Jonathan Cook says the unspoken message of Obama’s Israel visit is that Tel Aviv is free to pursue its hardline agenda with little danger of anything more than symbolic protest from Washington. Read more [...]
Alan Hart says people should give Obama more time to negotiate with Iran since agreement with Tehran “could be a real game-changer because it would leave Netanyahu without his best blackmail card”. Read more [...]
Nureddin Sabir highlights the plight of women in Libya where social and cultural backwardness, and the rising influence of religious bigots, are rapidly eroding the few rights they have. Read more [...]
Lawrence Davidson elaborates on the bureaucratic logic that stifles independent thought and explains why this logic, which is manifested in the prosecution of whistleblower Bradley Manning, finds sympathy among many Americans. Read more [...]
Jamal Kanj says while Americans are poised for grinding cuts in public services and the armed forces, the Zionist lobby is already manoeouvring to protect Israel’s multi-billion-dollar annual gift of taxpayer money. Read more [...]
Stuart Littlewood reminds the West's political half-wits who stooge for the Israeli regime about Plan Dalet, “the Zionist terror mob's diabolical blueprint for the violent and blood-spattered takeover” of Palestine. Read more [...]
Alan Hart recalls Plan Dalet, launched by the Jews who had just emerged from the Nazi holocaust, which kicked off the systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the destruction of Palestinian villages. Read more [...]
Gilad Atzmon calls on the Palestine solidarity movement to focus on its raison d'être – the liberation of Palestine and the right of return – and abandon attempts to appease liberal Zionists. Read more [...]
Graham Peebles argues that the Ethiopian government’s policy of leasing vast tracts of fertile land to foreign agribusiness corporations and forcibly relocating farmers is impoverishing the countryside and degrading its people. Read more [...]
Jamal Kanj highlights the European Union’s mealy-mouthed approach to the problem of Israeli colonies, acknowledging that they are “the single biggest threat" to peace while simultaneously subsidizing their produce. Read more [...]