Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

2009

• Children of the Occupation

  Andrea D'Cruz

  Hundreds of Palestinian children are imprisoned in Israeli jails every year. Their story, overlooked in recent media reports, tells the true cost of the occupation.

• Israel vs. Human Rights

  Adam Horowitz & Philip Weiss : Israel

  Israel's latest strategy for responding to allegations of human rights abuses: kill the messenger.

• Palestine's Peaceful Struggle

  Mohammed Khatib

  The growing nonviolent mass movement against Israel's annexation wall is now meeting with stepped-up--and lethal--repression.

• The Tel Aviv Party Stops Here

  Naomi Klein : Film

  The glittering "spotlight" at a Toronto film festival is a reflection of Israel's desire to avoid scrutiny for its actions in Gaza.

• Israeli Settlements: Obama Should Know Better

  Mairav Zonszein

  Obama says he wants a freeze on Israeli settlement expansion. If that's the case, he should turn his attention to the US-based nonprofit that encourages American immigration to the West Bank.

• Free Gaza--and Palestine

  Huwaida Arraf

  Last month the Israeli Navy seized a boat attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to blockaded Gaza and arrested its passengers, and received little international criticism.

• Israel's Man of Conscience

  Ezra Nawi

  The author is going to prison--for peacefully resisting settler and army violence against West Bank Palestinians and the illegal expropriation of their land.

• Israel's Crimes, America's Silence

  John Dugard : Human Rights

  There is now sufficient evidence to charge Israel with war crimes for its actions in Gaza. Why is Obama silent?

• Mr. Abbas Goes to Washington

  Ali Abunimah

  Though President Obama met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on May 28, there's little evidence that the United States is encouraging real progress toward a two-state solution.

• The Palestinian Paradox

  Helena Cobban : Occupation & Occupied Territories

  The surest path to statehood and lasting peace with Israel is engagement with Hamas.

• The UN vs. Israel: The Gaza Fallout

  Barbara Crossette : United Nations

  A UN investigation of Israel's attacks on Gaza may put the US in the middle of a tense dispute between the international body and Israel.

• US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats

  Barbara Crossette : Israel

  In a forthcoming memoir, John Gunther Dean writes about not only pressure from pro-Israeli officials in Washington but attempts on his life for reaching out to the Palestinians.

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  'Tell Her the Truth'

  Tony Kushner & Alisa Solomon

  On Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza.

• After Gaza: Jerusalem?

  Helena Cobban : Israel

  Reclaiming Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem looks to be new frontier for Israeli expansionism.

• Remote Control Death

  Marc Garlasco & Darryl Li

  No weapon better symbolizes Israel's indirect occupation of Gaza than unmanned drones.

• Does Gaza Matter?

  GRIT TV

  Hampshire College made headlines after announcing that it would divest from companies that do business with Israel. Do their actions indicate the beginning of a larger campaign?

• Steadfast Before Goliath

  Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi : Israel

  A leading Palestinian politician defends his people and their nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation.