Israel's Intrepid Peacemakers

Neve Gordon : Israel

Their numbers are dwindling, they're low on money and face potential violence and certain prosecution. But Israeli anarchists continue to stand with embattled Palestinians.

In Palestine, a Dream Deferred

Bashir Abu-Manneh : Non-Fiction

Two new books explore fundamental Palestinian and Israeli concerns: The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi considers the Palestinians' failure to achieve sovereignty, and One Country by Ali Abunimah puts forth a moral case for binationalism.

Gaza and Darfur

Alexander Cockburn : Israel

There's no political risk for US media to sound off over genocide in Darfur, but challenging Israel's shameful seige of Gaza is quite a different story.

Palestinian Dilemmas

Mouin Rabbani : Ariel Sharon

Will Palestinians be compelled to live by Ariel Sharon's repressive vision or will they compel Israel to accept genuine self-determination for the Palestinian people?

Gaza Illusions

Richard Falk : Middle East

Disengagement represents a dangerous step backward in the struggle to find a just peace for Israelis and Palestinians and leaves many core issues unresolved.

Disengagement From Peace?

Marwan Bishara : Ariel Sharon

Israel's withdrawal from Gaza represents a withdrawal from the peace process. If that occurs, its nightmare in Gaza could become a West Bank reality.

Fighting Israel's Wall

Ann Petter : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

"I came to Israel because my tax money pays for Apache helicopters."

Israel Plays With Fire

Roane Carey & Adam Shatz : Israel

Opposing Occupation

Ellen Cantarow : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

"I am Jewish. I am Israeli. I am a citizen of this state, and I am very upset."

Remembering Rachel Corrie

Adam Shapiro : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

Why has Corrie's killing gone unchallenged by the United States?

Israel's Failing Wall

Hillel Schenker : Israel

With the specter of an international boycott looming, Sharon has begun to waver.

Letter From Jayyous

David Bloom : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

A Palestinian farming village is being strangled by Sharon's wall.

Occupied Voices

Wendy Pearlman

"Many years have passed in which Palestinians were not really living. What we need is a huge change. And maybe then there will be peace."

Ramallah Diary

Raja Shehadeh : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

"This road was as doomed as the Palestinian Authority itself."

Bird on a Wire

Raja Shehadeh

Of Courage and Resistance

Susan Sontag : Peace Activism

At the center of our moral life are the great stories of those who have said no.

The Other Israel

Roane Carey : Peace Activism

The Isle of Polyphemus

Wole Soyinka : Israel

Like the Cyclops in the tale of Ulysses, Israel is striking at its enemy in blind fury.

Internationals on the Front Lines

Charmaine Seitz : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

Activists played a front-line role during the Israeli invasion of the West Bank.

An Open Letter to General Ariel Sharon

Breyten Breytenbach : Ariel Sharon

A veteran of the fight against apartheid says that might is not right.

A New Current in Palestine

Edward W. Said : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

It's too soon to call it a party, but there's now a popular, independent group.

National Security?

Christopher Hitchens : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

And Darkness Covered the Land

Robert I. Friedman : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

While Ariel Sharon continues to place obstacles in the path of negotiations, the situation on the ground has reached crisis proportions.

'Torture Them'

Alexander Cockburn : Guns & Gun Control

Time of the Intifada

Robert Fisk : Israeli/Palestinian Peace Negotiations

If the new intifada proves one thing, it is that Oslo is dead.

The End of Oslo

Edward W. Said : Israeli/Palestinian Peace Negotiations

Misreported and flawed from the start, the Oslo peace process has entered its terminal phase of violent confrontation.