Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 7, 2014
“You are,” Dr. Hassan al-Zeyada says, “like a prison doctor treating a victim of torture, making the prisoner healthy to be interrogated and tortured again.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 7, 2014
Liberal politics in the broad sense, in the tradition of Locke, Voltaire, Madison, Jefferson and John Stuart Mill, is rooted in a conviction that vigorous debate clarifies issues and makes for better public policy over time. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 6, 2014
It is legitimate for Israel to seek the disarming of Hamas, but it isn’t legitimate or legal in international law for it to hold noncombatants’ lives and welfare hostage in order to accomplish that goal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 5, 2014
According to a spokesman, the Israel Defense Forces are being "redeployed" to "defensive positions" at Gaza's border after a four-week operation that has left thousands of Palestinians dead, wounded and displaced. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 5, 2014
Calls by some Israeli politicians for the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza in part reflect frustration over the security issue many Israelis maintain the people of Gaza pose to Israel, but there are other possible motivations for this desire. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 5, 2014
The U.S. State Department became a little testy with Israel on Sunday over the sixth school shelling by the Israeli military. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 4, 2014
The ill-considered and remarkably brutal Gaza war likely will give further impetus to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement by Western civil society to pressure Israel on its illegal actions toward the Palestinians. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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