Barbara Myers / TruthdigMar 15, 2018
The 50th anniversary of the U.S. massacre in Vietnam offers an opportunity to take stock of American culpability for the gravest of crimes. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Majorie Cohn / TruthoutDec 6, 2017
The two governments have been trying to prevent a list of at least 150 local and international companies from becoming public. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 17, 2017
The report, issued by a U.N. commission on Western Asia, draws swift criticism from Israeli and U.S. officials. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 16, 2014
Richard Falk, who for six years served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, argues in a recent interview that there is no evidence that Israel’s air campaign has decreased rocket fire from Gaza. Likewise the claim that Hamas uses human shields is unfounded and Israel’s siege of Gaza is missing from media accounts of the cause of the current conflict, he contends. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 15, 2014
The former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights argues that in the face of Western diplomats' and the media's "cynical disregard" for the Palestinian struggle, it's up to the rest of us to put pressure on Israel. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigAug 16, 2010
Desperate Israeli politicians, watching opposition to their apartheid state mount, have proposed a perverted form of what they term “the one-state solution.”Desperate Israeli politicians have proposed a perverted form of what they term “the one-state solution.” Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 20, 2009
Richard Falk, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, writes in his annual report that Israeli actions during the recent offensive in Gaza constitute war crimes. Falk, who was denied entry to the region by Israel, says Hamas' human rights record should also be investigated. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigDec 30, 2008
Can anyone who is following the Israeli air attacks on Gaza -- the buildings blown to rubble, the children killed on their way to school, the long rows of mutilated corpses, the wailing mothers and wives, the crowds of terrified Palestinians not knowing where to flee, and our callous indifference to this widespread human suffering -- wonder why we are hated? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 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 )
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