Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Special Committee of the United Nations Office of the High Commission on Human Rights has issued a new report […]
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Americans and Egyptians face the National Security State on Black Friday Differently
Americans face an erosion of the rights they fought for in their revolution (checks and balances on executive power, right to privacy from government snooping, […]
Morsi’s Second Coup Provokes Mass Protest in Egypt
Egypt’s president Muhammad Morsi, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s civil wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, issued a wide-ranging set of decrees on Thursday that […]
Top Ten Steps that are Necessary for Lasting Gaza-Israel Peace (or, Good Luck!)
1. The Israeli blockade on Gaza exports and non-military imports must be lifted altogether. Ben White points out that the restrictions on goods brought into […]
Gaza Truce Declared (Jamiol Cartoon)
Courtesy Jamiol’s World
Morsi Emerges as Key Power Broker in Gaza Conflict
Egypt’s President Muhammad Morsi, a member of the same Muslim Brotherhood that gave birth to Palestine’s Hamas movement, has emerged as a key broker in […]
Gaza: Israeli Rightists Propose Cutting Water, Electricity, but oppose ground op (OSC)
The USG Open Source Center summarizes the Israeli press on the inadvisability of a ground assault on Gaza, and right-wing suggestions for alternatives such as […]
Cole on Gaza Crisis (Granholm, Current TV Interview)
Jennifer Granholm of Current TV’s “War Room” (10 pm ET) interviewed me on Gaza:
Gaza’s Health Crisis and Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity
Israeli air strikes for the past 6 days have killed over 100 Palestinians in Gaza, many of them women and children; one strike deliberately targeted […]
Live report from Gaza, attacks on Journalists (Democracy Now!)
From Democracy Now! – a live report from a Gaza hospital The blurb for the show: We get a live report from independent journalist Mohammed […]