Juan Cole / TruthdigFeb 20, 2017
Let’s acknowledge that Israel's Likud Party and its allies on the right do not want peace with the Arabs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Uri Avnery / TikkunJan 30, 2016
The Israeli Peace Camp is in despair. No savior is in sight. Many just sit in front of their TV set and wring their hands. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 10, 2015
Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu needs some tough love from friends, and President Obama has nothing to lose by applying this tough love now. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 26, 2015
Actress Natalie Portman has kicked off a controversy with remarks about how to remember the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews, in which the National Socialists murdered 6 million. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 13, 2015
Bibi's scheduled visit to the U.K. next month is already mired in controversy now that a petition calling for the Israeli prime minister's arrest upon arrival to London has gone viral. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigApr 30, 2015
The United Nations has officially condemned Israel for shelling its emergency shelters in Gaza during the summer of 2014. The attacks left hundreds injured and at least 44 dead. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 21, 2015
By making Benjamin Netanyahu the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, Jewish Israeli voters have chosen occupation, apartheid and periodic bouts of warfare. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMar 19, 2015
"The biggest losers [in Israel's decision to re-elect the Likud Party]," writes the former Truthdigger of the Week, "will be all those on the planet who yearn for a world based on social and economic justice, environmental sanity, peace and non-violence, and genuine caring for the peoples of the world." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 19, 2015
Observers in the Arab press who contemplated the victory of far right Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli elections express emotions from “concern and anxiety” to out-and-out horror at the potentially destructive impact it will have on the region. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 18, 2015
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party scored a decisive victory in Israel’s election Tuesday, winning the most seats in the legislature and toppling its main rival, the center-left Zionist Union. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 18, 2015
Ayman Odah, leader of the Joint Arab List, the party representing Palestinian-Israelis and elements of the Israeli left, responded late Tuesday to the news that Israelis of Palestinian descent came out in droves to vote. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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