U.S. and Israel Set Conditions for Palestinian Government

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2007 The U.S. and Israel have agreed not to recognize or support a new Palestinian unity government unless it first recognizes Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will have to do some political tightrope-walking in the days ahead as he attempts to make peace with Hamas at home and improve relations with Israel and its allies abroad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Worse Than Apartheid

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 19, 2006 The N.Y. Times' former Middle East bureau chief, writing about Israel's unrelenting attack on the Gaza Strip, argues: "It is a sad commentary on the gutlessness of the American press and timidity of the Democratic opposition that most Americans are not aware of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis they bear so much responsibility in creating." Above: Water mixes with blood in a street of a northern Gaza Strip town after an Israeli tank shelling in November. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Grandmother Blows Herself Up in Gaza

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2006 It's getting worse. The AP reports: "A 64-year-old Palestinian grandmother blew herself up near Israeli troops sweeping through northern Gaza on Thursday, and eight other Palestinians were killed in a day of clashes and rocket fire." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli President Accused of Rape

Staff / Truthdig Oct 16, 2006 Israeli police have found sufficient evidence to charge President Moshe Katsav with multiple acts of rape and sexual harassment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Men Have Biological Clocks Too

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2006 A group of U.S. and UK researchers have suggested that children born to older fathers are likelier to develop autism. The study of 132,271 Israeli children implies the possibility that men also have time constraints on procreation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Reservists Demand Olmert?s Resignation

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 The reserve soldiers are calling for their prime minister to step down because, they said, there was "no leadership" and they were inadequately trained for their mission in Lebanon. What effect will this call have on Olmert's standing? Well, it seems to depend on whether or not he's "The Decider," and whether he's the one who decides what's best. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CNN Host Gets Heated With Israeli Spokeswoman

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2006 Interviewing a flack for the Israeli government about the killing of women and children at Qana in Lebanon, this CNN anchor channels Anderson Cooper with her refusal to meekly accept meaningless government platitudes. Watch the sparks fly. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Bomb Kills Four U.N. Observers

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2006 The United Nations peacekeepers were holed up at an observation post in southern Lebanon. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked" at the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israelis and Lebanese Are Still Talking — on the Net

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2006 Official diplomatic relations between the two countries may be at a nadir, but young citizens on both sides are finding common ground on Internet chat boards Says a blogger: "We have tons of things in common We come from two of the most liberal, educated countries in the Middle East" Also: Read the back story on that infamous picture of Israeli girls writing on rocket shells. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Generals

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Did the AP Erase a Video of a War Crime?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2006 The Associated Press erased a video of an unprovoked Israeli soldier shooting Palestinian children in 2004--according to a journalist conducting a study of the AP's practices in the region. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jews Fight Fire with Satire

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2006 In the wake of an Iranian newspaper's cartoon contest to mock the Holocaust, an Israeli cartoonist is asking Jewish artists to draw anti-Semitic cartoons themselves. We wonder: Is this sort of like African Americans reclaiming the N-word as their own? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )