Tel Aviv Bus Blast Causes Injuries (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 21, 2012 Twenty-one people were hurt Wednesday when a bus exploded in Israel’s commercial capital, Tel Aviv, the first such attack in the city in six and a half years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 13, 2011 If you are wondering why outraged young people around the globe are chanting such similar slogans and using such similar tactics, it is because they have seen more clearly than their elders through the neoliberal shell game. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Irrational Israel Intimidates Iran

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2011 Israel's attempts to threaten Iran are insane; the Sky Watch tower in Zuccotti Park causes more than a little unease; and a new app hints at a future in which phones will replace cash and credit cards. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Throngs Rally in Israel to Demand Social Justice

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2011 Israelis turned out in the hundreds of thousands Saturday night to protest high costs of living and demand social justice in the largest such demonstration the country has ever seen. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Opens Fire on Protesters (Video)

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2011 As many as 13 are dead and scores more injured after Israeli forces shot at protesters Sunday Crowds gathered near the borders of Gaza, Lebanon and Syria to condemn the founding of Israel Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said of the dead, "Their blood will not go to waste" (more)As many as <a href="http://www. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hamas Claims Responsibility for West Bank Shooting Deaths

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2010 The timing was conspicuous and apparently intentional regarding Tuesday's news of the fatal shooting of four Israeli settlers in the West Bank by Hamas gunmen a day before Israeli-Palestinian talks were set to start in Washington. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Admits Mistakes in Flotilla Raid

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2010 Some six weeks after Israeli troops raided a Gaza-bound flotilla and killed nine people aboard, thus rocking the diplomatic boat with Turkey and other nations, Israel has owned up to some "professional mistakes" that occurred during the clash. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkey Ratchets Up Tensions With Israel Over Gaza Flotilla Incident

Staff / Truthdig Jul 5, 2010 Israel's raid on a flotilla headed for Gaza happened over a month ago, but Turkish officials haven't forgotten the divisive incident; in fact, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu threw down the diplomatic gauntlet on Monday (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flotilla Fallout Hits Madrid’s Gay Pride Parade

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2010 Cultural and international politics collided this week after a contingent of Israeli gays from Tel Aviv was pointedly barred from participating in an upcoming gay pride march because their home city's officials (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Should Pay Attention to a Man of Justice

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Oct 1, 2009 Israeli investigations of the Gaza war, its government officials announced, were "a thousand times" fairer than the Goldstone investigation—a preposterous claim, given Israel's constant inability to conduct fair inquiries of its own—and that his mission "gave legitimacy to the Hamas terrorist organization."I met Judge Richard Goldstone at The Hague at the height of the Bosnian war, a small, dapper man whose belief in the righteousness of justice shone through his every word. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Artists and Activists Protest Tel Aviv Program at Toronto Film Fest

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2009 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has a way of popping up in any number of seemingly unrelated arenas across the world, such as the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, where a planned Tel Aviv-themed program has spurred several entertainers, including Jane Fonda, Danny Glover and David Byrne, as well as writers and filmmakers, to sign a letter of protest that's shaking things up with just days to go before the fest begins. All of the 10 films in City to City, a new program at the festival, will focus on the Israeli city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Three Dead, Eight Wounded in Shooting at Tel Aviv Gay Center

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2009 A black-clad gunman opened fire Saturday in what was described in earlier accounts as a gay and lesbian nightclub in Tel Aviv but which the BBC reported is "the headquarters of the local lesbian and gay rights association," killing three people and wounding eight others before fleeing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )