Israel is aiming to prevent an "over-dramatization of the facts."
Spencer Ackerman, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 18, 2009. Responding to Israel's unilateral declaration of a ceasefire, Hamas now says it will hold its fire for a week as well.
Ian Williams, Foreign Policy in Focus. January 15, 2009. If Obama wants to be a real friend to Israel, he has to let the Israeli government know its actions are not consequence-free.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 13, 2009. The U.S. Secretary of State helped write and "fully supports" a resolution, and then suddenly decides she doesn't want to vote for it?
Siun, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 11, 2009. Israeli bombs hit across the Gaza border in Egypt hurting two policemen and two children. There is talk of more injured.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. January 7, 2009. Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for a conservative website called pjtv.com.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. January 7, 2009. Democrats in Congress are rushing to pass a "non-binding resolution supporting Israel’s goal" in the Gaza military operations.
Siun, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 5, 2009. Despite Olmert's claims, reports of civilian causalities and brutal firsthand accounts continue to pour in.
