Mideast Standoff in Midtown: Gaza Assault Sparks Competing NYC Protests
We’ve been sweltering in solidarity for over forty minutes now, between 42nd and 43rd Streets on 8th Avenue, parked…
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Palestine: Between Selective Sympathy and Collective Punishment
Israel has been shaken by the horrific discovery of the bodies of three young teenagers, buried under a shallow…
In the Shadow of Ghandi, Jewish Voice for Peace Urges End to Israeli Crackdown
In the Southwest corner of Union Square, under the gaze of the park’s statue of Mahatma Ghandi, demonstrators lined…
Black Eye for Israel and a Strengthened Hamas
There should be no doubt that Israel achieved the narrow military objectives it set for its army when it…
JERUSALEM, Nov 15 2012 (IPS) – As Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip enters its second day, Palestinians fear…
Ever since Lawrence Swaim of the California-based Interfaith Freedom Foundation articulated his valuable insight to me that the question…
Image and Reality of Barack Obama’s Israel Policy
The photo shown above of an Israeli throwing a shoe at an image of Barack Obama perfectly captures the…
Islamophobia in New York, Redux: We Should Have Seen the Ground Zero Furor Coming
When the Islamophobic furor against the proposed Muslim community center two-and-a-half blocks away from Ground Zero began to peak…
An Interview with Dr. Norman Finkelstein
These days, Dr. Norman Finkelstein is a busy man. The outspoken scholar on Israel/Palestine has a new book about…
Human Rights Groups Say Israel and Hamas Fail in Investigations
A chorus of statements from human rights organizations has determined that both Israel and Palestinian authorities have failed to…