Lost in the Rubble
Jan 2, 2009 I often visited Nizar Rayan, who was killed Thursday in a targeted assassination by Israel, at his house in the Jabaliya refugee camp when I was in Gaza. His four wives and 11 children also were killed. Rayan's sons, according to their father, strove to be one thing: martyrs for Palestine.
A Hamas Leader Is Killed in Gaza
Jan 2, 2009 On Thursday, the sixth day of airstrikes on Gaza, Israel attacked the home of a Hamas leader, Nizar Rayan, in a Palestinian refugee camp, killing Rayan and several members of his family.
Party to Murder
Dec 30, 2008 Can anyone who is following the Israeli air attacks on Gaza -- the buildings blown to rubble, the children killed on their way to school, the long rows of mutilated corpses, the wailing mothers and wives, the crowds of terrified Palestinians not knowing where to flee, and our callous indifference to this widespread human suffering -- wonder why we are hated?Southern California Journalism Award: Online Column/Commentary/Criticism
Message From Hamas
Dec 30, 2008Team Bush: Hamas Must Stop Attacks on Israel
Dec 30, 2008 As the current Israeli-Palestinian clash reached the three-day mark with no sign of resolution, President Bush weighed in on the crisis via a spokesperson at "the Western White House" in Crawford, Texas.
Happy Hanukkah
Dec 30, 2008
Gaza Coverage
Dec 30, 2008Gaza Morgue Runs Out of Room
Dec 29, 2008 Shifa hospital in Gaza has struggled to keep pace with Israel's punishing airstrikes. Bloomberg reports that the hospital's morgue has three bodies crammed in each drawer, with dozens more lying on stretchers.
Leaders Lie, Civilians Die, and Lessons of History Are Ignored
Dec 29, 2008 We've got so used to the carnage of the Middle East that we don't care anymore -- providing we don't offend the Israelis.Livni Calls Gaza Airstrikes ‘an Answer’ to Hamas
Dec 29, 2008 Israeli Foreign Minister (and prime minister contender) Tzipi Livni responds to international criticism of the Gaza airstrikes that have killed hundreds: "The one who needs to be condemned by the international community is Hamas."