Photo of the Week: Palestinians Celebrate Eid al-Adha in Israel

BLANK Sep 17, 2016 Smiling, chatting, diversely clad. It’s a depiction of relations between Muslims and Jews that Americans are rarely shown. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Want Endless War? Love the U.S. Empire? Well, Hillary Clinton’s Your Choice

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Feb 2, 2016 If the candidate's foreign policy record is any guide, a Hillary Clinton presidency would perpetuate and bolster some of our most hateful national characteristics. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Breaking the Silence

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 4, 2015 The Israel Defense Forces veterans' group has provided the world with testimonies from more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers about atrocities committed in the Palestinian territories. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Israeli Troops Kill 2 Palestinian Teens Protesting Arson Death of Infant

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 1, 2015 Laith Fadel al-Khaladi and Mohammed al-Masri, both 17, were fatally shot during protests that broke out after an arson attack on a Palestinian family took the life of an 18-month-old child and left his parents and brother with severe burns. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

One Year After Gaza Massacre, UN Exposes Likely War Crimes

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jul 10, 2015 "The scale of the devastation was unprecedented" in Gaza, according to an independent commission convened by the United Nations. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Gaza in Arizona

By Todd Miller and Gabriel M. Schivone, TomDispatch Jan 26, 2015 In October 2012, a brigadier general for the Israel Defense Forces explained his country’s border policing strategies at a border technology conference in El Paso, Texas. “We have learned lots from Gaza,” he told the audience. “It’s a great laboratory.” Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Teenage Palestinian Killed by Israeli Troops

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 17, 2014 Israeli forces shot and killed a 13-year-old boy in a village near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Navi Pillay

BLANK Aug 10, 2014 The UN human rights commissioner's response to an effort by US lawmakers to smear an investigation of potential Israeli war crimes affirms her role as a major "voice of the victim everywhere"The U lawmakers to smear an investigation of potential Israeli war crimes affirms her role as a "voice of the victim everywhere". Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Israel and U.N. Have Been Differing Over Gaza Operations for Years

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 9, 2014 “A good number of lessons have not been learned,” said a United Nations lawyer who formerly led an inquiry into fatal Israeli military bombings of United Nations facilities in Gaza during a 2009 operation. The study concluded that Israel "breached the inviolability of United Nations premises." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Senate vs. CIA, Gaza Cease-Fire, the U.S. Abroad

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2014 The CIA spying on Senate computers is just one example of an Obama administration routinely getting caught with its hand in the spying cookie jar. Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer says on this week's "Left, Right & Center" that "the Obama administration has been dreadful on this," and he encourages it to stop the digital snooping and be more transparent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Bombs Gaza Back to Stone Age, Razes Only Power Plant and Plunges Strip Into Darkness (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 30, 2014 Israel launched a seven-hour campaign of intensive bombing of Gaza on Tuesday, destroying its only power plant. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israeli Soldiers: ‘When the Cannons Fire, No Criticism May Be Heard’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2014 Fifty reservists in the Israeli military -- the majority of them women -- have written an open letter expressing opposition to the institution's discriminatory culture and policies, the current operation in Gaza, and the militarization of their society. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )