Israel

 Common Ground News Service

Three Steps to a ‘New Israel’: It Can Be Done

Three Steps to a ‘New Israel’: It Can Be Done

BEN LYNFIELD, CGNEWS: Gershom Gorenberg, an Israeli historian, spells out how Israel can re-invent itself as a liberal democracy

 Mondoweiss

Azerbaijan: Israel’s Airfield for Iran Attack

Azerbaijan: Israel’s Airfield for Iran Attack

PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: Israel’s bought a country to attack Iran and it’s called Azerbaijan.

 Common Ground News Service

“What’s Your Story?”: Confronting Assumptions

“What’s Your Story?”: Confronting Assumptions

ARIEL KATZ, CGNEWS: In the Middle East we’re used to drawing firm conclusions from appearances. Ask a question, however, and….

 mai abdul rahman

BDS: It’s Become Mainstream in the United States

BDS: It’s Become Mainstream in the United States

MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: A prominent Zionist commentator has advocated BDS as a means of saving Israel from itself.

 Common Ground News Service

“It is Difficult to Kill When You Know The ‘Other'”

“It is Difficult to Kill When You Know The ‘Other'”

EMMANUELLE HAZAN: ‘Precious Life’ is a film which was nominated for an Oscar. It tells a profound story.

 James M. Dorsey

Hooligans Are ‘Terrorists’, Player’s A ‘Traitor’

Hooligans Are ‘Terrorists’, Player’s A ‘Traitor’

JAMES M. DORSEY: The drama off the pitch surpasses anything on it at the moment in Israeli soccer.

 Juan Cole

Israel: Extinguishing the Last Light in Palestine

Israel: Extinguishing the Last Light in Palestine

JUAN COLE: The Israeli government deliberately does not give Palestinians building permits [for solar energy], because it wants them to emigrate.

 Richard Silverstein

Israel: A Nation with War in its DNA?

Israel: A Nation with War in its DNA?

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Do Israelis wish their children and their enemies’ children to be cannon fodder for this permanent war machine?

 Mondoweiss

Obama and Bibi: Temperature Getting Cooler

Obama and Bibi: Temperature Getting Cooler

PHILIP WEISS: They’re both keeping their cards close to their chest but the atmosphere was distinctly frosty between both leaders.

 mai abdul rahman

Norman Finkelstein: No Traitor to the Palestinian Cause

Norman Finkelstein: No Traitor to the Palestinian Cause

MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: His recent comments surprised many but his defence of Palestine remains resolute.

 Mondoweiss

‘Sleepwalking Into War’: Few Israeli Voices Oppose

‘Sleepwalking Into War’: Few Israeli Voices Oppose

PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: When the former Mossad chief stands alone in opposition to war the position looks inevitable.

 Richard Silverstein

Israel-Palestine and the Intellectual Square Circle

Israel-Palestine and the Intellectual Square Circle

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Nusseibeh is doing a remarkable and daring thing: he’s telling his audience that Israelis are scared, and that they must be partners.

 Mondoweiss

The Overwhelming Spiritual Weight of ‘Nakba’

The Overwhelming Spiritual Weight of ‘Nakba’

PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: Whenever I’m confronted by its direct consequences I find the reality of Nakba deeply shocking.

 Mich Cafe

Hunger for Freedom: It’s Time to Act on Khader Adnan

Hunger for Freedom: It’s Time to Act on Khader Adnan

MICH CAFE: He has been fasting for more than nine weeks so the opportunity to avert disaster is ebbing by the hour.

 Richard Silverstein

U.S. Billionaires, Israel Media: Please, No More…

U.S. Billionaires, Israel Media: Please, No More…

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Adelson, Klarman… Israel needs these far-right pro-Israel billionaires in its media like it needs a hole in the head.

 Common Ground News Service

A ‘Virtual’ Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Issue?

A ‘Virtual’ Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Issue?

RUTH EGLASH, CGNEWS: An online movement formed by Palestinians and Israelis has garnered impressive support. But will it make any difference?

 Ramzy Baroud

Israel Bangs Drum for War: Why Follow?

Israel Bangs Drum for War: Why Follow?

RAMZY BAROUD: History repeats itself, when we fail to learn its lessons. Israel might want to take such chances, but why should the rest of the world?

 Naseem Tarawnah

Army: Making Jordan’s Mass Employer Pay

Army: Making Jordan’s Mass Employer Pay

NASEEM TARAWNAH: With 100,000 active personnel, nearly 65,000 in reserve , and household sizes of 5.4 that’s 891,000 people linked to the army’s payroll.

 Richard Silverstein

Press Freedom Sickly in Israel and Turkey

Press Freedom Sickly in Israel and Turkey

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Is Israel a haven for the free press? Hardly. It allows extensive use of gag orders to protect the state, the military, and the wealthy.

 Ramzy Baroud

Israel, Antisemitism & the Impossibility of Debate

Israel, Antisemitism & the Impossibility of Debate

RAMZY BAROUD: A racist discourse is predicated on racial supremacy, the thing Palestinians are resisting in Israel and the occupied territories.