(Includes 5 videos) The olive young leaves and flower sprouts are denser than ever before.  It promises a great season not only of bountiful agricultural harvest but of bountiful harvest on the activism front. It is true that, as the Palestinian poet stated, if the olive tree knew the suffering... » read this article

Three Kings - The Rise of an American Empire in the Middle East After World War II Lloyd C. Gardner. New Press, N.Y., 2009. This concisely written and well documented work covers the “Truman Doctrine…the essential rubric under which the United States projected its power globally after World War II…the... » read this article

A fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Martin Kramer, has called for "the West" to take measures to curb the births of Palestinians, a proposal that appears to meet the international legal definition of a call for genocide. Kramer, who is also a fellow at the influential... » read this article

Editor's Note: Israel and Mossad are fond of bragging about their ability to murder with impunity. The Zionists want to strike fear in the heart of anyone who reaches a level of threat to the Israeli state. They also want to perpetuate the myth that they are invincible. But when... » read this article

Editor's Note: The video below was published and subtitled by Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD. Mazin is the man who asks the soldiers, "Why are you shooting at them? They are unarmed! This is their village! If you go away, there won't be any problem." - Les Blough, Editor   Settlers come... » read this article

Apartheid – Israel Builds Racist Colonies On Stolen Palestinian Land & US Taxpayers Pay For It." Apartheid – Israel Builds Racist Colonies On Stolen Palestinian Land & US Taxpayers Pay For It.... » read this article

Editor's Note: Allston is a municipality in the heart of Boston. - LMB George Galloway slammed the collective punishment Israel imposed on Palestinian people living in the Gaza Strip during a speech on Monday night at the Palestinian Cultural Center of Peace in Allston. Galloway, who is a member of... » read this article

Editor's Note: This article contains 2 reports: first a videotaped interview of 2 Palestinian children; second, a report on birth defects in Palestinian newborns, resulting from the Israeli slaughter in Gaza in 2008 and 2009. - LMB January 28, 2010 Newborn in Gaza with severe defects PNN/ Ramallah. Health professionals... » read this article

Published on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 by GRITtv A report issued yesterday by a UN fact-finding mission led by South African judge Richard Goldstone condemns both Israeli and Palestinian war crimes during Israel's recent invasion of the Gaza Strip. The report however reserves its harshest criticism for Israel's treatment of... » read this article

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the growing boycott, disinvestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine. Based on the anti-apartheid campaign that helped bring down the racist regime in South Africa, BDS is becoming a catch-cry for freedom in countries whose... » read this article

Friday, January 15, 2010 Was Turkey able to repel Israel? Yes, it was. Famous for usually being obnoxious and because of that, leading the U.S. administration in a pretty dance, making its European allies sick and tired, Israel bowed before Turkey and apologized for the first time. Turkish President Abdullah... » read this article

Editor's Note: Quotes appearing before Nadia Hijab's article have been added by Axis of Logic. Say it isn't genocide. - LMB "Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography... » read this article

It is only a few years ago that Rafiq el Hariri was assassinated and barely a few hours after his assassination the US and Zionist controlled media were already blaming Syria.  The pro-Syrian government in Lebanon resigned.   The US' fueled and financed "Cedar's 'revolution' " took place while world media... » read this article

Editor's Note: We have no way of knowing the accuracy of the author's assessment of Hamas at this point in time. For example, he suggests, but offers no evidence that Hamas is interested in a two-state solution. Certainly, there is no reason to believe that he has the authority to speak for Hamas and... » read this article

Christian Zionists believe that in order to fulfill Biblical prophecy, Israel must conquer most of the Middle East. They are a growing force in American politics with ties to many powerful pro-Israel groups in Washington. Once considered a marginal doctrine among evangelicals, the dispensationalist theology of Christian Zionism includes a... » read this article

Wars are planned, financed and fought by governments, not by groups or ordinary people. Wars are based on political agendas bent on complete control over resources, people and territory. Most wars have multiple reasons, domestic, foreign and global outreach. The U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are fought to maintain... » read this article

In spite of our disagreement with Ray McGovern's clearly pronounced respect for the Obama administration's foreign policies, we still find this Interview with Ray McGovern well worth posting because of his incisive analysis of the true reasons for the insane escalation of the war in Afghanistan, of the ridiculously false... » read this article

31 December 2009 In the five days since the abortive attempt by the 23-year-old Nigerian student Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate an explosive device onboard Northwest Flight 253, information has surfaced that indicates an ostensible breakdown in US intelligence and security that is extraordinary in both its character and scale.... » read this article

Editor's Note: It's no surprise that 2010 will end the decade with more of the ever expanding "war on terror". Below, Patrick Martin reports on the preparation of public opinion for opening another front on the U.S./Israeli 'war on terror', this time in Yeman. The recent arrest of the 'Christmas Bomber' in Detroit is an... » read this article

This is a 9 Minute video I just put out on life in the Bethlehem area during Christmas, 2009. It starts with a Jewish guy who joined the demonstration in Al-Masara asking that the soldiers disobey orders and not join in oppressing the Palestinians. In addition to the usual struggles... » read this article