Palestinians Push for War Crimes Inquiry

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2009 On the heels of Israel's election and its bloody three-week assault on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority is pressing the International Criminal Court to investigate the possibility of war crimes committed by Israeli commanders. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Erdogan, Peres and the Soufflés of Davos

Sandy Tolan / Truthdig Feb 5, 2009 Dear Mr. Prime Minister: I write with grave concern over your impertinent remarks to the president of Israel at the World Economic Forum last week, which threatened to delay dinner for hundreds of extremely important global thinkers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel Blocks Aid Supplies

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2009 A crossing point on the Egypt-Israel border has turned into a parking lot for supplies since Israel virtually halted the transport of aid and equipment for Gaza. Medical items are being allowed to pass, but well-drilling equipment, blankets and food are being blocked. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Troops Finally Out?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2009 About 1,300 Palestinians dead, $2 billion in damage and thousands of devastated families later, Israel claims it has officially pulled its troops from the Gaza Strip after its three-week assault -- with no formal deal between Israel and Hamas and thus no real change in relations between the two sides. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Admits It ‘May Have Used’ Chemical Weapon

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2009 Following accusations by human rights groups last week, Israel has finally admitted that its troops "may have used" white phosphorus shells -- a chemical agent that wreaks havoc on the skin -- in contravention of international law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel’s Chemical Warfare?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2009 Following previous accusations by aid agencies, a video has surfaced amid Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip that shows images "consistent with the use of white phosphorus shells" -- i chemical weaponry The Israeli military has denied use of the chemical agent, which can burn skin to the bone. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Do They Hate the West So Much, We Will Ask

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 9, 2009 So once again, Israel has opened the gates of hell to the Palestinians. Forty civilian refugees dead in a United Nations school, three more in another. Not bad for a night's work in Gaza by the army that believes in "purity of arms". But why should we be surprised? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel Resumes Attack

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2009 Following a three-hour pause in its aerial bombardment to allow those in the Gaza Strip to "get medical attention, get supplies whatever they need," Israel has resumed its attack, although it promised additional halts amid reports that Hamas and Israel are working out details of a cease-fire Overall, 660 Palestinians have been reported killed, including more than 200 children . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bring In the Peacekeepers?

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 7, 2009 Can it be that yet another Israeli failure in Gaza will change the dynamics of "peacekeeping" in the Middle East, that at last the ghost of Arafat will watch the "internationalisation" of the Israeli-Palestinian war? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gauging Obama’s Silence on Gaza

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2009 It's hard to remember a time when so much was at stake during a presidential transition in America. Barack Obama is still two weeks shy of taking office, but even so, his silence about the current crisis in Gaza in particular has not gone unnoticed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Begins Ground War in Gaza

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2009 Israeli forces crossed into Gaza on Saturday night, launching ground attacks and seriously ratcheting up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following a week of bombardment from intensive airstrikes. The United Nations Security Council met that evening in New York about the mounting Mideast crisis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Gaza in Crisis, Barack’s Back

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2009 The challenges of this new year, or at least its initial chapter, are already quite apparent -- what with the dire situation in Gaza, the sputtering global economy and a major transition under way in the United States. Barack Obama, fresh off his Hawaiian holiday, has his work cut out for him, to say the very least. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )