Pondering the Inner Meanings of Bill’s Big List

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 19, 2008 It's far-fetched to think Hillary Clinton's performance as secretary of state would be influenced by foreign donations to her husband's charitable foundation. But it is naive to think that the newly revealed list of donors won't provoke suspicion and give rise to conspiracy theories. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Israel Blocks U.N. Envoy at Airport

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2008 There was no doubt as to Israel's take on recent comments about Israeli-Palestinian relations made by United Nations official Richard Falk when he arrived Sunday at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, only to be denied entry and sent immediately back to Zurich. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel’s ‘Crime Against Humanity’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 15, 2008 Israel’s siege of Gaza, largely unseen by the outside world because of Jerusalem’s refusal to allow humanitarian aid workers, reporters and photographers access to Gaza, rivals the most egregious crimes carried out at the height of apartheid by the South African regime. It is meant to break Hamas, but will only breed future generations of militants. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Settlement Extremists Threaten Israel’s Moral Substance

William Pfaff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 The steady expansion of nominally illegal colonies into the Palestinian territories has gone on to the point where the political parties are now incapable of disengaging from the settlement enterprise. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Confronting the Terrorist Within

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 1, 2008 The world is far more complex than our childish vision of good and evil. We as a nation and a culture have no monopoly on virtue. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, when viewed from the receiving end, are state-sponsored acts of terrorism. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Bush’s Follies Will Destroy Obama If He Lets Them

William Pfaff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2008 Barack Obama has no choice but to accept responsibility for America's foreign policy crises. But why should he accept them on the distorted and even hysterical terms by which the Bush administration has defined world affairs since 2001? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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 )

To Each His Own Nuke

William Pfaff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2008 The cynical view of national sovereignty holds that it belongs only to those who can defend it. This was said recently at the Pentagon concerning American manned and unmanned attacks inside Pakistan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel Rejects U.N. Aid Plea

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2008 If it looks heartless and sounds heartless, it probably is heartless. A direct quote from a Voice of America news piece: "Israel is ignoring pleas by the United Nations to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, standing firm on its blockade of the Palestinian territory." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Retired Military Leaders Denounce ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2008 One-hundred-and-four retired admirals and generals have signed a statement calling on the military to allow gay soldiers to serve openly. "Don't ask, don't tell" has lost support since the Clinton administration originally negotiated the compromise, but Barack Obama will likely avoid resurrecting one of his predecessor's biggest headaches. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Benjamin Netanyahu We Can Believe In

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2008 It doesn't take a media analyst (or knowledge of Hebrew) to detect the obvious similarities between the Web site for Benjamin Netanyahu, the conservative candidate for prime minister in Israel, and that of America's presidential sweepstakes winner Barack Obama. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blockaded Gaza ‘Faces Disaster’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2008 It's been only about a week since Israel closed the border into the Gaza Strip, denying the occupied territory humanitarian supplies and fuel and even blocking journalists, but the UK-based aid group Oxfam is already warning that Gaza "faces disaster" if the blockade is not immediately broken. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )