Tutu, Obama and the Middle East

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 26, 2008 As President-elect Barack Obama focuses on the meltdown of the U.S. economy, another fire is burning: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Will Obama Be a True Friend of Israel?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2008 The U.S. presidential election was watched with interest, of course, by Israelis, some of whom favored John McCain because they believed he would have been a better "friend of Israel" than Barack Obama will be. Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy wonders if there aren't some problems with this idea. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Blair Cancels Gaza Trip After Security Warning

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2008 Tony Blair had hoped to visit Gaza in his capacity as Mideast envoy for the Quartet -- that's the U.S., the U.N., the EU and Russia -- but had to cancel because of a "specific security threat." It's hard to be an envoy if you can't get to where you need to go, but the former British prime minister promised to make it to Gaza eventually and "press for help for the people there." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel and Hamas Call a Truce

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2008 Egypt has brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to end fighting in Gaza. The agreement calls for a six-month cease-fire, and the possibility of reopening Gaza's borders and returning a captured Israeli soldier. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The West’s Weapon of Self-Delusion

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jun 8, 2008 So they are at it again, the great and the good of American democracy, groveling and fawning to the Israeli lobbyists of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), repeatedly allying themselves to the cause of another country and one that is continuing to steal Arab land. Will this ever end? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bush?s Commitment Problem

Allen McDuffee / Truthdig May 21, 2008 George W. Bush's attempt to juggle Israel's 60th anniversary, Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts and his hostility toward Iran means that Palestinians lose again. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Hezbollah Rules West Beirut in Iran’s Proxy War With America

Robert Fisk / Truthdig May 11, 2008 Another American humiliation. The Shia gunmen who drove past my apartment in west Beirut yesterday afternoon were hooting their horns, making V-signs, leaning out of the windows of SUVs with their rifles in the air, proving to the Muslims of the capital that the elected government of Lebanon has lost. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel Rejects Hamas’ Truce

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2008 Israel denied Hamas a proposed six-month truce in the Gaza Strip on Friday, claiming such a lull would be used by Palestinians to prepare for future attacks against Israel. The cease-fire bid was seen by Israel as a "game" by Hamas, as Israeli airstrikes and commando raids continued in Gaza. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gaza Was Here

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The World as It Is

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 10, 2008 War creates a world without empathy. Those who have empathy cannot, as did Palestinian gunman Alaa Hisham Abu Dheim, coldly murder students in a Jerusalem library. Those who have empathy cannot drop tons of iron fragmentation bombs on crowded Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza, killing more than 120 Palestinians in a week, of whom one in five were children and more than half were civilians. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

8 Dead in Jerusalem Seminary Shooting

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2008 A Palestinian gunman opened fire during dinner at Jerusalem's Mercaz Harav seminary on Thursday, killing eight people and wounding nine before he was shot to death. President Bush condemned the attack, as did Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, while Hamas officials reportedly praised it but didn't claim responsibility. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Aid Groups Slam Gaza Blockade

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2008 A coalition of human rights and development groups has condemned Israel's blockade of Gaza as the worst humanitarian crisis the territory has suffered since 1967. The Israeli government has defended the blockade as a necessary strategy against rocket attacks, a claim the aid groups reject. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )