Shin Bet detains, deports Jewish-American professor, Israel critic NORMAN FINKELSTEIN

The Shin Bet security service detained and deported a Jewish-American professor who is a prominent critic of the Israeli occupation when he landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Friday.
Professor Norman Finkelstein was interrogated for several hours and held in an airport cell before being put on a plane back to Amsterdam, his point of [...]

How to be An Israeli Journalist - Never Write “Murder” or “Palestine”

By YONATAN MENDEL

A year ago I applied for the job of Occupied Territories correspondent at Ma’ariv, an Israeli newspaper. I speak Arabic and have taught in Palestinian schools and taken part in many joint Jewish-Palestinian projects. At my interview the boss asked how I could possibly be objective. I had spent too much time with [...]

How Capitalism is Killing Democracy

Free markets were supposed to lead to free societies. Instead, today’s supercharged global economy is eroding the power of the people in democracies around the globe. Welcome to a world where … government takes a back seat to big business. …
Conventional wisdom holds that where either capitalism or democracy flourishes, the other must soon follow. [...]

Photos Show Rape of Iraqi Women + US soldiers stories

U.S.A soldier tells how he Raped A muslim girl in Abu Ghraib

Today, new photographs were sent to La Voz de Aztlan from confidential sources depicting the shocking rapes of two Iraqi women by what are purported to be US Military Intelligence personnel and private US mercenaries in military fatigues. It is now known that hundreds [...]

Support Burma! - Show your Saffon Solidarity!

In support of our incredibly brave friends in Bruma: May all people around the wrold wear a red shirt on Friday, sept 28!
The time has come for the World to really STAND UP FOR BURMA!
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The Quality of Mercy in Gaza

In these days of warmongering, peace and justice are tossed about like hot potatoes with no end to the suffering in sight. But, where is the compassion for the children, women and men who are being subjected to the excesses of power in all its guises?
Right now, some mercy for the Palestinians in Gaza is [...]

THE REACH OF WAR; Civilian Claims On U.S. Suggest The Toll of War

In February 2006, nervous American soldiers in Tikrit killed an Iraqi fisherman on the Tigris River after he leaned over to switch off his engine. A year earlier, a civilian filling his car and an Iraqi Army officer directing traffic were shot by American soldiers in a passing convoy in Balad, for no apparent reason.
The [...]

Livni to launch campaign to bar terrorist groups from office

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni plans to launch a diplomatic campaign to convince the world that terrorist organizations should no longer be allowed to field candidates for office in elections.
The campaign, which will open during her visit to the United Nations this week for the 62nd General Assembly, stems from Israel’s experience of the Hamas [...]