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Two Sides of the Israeli Coin

The Jewish people need to become witnesses that the shoah shall not happen again to any other people on this world. It is a crime that the Jewish people need to lead the world away from, and not continually thrust it into everyone else's face as the sole owners of racist victimhood, notes Jim Miles...

Thousands of Christian extremists march in occupied Jerusalem

Thousands of Christian extremist pilgrims from around the world marched through the streets of occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday, chanting their support for Israel...

Anti-Islam posters 'threaten public peace' in Switzerland

Switzerland's Commission Against Racism said Wednesday that an anti-Islam poster campaign by a far-right party defamed the country's Muslim minority and could threaten public peace...

World has 1.57 billion Muslims

The world's 1.57 billion Muslims make up nearly a quarter of the global population, with most of them clustered in countries in Asia, a study published Thursday showed...

Getting to Know Afghanistan -- 8 Years Late

It's incredibly arrogant that after so long the United States argues that it knows what to do in Afghanistan while, at the same time, admitting in public that it has barely the faintest idea about how the country really works, says Robert Dreyfuss...

Deconstructing the Israeli Narrative

Separation of ethnicities is most apparent in how Israel and most of the world differ in regarding nationality. It’s not just separation. It’s a de facto apartheid, which the words ‘Jewish state’ will tend to reinforce, notes Dan Lieberman...

The Emptiness of the Palestinian Presidency

Abbas’ weakness, like Arafat’s before him in the latter’s last decade of life, has been an infatuation with two elements that are addictive but non-productive: the trappings of power, privilege and incumbency, and a direct line to the US president, stresses Rami G. Khouri...

ElBaradei for Egypt president?

Whether President Hosni Mubarak runs for re-election in 2011 or gives way to his son Gamal, an opposition party sees UN nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei as a strong contender for Egypt's top job...

US Interests vs. the Jewish State

Barack Obama’s recent conduct at the UN removed all remaining doubt as to Israeli influence inside this latest US presidency. When he uttered the phrase “the Jewish state of Israel,” he provided precisely the provocation required to ensure that peace in the Middle East will continue to be deferred...

The Drama and the Farce

In the words of the ancient proverb, a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. Netanyahu has tripped Obama on his first step. The President of the United States has stumbled. For Netanyahu, the threat of peace has passed. At least for the time being, notes Uri Avnery...

Khalid Amayreh Interviewed

Palestinians have always relied for their very survival on the good will of the international community and world public opinion. Hence, should the world community go into a brief slumber, I have no doubt that Israel would seize the opportunity and embark on the unthinkable, says Khalid Amayreh...

How to Trap a President in a Losing War

Why is it that a Democratic candidate needs a war or threat of war to trash-talk about in order to prove his 'strength', when doing so is obviously a sign of weakness? The question is: will an already heavily militarized foreign policy geared to endless global war be surrendered to the generals? Asks Tom Engelhardt. Petraeus, McChrystal, and the Surgettes..

Know Your Dictators

The United Nations General Assembly convenes this week and a high-level parade of actual and aspiring dictators arrives in New York City. This is a good time for people of conscience to reflect on how to deal with dictators, notes Nadia Hijab...

UN: Christian extremist LRA 'still a threat'

Ugandan Christian extremist rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have been weakened by recent attacks but remain a threat, a UN military source said Thursday...

Nuclear-armed Israel slams non-nuclear Iran

Hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly Thursday that Iran's alleged quest for nuclear weapons was the greatest danger the world faces, in what observers say is an untrue hypocritical remark...

A Better Chance for Islamic Parties

In Egypt 88 members of parliament have won seats on an MB platform, on an urban groundswell for reform and new leadership. They seem to have more in common with the Turkish AKP, or the Indonesian Prosperous Justice Party (the PKS). This Islamic Egyptian parliamentary opposition could conceivably win an election in Cairo. In today´s Egypt this is revolutionary. Western silence on Egyptian democracy is such that if you listen hard you can hear the rice growing in the Nile delta. ..

Obama’s Middle East Reset

If Obama gets the United States out of Iraq, makes progress toward a Palestinian state and a stable government in Kabul, he would be the most successful US president in the Middle East in history, notes Juan Cole. ..

Islam and Illusions

Hassan Al Banna, IM´s said his followers should be moderate and wise in accepting differences, since IM did not claim to be a group embracing all Muslims, but one among many striving to restore the glory of Islam..

The Israel Boycott is Biting

On May 4, protesters will greet Motorola shareholders, already disgruntled by the company’s losses, as they arrive for their annual meeting at the Rosemont Theater in Chicago, Illinois...

’Tell Her’: a Play for Gaza

Do not tell her that her father was flying an F-16 and that he bombed the school in Gaza. Tell her F-16s deliver milk sometimes, writes Iqbal Tamimi...