Bush Passes the Buck

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2008 Why is it that the U.S. economy is on a serious downswing? Could it be that we're in the midst of a super-expensive war with little sign of scaling down in the near future that has jacked up oil prices to new heights and strained the federal budget? According to Bush, he'd have worked out our economic woes if it weren't for those meddling congressional Democrats. Dig deeper ( 1 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 )

The Ritual Flaying of Jimmy Carter

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 24, 2008 Nobody with a functioning memory should be too quick to condemn Jimmy Carter for daring to speak with the leadership of Hamas, as nearly everyone along the American political spectrum suddenly has felt obliged to do. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Carter Was Right to Meet With Hamas

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Apr 21, 2008 What separates Jimmy Carter from the neocons, other than a Nobel Prize, is his genuine desire to negotiate a Middle East peace settlement, and that means talking to everyone. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mosaic: Carter Shunned by Israel, Is a Hero to Hamas

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2008 Is former President Jimmy Carter on a peace mission or a mission impossible? As this Mosaic Intelligence Report explains, Carter will try to mediate the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit as a goodwill gesture on the part of Hamas, which is reported to be seriously considering Carter's proposal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Carter Feels ‘Quite at Ease’ With Hamas Meeting

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2008 The State Department says it has twice asked Jimmy Carter not to meet with Hamas leaders, but the former president says he feels "quite at ease" in going ahead with a scheduled meeting because "Hamas will have to be included" if there is to be peace in the region. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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 )

Scores Killed in Israeli Attacks on Gaza

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2008 Attacks by Israeli forces killed more than 70 Palestinians on Saturday as fighting intensified in northern Gaza, prompting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to call the incursion "more than a holocaust." Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven were wounded, the Israeli military reported. Updated. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Lessons of Violence

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 21, 2008 The former New York Times Middle East bureau chief warns that the actions that led to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza will not bring peace to Israel but will instead create a new generation of Palestinian militants. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )