Shimon Peres Was No Nelson Mandela
Shimon Peres was less hawkish than the likes of Netanyahu and Lieberman, but for President Obama to compare him with Nelson Mandela is simply ahistorical.
by Bob Egelko | Oct 25, 2016 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Shimon Peres was less hawkish than the likes of Netanyahu and Lieberman, but for President Obama to compare him with Nelson Mandela is simply ahistorical.
by Ramzy Baroud | May 6, 2016 | Palestine, Viewpoints
His statue may now stand in Ramallah, but Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority do not embody the spirit of Nelson Mandela.
by Mats Svensson | May 8, 2015 | Palestine, Viewpoints
She told me she longed to get away. Just for a few days. She had been invited to visit friends in...
by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 3, 2014 | Palestine, US, Viewpoints
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is an unsuccessful leader, to say the least. But a much harsher judgment can arguably be made.
by Deepak Tripathi | Dec 19, 2013 | Africa, US, Viewpoints
Two individuals who have unquestionably dominated the 2013 agenda are Nelson Mandela and Edward Snowden.
by Vikas Nath | Dec 11, 2013 | Africa, Politics, Viewpoints
Nelson Mandela was the liberation movement’s rallying cry through 27 years of incarceration and country’s moral compass once he stepped down from public office.
by Richard Falk | Dec 9, 2013 | Africa, Palestine, Viewpoints
The Palestinian people, in the midst of their seemingly endless ordeal, have particularly reason to esteem the exemplary life and solidarity exhibited by Nelson Mandela for their cause.
by William Blum | Dec 5, 2013 | Africa, Asia Pacific, Reviews, US
Imagine a documentary film about the Holocaust which makes no mention of Nazi Germany.
Imagine a documentary film about the 1965-66 slaughter of as many as a million “communists” in Indonesia which makes no mention of the key role in the killing played by the United States.
But there’s no need to imagine it. It’s been made, and was released this past summer. It’s called “The Act of Killing” and makes no mention of the American role.