AltWeeklies Wire
Why a Palestinian Town is Suing Two Canadian Companiesnew
Accused of war crimes for their involvement with Israeli settlement expansion, two Quebec-registered companies are being sued in Canada by the occupied West Bank Palestinian village of Bi'lin.
Montreal Mirror |
Jesse Rosenfeld |
08-05-2008 |
International
Obama's Afghan Shufflenew
Pushing "right war" is Dem's counterpunch to "success" of Bush's troop surge.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
07-28-2008 |
Commentary
Bush's Loser Lap Around the Middle Eastnew
After the debacle of President Bush's Middle East junket, just as a matter of national security the country should consider barring reviled lame-duck leaders from taking loser laps to regions of the world they have degraded.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
05-22-2008 |
Commentary
Blogging for Peace in the Middle Eastnew
Peace Man is the Palestinian half of a two-man blogging team in the Middle East. While Peace Man lives in a refugee camp in the blockaded Gaza Strip, his counterpart, Hope Man, lives just a few miles and a world away in the Israeli city of Sderot, a city often targeted by Palestinian rocket fire.
Boise Weekly |
Shea Andersen |
05-15-2008 |
International
Kidnapped Journalist Talks About His Ordealnew
The BBC's Alan Johnston refused to cover the Mideast conflict from comfort of a hotel, and was kept in a three-month captivity as a result.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Wheeler |
05-02-2008 |
Media
Walid Shoebat, the 'Former Terrorist'new
He claims that he is a former Palestine Liberation Organization terrorist turned Christian peace activist. On April 29, the University of Colorado's College Republicans are bringing Shoebat to Boulder, at a cost of roughly $30,000. But now critics and journalists are beginning to question the validity of his story and his identity.
Boulder Weekly |
Michael de Yoanna |
04-28-2008 |
International
'Unsettled' Turns to Gazanew
Unsettled has an involving, sometimes engrossing and almost tragic human interest appeal but the movie is, perhaps unavoidably, skewed. No Palestinian appears. And looming just over the historical horizon is the monster problem no Israeli government has had the will or desire to address: the quarter-million Jewish settlers in the contested West Bank.
Activists Mark 60th Anniversary of the Birth of Israelnew
Americans, if they really know their history, know May 14 as the day Israel declared independence from the British-controlled Mandate of Palestine. But over the next 57 days, some activist groups are planning to show why it is also known by many as "al-Nakba" or Arabic for "the Catastrophe."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
04-01-2008 |
International
War of the Antiwarnew
One war -- and a split antiwar movement -- spawns two marches in Connecticut.
New Haven Advocate |
Tom Gogola |
03-27-2006 |
War
The Lost Dream of Peacenew
Ariel Sharon's life, and Israel's, hang in the balance.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
01-05-2006 |
Commentary
After Sharonnew
Bush is close to losing tough-guy friend Ariel Sharon in an unfriendly region -- will it change the administration's Mideast agenda?
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
01-05-2006 |
International
Tags: war in iraq, WAR, War on terror, Iran, George W. Bush, policy, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, palestinians
Mission Unconscionable
Of the directors who transformed Hollywood in the '70s, Steven Spielberg has made both the most successful and the most simplistic movies. At this point, the last thing anyone could have reasonably expected from him is a film that's not only serious but also complex.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Will Oscar Have the Balls for Munich?new
There will be no press junket, no premiere and, most importantly, no blowout Oscar marketing campaign for Steven Spielberg's certain-to-be-controversial movie, Munich.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
12-05-2005 |
Movies
Don't Touch Thisnew
The antiwar movement tries to get a grip on Israel and Palestine, or least keep from choking on it
The Endless War: Gaza Sinks In a Sea of Blood
A Palestinian student and journalist gives a gruesome first-hand account of life in the embattled Jabalya refugee camp. Artvoice publisher Jamie Moses writes an introduction.
Artvoice |
Mohammed Omer |
11-04-2004 |
International
