Staff / TruthdigJun 5, 2010
Israel has intercepted yet another Gaza-bound aid supply ship attempting to break the naval blockade of the occupied territory, but unlike the bloody raid on an aid flotilla Monday, Saturday's interception occurred peacefully. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 5, 2010
It was the Week of the Flotilla, and the controversy over Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound convoy was ongoing as "Left, Right & Center" commentators Robert Scheer, David Frum and Matt Miller took to the airwaves in the latest show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 4, 2010
One of the nine flotilla passengers shot dead by Israeli commandos was a 19-year-old American-born student named Furkan Dogan. He was shot four times in the head and once in the chest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJun 3, 2010
What Ralph Nader has to say about California's Prop. 14, Rupert Murdoch's billion-dollar disaster, and reports and videos on the flotilla raid you won't find in U.S. media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigJun 3, 2010
The government of Israel is supposedly run by the Jewish state's toughest and most ardent defenders, but so far they have inflicted worse damage on its security and its future than its enemies ever could.So far Israel's conservative leaders have inflicted worse damage on its security and its future than its enemies ever could. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 3, 2010
Israel is still being widely criticized for the flotilla attack, but on Wednesday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not about to apologize for his country's actions in the incident or for Israel's stance toward Gaza. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 2, 2010
If nothing else, this assault on decency by the Israeli government was clearly intended to derail the peace talks that President Barack Obama has encouraged But instead of calling Israel on its savagery, the US is virtually alone in the world in its embarrassingly mild rebuke . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 2, 2010
Who knew Eliot Spitzer was such an Israel apologist? Guest-hosting on MSNBC, the former New York governor tries to get an uncooperative Glenn Greenwald to accept Israel's assault on the aid flotilla and Israel's devastating blockade of Gaza as "reasonable." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 1, 2010
Politico suggests that the US is close to sharing Israel's international isolation, thanks to Washington's hesitation to condemn its special ally The publication quotes an anonymous U official who says, regarding Israel's explanation of the deadly flotilla raid, "We’re the only ones who believe them". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 1, 2010
Relations between Israel and friends like Turkey and the US went south following Monday's raid on a flotilla en route to Gaza, as differing reports emerged to challenge Israel's account (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 1, 2010
Why shooting peace activists to death is a big deal -- even in foreign policy circles, what priests' mistresses think of celibacy, and how much public money Sarah Palin got paid to attempt public speech. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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