Gaza Crisis Spills Onto Basketball Court
Dave Zirin : Sports
A sports arena and a basketball team recently have become the unlikely setting and target of protests against Israel's attacks on Gaza.
2009
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Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction
Naomi Klein : Israel
To end the bloody occupation, Israel must be the target of the same kind of global movement that finally ended apartheid in South Africa.
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Bomb a Ghetto, Raise a Cheer
Alexander Cockburn : Israel
Israel's criminal onslaughts on the Palestinians in Gaza continue amid torrents of supportive speech and prose.
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Misreading Gaza
Roane Carey
Israel won't get a better deal than the Arab Peace Initiative. The alternative is nothing less than more warfare and, ultimately, the end of Zionism.
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Toward Peace in Gaza
The Editors
Without concerted action by Obama resolve the crisis in Gaza, hope for a two-state settlement will fade and the region will be cursed with many more years of bloodshed.
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In Gaza, the War of '48 Continues
Akiva Eldar
Israel must decide, once and for all, which path it will take: reach a courageous resolution to the conflict, or prolong it indefinitely.
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Israel's New War Ethic
Neve Gordon
The masters of Israel's war on Gaza have fashioned a bizarre moral code that provides humanitarian assistance to the very civilians they are shooting at.
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To Live and Die in Gaza
Laila Al-Arian : Occupation & Occupied Territories
As Israel's bombardment of Gaza continues, a Nation contributor with roots in the region gives voice to the on-the-ground experience of those who have endured the attacks.
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The View From Tel Aviv
Hillel Schenker : Israel
Israel's attack on Gaza has benefited the current leadership, especially Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in pre-election polling. But do they have an exit strategy?
2008
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Gaza Clouds Obama's Prospects
Robert Scheer : Barack Obama Administration
So, why didn't they give peace a chance? Why did the leaders of Hamas and Israel not wait for the incoming US president's inauguration before mutually escalating hostilities?
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Israel in Gaza: Irrationality
It is not rational to believe that the Palestinians in the occupied territories will be terrorized by force and violence, by cruelty, by starvation or by slaughter into a docile acceptance of the Israeli occupation.
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Q & A with Lakhdar Brahimi: What Next for Gaza?
Lakhdar Brahimi, a leading UN troubleshooter in the Middle East weighs in on the crisis in Gaza and speculates on how it may affect Obama's presidency.
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A Memo to Obama on Israel
Uri Avnery : Barack Obama Administration
The following humble suggestions are based on my 70 years of experience as an underground fighter, member of the Knesset and founding member of a peace movement in Israel.
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Israel's War Crimes
Israel's assault on Gaza is a massive violation of international law. Nations that have supplied weapons and supported the siege are complicit in the crimes.
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A Last Chance at Middle East Peace?
The two-state solution for Israel-Palestine will disappear for good if Obama doesn't move fast.
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The Free Gaza Movement
A mission to Gaza motivated by human misery broke the Israeli siege and raised Nobel hopes for a group of dedicated activists.
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The Tragedy of Ehud Olmert
The fall of Ehud Olmert is a tragedy for Israel and the world--squandering a genuine opportunity for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab relations.
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Truth and Consequences Under the Israeli Occupation
A Palestinian journalist's life and work shed light on the violence in Israel's "dual" society.
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A West Bank Town's Fight to Survive
The residents of the town of Ni'lin continue to fight Israel's efforts to take away their land. Is anyone listening?
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A Conversation With Richard Falk
One of the world's most prominent critics of US interventionism talks about his new post as UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories.
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Palestine: Liberation Deferred
A just resolution of the Palestine question depends on the Palestinians themselves.
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A Somber Anniversary
Sixty years after the founding of the State of Israel, the long conflict with the Palestinians, and with the Arab world at large, casts a pall over Israeli life.
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Motzira-Making on the Right
Eric Alterman : Higher Education
The politics of tenure at Barnard and beyond.
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Tough Love for Israel
Another Middle East peace conference? Statesmen instead should have the moral and political courage to end the massive hoax the peace process has become.
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