What Did Theresa May Know About the Manchester Bomber?

By John Pilger May 31, 2017 Critical questions remain unanswered, deflected by promises of an internal review. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Arab Street Shocked as Saudi Delegation Visits Israel (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 25, 2016 The visit to Israel of a former Saudi military intelligence officer, Gen. Anwar Eshki, came as a body blow to the Arab in the street. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Jews and Arabs Kiss to Protest Israeli Schools’ Snubbing of Novel

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jan 9, 2016 Israeli education officials have excluded Dorit Rabinyan's book "Borderlife," about a love affair between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, from high schools' exam curriculum. The lifestyle site TimeOut Tel Aviv responded by making a tender video showing Jews and Arabs kissing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

5 Reasons to Be Grateful for the Arabic Language

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 30, 2015 Outrage over a teacher in rural Virginia deciding to expose her students to the Arabic script is probably based on a lack of knowledge of the gifts European and New World culture received from those who wrote in the Arabic language. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

No, Donald Trump, Real Muslims Haven’t Applauded Your Fascist Plan to Ban Them

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 14, 2015 Some in the Arabic press reported with a straight face Trump’s assertions that he has lots of Muslim friends and that they are calling to say how pleased they are that the GOP presidential contender wants to bar them from entering the U.S. In the real world, how have Muslims responded? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Washington to Whomever: Please Fight Islamic State for Us

By Peter Van Buren / TomDispatch Dec 10, 2015 The United States will send in planes, advisers and special-ops guys if the Arabs, Kurds, Turks, Sunnis and/or Shiites will please step in soon and get America off the hook. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Forget Islamic State: Humanity Itself Is at Stake

By Ramzy Baroud / Common Dreams Nov 28, 2015 The crux of the matter: We either live in dignity together or continue to perish alone, in warring tribes and grief-stricken nations. This is not just about indiscriminate bombing. Our humanity -- in fact, the future of the human race is at stake. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Netanyahu’s Blood Libel Against Palestinians

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 23, 2015 In saying a mufti put Hitler up to the Holocaust, the Israeli prime minister is attempting to paint Palestinians as congenital Jew-haters -- justifying robbing them of their remaining land, their livelihoods and their lives. Netanyahu is wrong on the history.In claiming that a mufti put Hitler up to the Holocaust, the Israeli prime minister is trying to paint Palestinians as congenital Jew-haters—justifying continued quashing of their future. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Obama: There Will Be No Mideast NATO, but the U.S. Is Committed to the Security of Arab Gulf States

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 16, 2015 The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council came to President Barack Obama in search of a renewed, formalized U.S. commitment to their security. They came away disappointed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Arab Political Crisis: It Isn’t a Matter of Civilization and It Isn’t Unique

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 23, 2014 Al-Arabiya Washington bureau chief Hisham Melhem had a piece in Politico Magazine on Thursday on what he calls the collapse of Arab civilization. The piece is riddled with contradictions and fuzzy thinking and with all due respect to Milhem, who is a knowledgeable and experienced correspondent, I am going to disagree with it vehemently. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye Discusses What It Was Like Growing Up in Palestine and Ferguson

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 30, 2014 Naomi Shihab Nye, a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and an award-winning writer, was raised in two of the most frequently discussed conflict zones in the news today. In a recent piece for The Washington Post, Nye talks about the lessons she learned while living in lands that are still divided by racial tensions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Washington’s War on Terror Failed: The Underrated Saudi Connection

By Patrick Cockburn, TomDispatch Aug 22, 2014 By continuing contradictory policies in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. has ensured that ISIS can reinforce its fighters in those countries and vice versa. So far, Washington has been successful in escaping blame for the rise of ISIS by putting all the blame on the Iraqi government. In fact, it has created a situation in which ISIS can survive and may well flourish. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )