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A Voice of Reason in Europe

German Nobel laureate Gunter Grass's warning on Israel is a wake-up call that the world would ignore at its own peril …

Michael B. Oren’s Worship of ‘Israel’s Resilient Democracy’

Michael B. Oren’s Worship of ‘Israel’s Resilient Democracy’

One may recall again the ethnic cleansing through which the “Jewish state” was established. So much for “Israel’s Resilient Democracy”.…

Why Europe is not yet ‘A Culture of Peace’

Why Europe is not yet ‘A Culture of Peace’

The West no longer seeks to fly its flag over the governmental buildings of non-Western countries, but it as hungry as ever for their resources, as well as to ensure…

What Marwan Barghouti Really Means to Palestinians

What Marwan Barghouti Really Means to Palestinians

In his latest message, Barghouti said that the Palestinian Authority should immediately halt “all co-ordination with Israel—economic and security—and work toward Palestinian reconciliation,” rather than another peace agreement.…

Review: ‘The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict’

This is the best that academic political history gets. …

John Baird: in defense of ‘what is right’

A recent interview on al-Jazeera (posted March 31, 2012) with John Baird, Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs did nothing to change the image of Canada that is tending to be…

Iran and Israel are locked in Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) deterrence status

Iran and Israel are locked in Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) deterrence status

U.S. and Israeli intelligence staff are said to take the current growing MAD status between Iran and Israel as seriously as it was taken during the cold war period.…

Silence kills, in Sri Lanka and Syria

Silence kills, in Sri Lanka and Syria

From Sri Lanka to Syria, the inaction of the world community resulted in loss of precious lives…

Hana Shalabi’s Hunger Strike Has Ended, But Not Her Punishment

Hana Shalabi’s Hunger Strike Has Ended, But Not Her Punishment

Israel has compounded the crime of administrative detention with this shamefully gratuitous act of vindictiveness.…

Computing Intifada: When Will Palestinians Revolt?

When will the Palestinians revolt? The answer, according to an Israeli official: not this year.…

Empires Then and Now

Just like the bombed and murdered Muslims, the American people are victims of the American empire.…

Imperial Ignorance or Business as Usual?

Here’s some rare insight into how the US corporate war machine invented Islam as the new Enemy …

Why Not Get the Law and Politics Right in Iran?

Why Not Get the Law and Politics Right in Iran?

There are better policy options that are worth exploring, which uphold international law and have a good chance of leading to regional stability. …

US Ambassador Feltman Pledges No Interference in Lebanon; then Pledges to Defeat Hezbollah in Parliamentary Campaign

US Ambassador Feltman Pledges No Interference in Lebanon; then Pledges to Defeat Hezbollah in Parliamentary Campaign

Jeff’s pep rally for the coming Lebanese Parliamentary elections, which will help determine the next Lebanese government, which will affect US plans for the region, has set the tone and…

Review: Lester Pearson’s Peacekeeping

The Truth May Hurt gives a good introduction into the real world of Canadian politics. Its narrow focus on Lester Pearson, often touted as Canada’s pre-eminent peace-keeper, reveals many areas…

Costly ‘Freedom’ in Afghanistan: On Morbid Wars and Logic

Costly ‘Freedom’ in Afghanistan: On Morbid Wars and Logic

The Afghans are a proud people with a long and formidable history of resistance to foreign occupation.…

Behind India’s Defense Budget

This week’s unveiling of the budget finds India hiking its defense budget by 19 per cent, with 40 per cent as capital outlay. …

Both The Market and Government Are Irrational

One of the great economic myths is that markets are rational. Not a day passes without this myth being disproved scores of times, but the myth persists.…

Why Israel Attacked Gaza: Bibi Stirring Trouble

It matters little to them that it was Israel itself that stirred the trouble, broke the truce, and fanned the flames.…

Dear Mr. President: Letters from Israel partisans that took America to war

Dear Mr. President: Letters from Israel partisans that took America to war

Neconservatives lead the push for military intervention in Syria.…