The Pied Piper of Zion

By Uri Avnery / Tikkun Jan 30, 2016 The Israeli Peace Camp is in despair. No savior is in sight. Many just sit in front of their TV set and wring their hands. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Allegations Arise That Israeli Soldiers Are Planting Knives on Palestinians

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 17, 2015 Amira Hass writes in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz of incidents in which Israeli soldiers have reportedly killed unarmed Palestinians and possibly placed knives near them "after the fact." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Khalida Jarrar

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Apr 21, 2015 The lawmaker, feminist and human rights activist was recently seized by Israeli forces for her leading role in Palestine’s accession to the International Criminal Court. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Peter Beinart

BLANK Aug 18, 2014 The historical corrections cited in a major column by the American critic of Israel are key to understanding the latest turmoil engulfing Gaza, the West Bank and the Jewish state. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton’s ‘Articulate, Sophisticated, Passionate Defense’ of Netanyahu’s Deplorable Acts

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 14, 2014 Israel's best spokesperson is none other than our very own former secretary of state, according to Haaretz columnist and professor Peter Beinart, who argues that Hillary Clinton's empathy for Benjamin Netanyahu's decisions is exactly why she "gets so much wrong" about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A ‘Green Light to Kill, Destroy and Pulverize Gaza’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 12, 2014 The silence of the European Union, including especially Germany, whose Chancellor Angela Merkel declared support for Israel's right "to defend itself," constitutes a collaboration with Israel's "journey of destruction and death, waged against the Palestinian people in Gaza," journalist Amira Hass writes in Haaretz, Israel's oldest daily newspaper. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Unrelenting Israeli Strikes Could Cause ‘Grave Humanitarian Crisis’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2014 The death toll in the Gaza Strip passed 815 as new strikes by Israel's Netanyahu government killed more civilians and prompted the largest West Bank protests seen in decades, "Democracy Now!" reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Peace Is Nowhere to Be Found on Israel’s Agenda, Columnist Contends

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 5, 2014 Haaretz's Gideon Levy wants us to wake up and smell the Zionist coffee: Israel has never cared about a "just peace," only about "collective anxieties" that "now take precedence over all else," he writes. In other words, Levy claims, "The Israelis want occupation, not peace." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A War on Christmas in Israel

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 27, 2012 In Israeli cities such as Haifa and Nazareth, officials and religious authorities have tried to ban celebrations of non-Jewish holidays by forbidding decorations in public buildings and threatening to revoke kosher certificates from businesses. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Everyone Loses in a War With Iran

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 8, 2012 On Super Tuesday, the most important matter facing the country was not who will win the Republican presidential nomination but whether Israel will drag the United States into a war with Iran. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ex-Israeli Soldier Admits Leaking Secrets

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2011 In a plea deal with Israeli authorities, former soldier Anat Kamm has admitted to leaking more than 2,000 classified military documents to the Haaretz newspaper, including information on an Israeli operation aimed at killing West Bank Palestinian militants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel’s Flotilla Inquiry ‘Farce’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2010 Israel's oldest daily newspaper, Haaretz, condemns the Netanyahu government's "farce" of an inquiry into the deadly flotilla raid: "The conclusions of an ostensible probe are intended to justify retroactively the decision to blockade Gaza and to use deadly force on the deck of the Mavi Marmara". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )