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After Years in Exile, My Grandfather Returns to Gaza

Laila Al-Arian | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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Laila Al-Arian

My family had been trying to speak with my grandfather since Saturday, after Israel began its onslaught on Gaza. But we haven't managed to reach him.

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Israel/Palestine Debate Is Shifting

Dennis Perrin | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media

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Dennis Perrin

With each fresh round of bombing, Israel's reputation gets worse, allowing growing numbers of people who might never have said a critical word about that country to finally speak up.

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Gaza: Lessons We Should Have Learned

James Zogby | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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James Zogby

The horrors that are unfolding in Gaza are but a tragic replay of past confrontations.

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The Future of Civilization

Robert Koehler | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

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Robert Koehler

No war, no military action, no act of self-defense or revenge has a legitimacy that exempts the perpetrators from responsibility for the consequences they create.

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Selective Memory Is a Problem when dealing with the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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Daoud Kuttab

Irrespective of time and chronology, trading land for peace continues to be the most logical and appropriate way to address the conflict which has bridged the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Calling Out Bush's War in Gaza

Robert Naiman | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

Is it in the interest of humanity that we Americans engage in the charade that the Israeli government is an autonomous actor in this matter?

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Understanding the Gaza Catastrophe

Richard Falk | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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Richard Falk

The people of Gaza are victims of geopolitics at its inhumane worst: producing what Israel itself calls a 'total war' against an essentially defenseless society.

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Even in Sderot, Israelis Say No to Endless War

Adam Horowitz | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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Adam Horowitz

The people I met in Sderot were not calling for war, they were calling for negotiation. They knew that they would be the ones to catch the brunt of an attack on Gaza, not Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem.

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Reading The Pictures: Is That A Snuff Film The Israeli Air Force Has Posted On YouTube?

Michael Shaw | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2009-01-02-shaw_israeliyoutube.jpgWhat troubles me most is how the IDF, in the name of transparency and smart public relations, has not only posted quite a few videos of bombing runs, but continues to show one in question.

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Rules of Engagement from Baghdad to Gaza

David Bromwich | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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David Bromwich

More and more in the past ten years the U.S. and Israel have shared a fantasy which says that the Arabs understand only force.

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The Myth of Sanitary War

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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Allison Kilkenny

So-called "rational adults" argue that smart bombs are exactly the same as the precision guaranteed between a doctor's steady hand, a blade, and a patient's flesh.

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Israeli airstrike kills a top Hamas leader

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK and JASON KEYSER | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli warplane dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on the home of one of Hamas' top five decision-makers Thursday, instantly...

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How Israel is Wrong and the Palestinians are Misguided

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Cenk Uygur

Israel is occupying the West Bank (and effectively Gaza because they control the borders, the airspace, etc.). What are they going to do with it -- hold on to it forever?

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American Jewish Responses to Gaza: Old & New

James Zogby | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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James Zogby

In the past several years, the emergence of pro-peace American Jewish organizations has provided an alternative voice on critical Middle East issues.

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Killing the Messenger: Targeting the Press in Gaza

Jennifer Utz | Posted 01.31.2009 | Media

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Jennifer Utz

As is with the current situation with Gaza, when Israel is performing air strikes, everyone is vulnerable -- militants, civilians, and journalists alike.

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Unfair and Unbalanced: The U.S. Response to the Gaza Crisis

Wajahat Ali | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Wajahat Ali

One wonders if President-elect Obama's principles of safety, dignity and self defense apply to Palestinians as well?

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In Gaza, A Doctor's Voice Tells of Shaking Houses, Breaking Windows

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

Four days after Israeli air attacks against the Gaza Strip began, hospitals are already overwhelmed by the influx of wounded patients.

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My Kuffiyeh Says I Care

Meris Lutz | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Meris Lutz

It's New Years Eve in Beirut, and everyone is wondering what to do. In times of war, going about one's usual business can be a form of protest. In times of solidarity, the code of conduct is vague.

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Jews are Soul-Searching About Madoff -- What About Gaza?

Adam Horowitz | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Adam Horowitz

The future of Judaism and the moral standing of the US Jewish community are being threatened. It is happening in Gaza. And unfortunately there is far too little handwringing about it in the Jewish leadership.

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Did Israel Use Disproportionate Force?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Lionel Beehner

The tide of public opinion seems to invariably side with the underdog, regardless of who's to blame. Hence, Israel now finds itself in the awkward yet familiar position of defending its actions.

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Gaza Clouds Obama's Prospects

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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Robert Scheer

Clearly, Hamas and its hard-line supporters in the region reject the goal of an Israel at peace with its neighbors and secure within its boundaries.

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It's Overtime for Hamas' Leaders and Time for Them to Go

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

As long as Hamas rules its Gaza roost with its iron fist, any hope for a two state solution is just not in the cards. Hamas plays with a crooked deck.

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Rockets And Retaliation: Who Will Broker The Peace In Gaza?

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker an Arab-Israeli peace as an advisor to presidents, sec...

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Arab-Israeli Rage

Gotham Chopra | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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Gotham Chopra

More than anything, it seems that the Arab world needs to produce it's version of Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi that can smartly and gracefully lead their people to a dignified future.

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Human Rights Watch: Israel, Hamas Violating International Law

Human Rights Watch | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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New York, December 30, 2008 - Israel and Hamas both must respect the prohibition under the laws of war against deliberate and indiscriminate attacks o...

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