Boycott, divest, sanction
Now that Israel has declared the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement an existential threat, along with all the countless other things that supposedly represent such a threat to that…
Unholy alliance
The annual Israeli-lobby love fest is in full swing, the highlight of which may be the sight of most of the candidates for the highest office in the land grovelling…
Israeli junket
Last December, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC), a pro-Israel lobbying organisation, provided an expense-paid, ten-day trip to Israel for ten Massachusetts senators (including Senate President, Stanley…
Price of chocolate could go up as cost of cocoa rockets
Germany is a nation of chocolate-lovers, but they don't have to dig too deep in their pockets to feed their sweet tooth. That could change with the price of cocoa…
Palestine’s peril
It is hard to recall any other people who had to face such insurmountable hardships in their struggle for freedom and statehood as the brave Palestinians have since the State…
Bibi says it all
Go easy on Benjamin Netanyahu, folks. Does he really deserve all the calumny that has been heaped on him in recent days for plainly admitting that a Palestinian state was…
German coalition bickers over arms exports
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel is raising hackles among conservatives in the coalition government with plans to tighten rules on arms exports, amid tit-for-tat sanctions between the West and Russia.…
Israel’s barbarism in Gaza
More than a month after Israel launched a murderous onslaught on the Gaza Strip, with over 2,000 casualties, there’s still no clarity about when ‘Operation Protective Edge’ might end. Israel…
The Jews who said no
Maya Wind grew up in Jerusalem during the Second Intifada. She witnessed bombed cafés and buses, armed attacks, and a general collapse of law and order as the conflict between…
A new deal in West Asia?
Swiss radiation experts have confirmed the worst suspicion of independent observers of West Asia – that the death of Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 in France was…
