by Muhammad Sahimi, January 12, 2015 The criminal attack by Islamic radicals on the offices of French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo and murder of 17 people, including the magazine’s editor-in-chief, cartoonists, and other staff members, has shocked the world,… Continue Reading
by Will Porter, November 4, 2014 In early October, TomDispatch’s Tom Engelhardt, in a piece entitled “ISIS in Washington,” touched upon a key point which, I think, deserves some emphasis. Terror, Engelhardt said, is used not only by Islamist… Continue Reading
by Peter Garcia-Webb on Fri, 2014-08-01 The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution that will now go to the Senate. It calls on the international community to recognize and condemn Hamas’ breaches of international law through the use… Continue Reading
by Noura Erakat July 25, 2014 Israel has killed almost 800 Palestinians in the past twenty-one days in the Gaza Strip alone; its onslaught continues. The UN estimates that more than 74 percent of those killed are civilians. That is… Continue Reading
by Justin Raimondo, July 09, 2014 The latest spate of violence in Israel and the occupied territories has been the occasion for anguished references to the “cycle of violence,” as if it were like the procession of the seasons and… Continue Reading