Middle East

Clear Flaws in Oslo Accords Doomed Peace Talks to Failure

Maha Nassar / The Conversation Sep 14, 2023 Thirty years after Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn, it's time to admit the process never had a chance to succeed. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Bill Clinton, the ‘New Democrat’

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jul 20, 2019 His two terms were marked by partisan rancor, scandal and, for many Americans, betrayal by the president. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Were the Oslo Peace Accords Doomed From the Start?

Sandy Tolan / TomDispatch Sep 13, 2018 This is the question worth asking on the 25th anniversary of the accords, which essentially drove policy in the U.S., Israel, the occupied Palestinian territories and European capitals for a quarter of a century. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Uri Avnery, Israeli Journalist and Palestinian Rights Champion, Dies at 94

Ilana Novick Aug 21, 2018 One of the first of his countrymen to meet Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, he was a singular figure in Israeli society. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bibi’s Information Warfare Operation Against America

Scott Ritter / Truthdig May 4, 2018 Benjamin Netanyahu's presentation on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program was all smoke and mirrors to influence President Trump. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Zero Hour in Palestine

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 6, 2017 Trump’s decision to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem eradicates all pretense of a peace agreement or respect for the rule of law. It leaves the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement as the last tool to achieve justice for Palestinians. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Kiss Was Just A Kiss: Hillary Clinton’s March to the Radical Right on Israel

Sandy Tolan / Truthdig Mar 31, 2016 Back in 1999, she air-kissed Yasser Arafat's wife and dared to utter the word "Palestine." Today, she is being embraced by billionaires and neoconservatives who help bankroll her campaign and believe Israel can do no wrong. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Leonard Beerman: Activist, Pacifist, Rebel and Rabbi

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Dec 28, 2014 In a remembrance published earlier this week, the Rev. Madison Shockley recalled Rabbi Leonard Beerman, who will be buried today, as a great light for justice and peace. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Was Yasser Arafat Assassinated?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 7, 2013 A report out of Switzerland suggests the deceased Palestinian leader may have been poisoned with polonium-210, the same radioactive substance used to kill former Russian FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arafat Exhumed: Was the Palestinian Leader Poisoned?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 27, 2012 Swiss, French and Russian scientists will conduct tests on samples taken from the body of Yasser Arafat, the first Palestinian Authority president whose official cause of death eight years ago is listed as stroke, but whose personal items were found to contain traces of polonium-210. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Was Yasser Arafat Poisoned?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2012 A Swiss medical laboratory has found traces of polonium, a rare, highly radioactive metal, in the former Palestinian leader's personal effects. Is that what killed the Nobel laureate? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rabin Turns in His Grave

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2009 Uri Avnery remembers Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat and the historic Oslo agreement that has since turned to mush. "The public memory," Avnery warns, "is trying nowadays to obliterate" Rabin's "inner revolution" toward peace with the Palestinians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )