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Middle East
  • Mohammed Khatib , The Electronic Intifada

    When I was a boy I was still allowed to travel in Israel. I went to the beach and swam in the sea, something that most Palestinian children living in the West Bank today can only dream of. Israel has been restricting movement more and more over the years. We... » read this article
  • Anna Massry in Egypt. Axis of Logic. , Axis of Logic

    Journal Entry #3 Andrew Levine's article, "Existential Threat" (below) honestly and accurately exposes decades of Israeli maneuvering around and out of any serious peace process. Already in the first Camp David accords with Egypt, Menachim Begin was recorded saying that he would rather cut his arm off than sign any... » read this article
  • Anna Massry in Egypt. Axis of Logic. , Axis of Logic

    Journal Entry #1 Who are these people at the White House?? Who are these people at the White House?? Every time there is a new US president, we have to go through farcical Arab/Israeli “peace” summits “mediated” by the US.  Both the US and Israel are in dire need for... » read this article
  • Anna Massry in Egypt. Axis of Logic. , Axis of Logic

    Journal Entry #2 Eine Schande (A Disgrace) After the shameful Annapolis “peace talks”, I never thought I’d see more shameful and degrading talks such as the ones currently being conducted in Washington.  What “peace” is there to discuss?  The “peace” that comes through daily Israeli air strikes, land annexations, house... » read this article
  • Esam Al-Amin , Intifada. Voice of Palestine

    18. Aug, 2010 On Valentine’s Day in 2005, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri left in his motorcade along the seaside highway, cruising towards his mansion. As the motorcade slowed down in front of the St. George Hotel in downtown Beirut, a huge explosion of a parked Mitsubishi pick-up truck... » read this article
  • Frieda Pinto as Miral; Rula Jebreal (novelist); Julian Schnabel (Director) , "Miral" - The Movie

    Julian Schnabel's "Miral" - Trailer. Stars Freida Pinto, Willam Dafoe, Hiam Abbass and Vanessa Redgrave. Based on the novel by Rula Jebreal, the movie revolves around a real-life orphanage established by a Palestinian woman (Abbass) following the 1948 creation of the Israeli state. (Pinto) was sent to the orphanage in... » read this article
  • Jon Elmer , Al Jazeera

    "Hamas' agriculture minister, Muhammad al-Agha, has issued a ten-year plan designed to side-step the blockade by increasing local food production and agricultural self-sufficiency in Gaza." In February 2006, following Hamas' electoral victory, a top advisor to Ehud Olmert, the then Israeli prime minister, Dov Weisglass, described the essence of Israel's... » read this article
  • William Blum , KillingHope

    Editorial comment: In this article William Blum reminds us of the infamous events that took place before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. But above all, he discusses the now burning issue of an imminent attack on Iran in the section 'USrael and Iran'. I don't believe I will... » read this article
  • Gareth Porter , Intel Daily

    August 1, 2010 Reuel Marc Gerecht’s screed justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House resolution 1553 expressing full support for such an Israeli attack. What is important to understand about this campaign is that the... » read this article
  • PN Writer and Jillian York , Palestine Note and Jillian C. York

    Editor's Note: Some Zionist tactics are deceptive; some involve theft and murder; others genocide ... but denying Palestinian supporters the use of Facebook is simply tawdry, disgusting ... petty. - LMB  New York - Facebook was accused this weekend of banning at least two pages of Palestinian-related groups. The Turkish charity IHH... » read this article
  • Julie Hyland , WSWS

    24 July 2010 The statement by British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg that the Iraq war was “illegal” leads to only one conclusion—that former Prime Minister Tony Blair and many others must immediately be arraigned on war crimes charges. Clegg was standing in for Prime Minister David Cameron in parliament... » read this article
  • Rami G. Khouri , The Daily Star (Lebanon)

    Editor's comment: As is the case with France and their ban on the burqa, the real issue in this sad tale for Britain is the loss of their national sovereignty to the Zionist establishment in the UK and Israel. The global issue is Israel's aggression and press for war on... » read this article
  • Chris Marsden , WSWS

    8 July 2010 President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a man who “wants peace” and is “willing to take risks for peace.” He did so following a White House meeting five weeks after the May 31 raid on the Mavi Marmara Gaza aid convoy,... » read this article
  • Nesreen Melek, Iraqi Poet. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic

    There is no place like home My daughter is sleeping on my lap Her black braids are thick and tied with white ribbons Her skin is soft, her eyes are big, and her nose is small Her mouth is full with words need to be said She closed her beautiful... » read this article
  • Mazin Qumsiyeh and Axis of Logic Editors , Axis of Logic

    Editorial Comment: We at Axis of Logic wish to pay tribute to one of our heroes, relatively unknown outside Palestine. Hazem Qumsiyeh was brother-in-law to Mazin Qumsiyeh who works in Palestine and has been an activist and a faithful voice of Palestinians throughout the world by means of his reports... » read this article
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World News
  • Bahrain: Ali Abdulemam, blogger and Global Voices contributor arrested
    Ali Abdulemam, a leading Bahraini blogger and Global Voices Advocacy author, was arrested earlier today by the Bahraini authorities for allegedly spreading “false news” on BahrainOnline.org portal, one of the most popular pro-democracy outlets in Bahrain, amidst the worst sectarian crackdown by the...
  • Israel Invited to Join Anti-Nuclear Pact
    VIENNA - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has invited Israel to consider joining a global anti-nuclear arms pact and to place all its atomic facilities under his agency's inspections, an IAEA report said...
  • Laos and the legacy of Vietnam
    The US gives $3m a year to clear cluster bombs in Laos. For nine years, it spent $2m a day to drop them. We must do more Three million tons of ordnance was dropped on...
  • Fidel Castro addresses first rally in four years
    Fidel Castro has addressed a rally for the first time since handing the Cuban presidency to his brother Raul in 2006.   In a speech at Havana University, Mr Castro warned of nuclear war arising...
  • Pakistan floods and the timber mafia
      Islamabad, Pakistan (UPI) Sep 2, 2010 There is a link between deforestation in Pakistan and the massive floods sweeping the country, said an official with the World Wide Fund for Nature. "Had there been...
  • US arrests 370 immigrants in Midwest raids
    31 August 2010 A large-scale police operation resulted in the arrest of 370 immigrants in ten Midwestern states last week. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) coordinated with other federal authorities in conducting the...
  • ACLU Sues U.S. Over Targeted Killing of Citizens
     August 30, 2010 The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government over an alleged policy of killing American citizens who are suspected of terrorism. The lawsuit, filed today in federal court in Washington, argued...
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