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Back to Basics in Palestine: Redefining Our Relationship to a People’s Struggle

Back to Basics in Palestine: Redefining Our Relationship to a People’s Struggle

Before we speak of ‘solutions’ to the ‘Palestinian-Israeli conflict,’ I believe that we must first resolve our own dilemma by divesting from an occupation that runs counter to any conception…

Reciprocity and Self-Defense in Relation to Targeted Killing

Reciprocity and Self-Defense in Relation to Targeted Killing

Targeted killing raises the most fundamental issues of world order, sovereignty, the scope of warfare, the crime of aggression, and extra-judicial executions.…

The Saga of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, and Wikileaks, to be put to ballad and film

The Saga of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, and Wikileaks, to be put to ballad and film

For exposing embarrassing and less-than-honorable behavior, Bradley Manning of the United States Army and Julian Assange of Wikileaks may spend most of their remaining days in a modern dungeon…

Book Burning: The Americans still don’t get it

Book Burning: The Americans still don’t get it

There’s a method in the madness and upsurge in incidents like the Koran burning in Afghanistan…

Why Can’t americans Have Democracy?

Why Can’t americans Have Democracy?

Why is Washington so determined to bring democracy to the Middle East (with the exception of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Emirates), Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, and China, but…

France, Turkey, and the Armenian Genocide

France, Turkey, and the Armenian Genocide

Reconciliation between the Turkish and Armenian nation-states must, and will, take place based on the triumph of truth.…

Between Politics and Principles: Hamas’ Perilous Maneuvers

Between Politics and Principles: Hamas’ Perilous Maneuvers

Despite all of Hamas’ assurances to the contrary, a defining struggle is taking place within the Palestinian Islamic movement.…

Potential to Prosperity: Responsibility in the Zimbabwe Opportunity

Potential to Prosperity: Responsibility in the Zimbabwe Opportunity

Zimbabwe's growing prospects need effective oversight and indeed promotion to properly engage the international community. …

War With Iran: Will They or Won’t They?

War With Iran: Will They or Won’t They?

A main reason for the Obama Administration’s ever-tightening economic sanctions is to bring about regime-change in Iran to situate a client regime in Tehran. If this doesn’t work, the threat…

IAEA Report: The Growing Resilience of Iran’s Nuclear Program

IAEA Report: The Growing Resilience of Iran’s Nuclear Program

If this outcome is not what Western powers had intended to achieve with regard to Iran, then it seems serious revision of their current Iran strategy with the aim of…

Foreign Policy’s Irresponsible Reporting on Iran’s Nuclear Program

Foreign Policy’s Irresponsible Reporting on Iran’s Nuclear Program

Foreign Policy has had a troubling record that goes beyond one or two guest op-eds. There has been a pattern of what can be termed irresponsible reporting at best. …

Will Russia Yield on Syria?

Will Russia Yield on Syria?

Since the criticism and pressure are growing concurrently with increasing number of civilian deaths and worsening humanitarian situation in Syria, the question arises, will Russia change its position on Syrian…

Decision Time for Lebanon

Decision Time for Lebanon

Syria’s downward spiral toward civil war is weighing heavily on Lebanon, and although most political and sectarian groups have a clear interest in stability in Syria, there is no consensus…

Saving Khader Adnan’s Life and Legacy

Saving Khader Adnan’s Life and Legacy

A fitting tribute to Mr. Adnan’s hunger strike would be to put opposition to administrative detention on the top of the human rights agenda throughout the world.…

Obama’s Human Rights Insouciance

Obama’s Human Rights Insouciance

Washington is the worst violator of human rights in our era, and Washington has only begun. Who will liberate Americans from Washington’s clutches?…

When is an ‘NGO’ not an NGO? Twists and Turns Beneath the Cairo Skies

When is an ‘NGO’ not an NGO? Twists and Turns Beneath the Cairo Skies

A confusing controversy between the United States and Egypt is unfolding. It has already raised tensions in the relationship between the two countries to a level that has not existed…

Is Western Democracy Real or a Facade?

Is Western Democracy Real or a Facade?

The United States government and its NATO puppets have been killing Muslim men, women and children for a decade in the name of bringing them democracy. But is the…

Honoring Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah

Honoring Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah

Rushing to an appointment last Saturday I passed the Mohammad Hussein Fadallah Hassaniyeh (Mosque), which for many in my immediate Dahiyeh neighborhood is the religious institution we feel most connected…

The Menace of Present & Future Drone Warfare

The Menace of Present & Future Drone Warfare

The U.S. reliance on attack drones to engage in targeted killing, especially in third countries (Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Pakistan) has raised controversial international law issues.…

Iran: Waiting for the New Year under Sanctions

Iran: Waiting for the New Year under Sanctions

While President Obama and his advisors claim victory over the success of new sanctions against Iran and the sharp decline in the value of the Iranian currency, many Iranians are…