Climate Change, Dirty Natural Gas and the Gaza War

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 5, 2014 Calls by some Israeli politicians for the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza in part reflect frustration over the security issue many Israelis maintain the people of Gaza pose to Israel, but there are other possible motivations for this desire. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Top 5 Ways the U.S. Is Israel’s Accomplice in War Crimes in Gaza

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 5, 2014 The U.S. State Department became a little testy with Israel on Sunday over the sixth school shelling by the Israeli military. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cease-Fire

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Boycott of Israel Spreads in European Civil Society Over Gaza War, Could Cost $5 Billion a Year

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 4, 2014 The ill-considered and remarkably brutal Gaza war likely will give further impetus to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement by Western civil society to pressure Israel on its illegal actions toward the Palestinians. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Millennials Find Israel’s Actions Harder to Justify Than Other Generations

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 3, 2014 Recent polls show a growing divide between a younger generation that's "over Israel" and their elders who, according to Salon writer David Palumbo-Liu, still view the recent conflict in the context of the Holocaust among other reasons. But can we wait for Generation Y to address the "tremendous humanitarian crisis" taking place in Gaza? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Are Israelis and Zionists Really Talking About a Final Solution of the Palestinian Problem?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 2, 2014 The Times of Israel published and then removed from its site an essay by Yochanan Gordon that openly called for genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wiping Another Country Off the Map: Israel Does It to Palestine

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 2, 2014 Back when the warmongers had hopes of ginning up a war between the United States and Iran during the Bush administration, one of their propaganda talking points was the Iran had “threatened to wipe Israel off the map.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Peace Prescription

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Not Equal: Gaza in Over 1,000 Frames

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Jul 31, 2014 There's a tendency in some Gaza reporting to treat both sides as tough, equally matched adversaries. Dig deeper

Gaza and Soweto: Why South Africa Is Calling on Israel to Cease Gaza Ground Offensive

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 31, 2014 On June 16, 1976, some 20,000 students rose up to protest in the slum of Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Why Destroying Hamas Is a Terrible Idea

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2014 According to a Pentagon intelligence official, if eliminated, Hamas would be replaced by a far more dangerous alternative; a group of scientists warns we may be witnessing the beginning of the Earth's sixth mass extinction, the likes of which wiped out dinosaurs; meanwhile, an activist contends the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has had significant repercussions on the Israeli economy, especially since the recent attack on Gaza began. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

After Another U.N. School Shelled in Gaza, U.N. Official Calls Tragedy ‘Source of Universal Shame’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 30, 2014 Chris Gunness, a UN Relief and Works Agency official, said that the IDF had been notified of the "precise location" of the organization's school-turned-shelter in Jabaliya at least 17 times before what he and his colleagues termed Israeli artillery killed "children as they slept next to their parents" Wednesday . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )