AIPAC’s Hold AIPAC’s Hold
The Congressional reaction to Hezbollah's attack on Israel and Israel's bombing of Lebanon provide the latest example of the lobby's grip on US foreign policy.
Aug 4, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman
Dreams Deferred in Lebanon Dreams Deferred in Lebanon
The wounds of the country's long civil war and Israeli occupation were gradually healing. That fragile recovery now lies buried under the rubble of renewed fighting.
Aug 2, 2006 / Feature / Annia Ciezadlo
Israel’s Dependency on the Drug of Militarism Israel’s Dependency on the Drug of Militarism
The Jewish state's diehard supporters in the White House, Congress and the media seem unable to understand Israel can't bomb its way to security.
Aug 2, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Triumph of Crackpot Realism The Triumph of Crackpot Realism
The American government has lost its grasp on reality in Iraq and Lebanon. They seek out the bright, clear problems of war, leaving rubble and corpses in their wake.
Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Reading Less Bad News From Iraq Reading Less Bad News From Iraq
The papers simply cannot find the space.
Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Mumbai’s Casualties Mumbai’s Casualties
The grisly commuter train bombings in Mumbai on July 11 both endangered the India/Pakistan peace process and underscored its fragility.
Jul 27, 2006 / Graham Usher
Anger in the Arab World Anger in the Arab World
At best, war in Gaza and Lebanon will weaken pro-American regimes without destroying Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran or Syria. At worst, it will plunge the region into catastrophe.
Jul 27, 2006 / Rashid Khalidi
The Fractured Mideast The Fractured Mideast
Bush's Mideast strategy of inaction is a dangerous failure. He must act diplomatically to achieve a cease-fire, prisoner exchange and Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands.
Jul 27, 2006 / The Editors
Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy
By saying that the Israel-Lebanon crisis simply represents the "birth pangs of a new Middle East," Condoleezza Rice underscored the Bush Administration's blindness to the disastrou...
Jul 26, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Nasrallah’s Game Nasrallah’s Game
To some observers, the attacks orchestrated by Sheik Sayed Hassan Nasrallah that detonated Israel's ruthless assault on Lebanon look like a death wish--but it's almost impossible t...
Jul 20, 2006 / Feature / Adam Shatz