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Alice Walker Doesn’t Mince Words in Challenging Israeli Blockade of Gaza
by Asraa Mustufa on June 28 2011, 10:35AM
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is set to sail to Gaza, and compares the treatment of Palestinians to her own childhood in the American South.
Topics: Global Affairs
Obama and Abbas to Discuss, but Not Deal with Gaza Crisis
by Seth Freed Wessler on June 9 2010, 5:48PM
UPDATE 5:45 PM ET: Pres. Obama pledged $400 million in U.S. aid for the West Bank and Gaza today following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. According to the White House, the aid will be used to build housing…
Topics: Global Affairs
Rabbi Who Brought Down Helen Thomas Has Great ‘Mexican’ Impression
by Channing Kennedy on June 7 2010, 6:53PM
UPDATE 1:00PM ET: Though the ‘Holy Weather’ video has been removed from youtube by the uploader, Mediaite has re-posted it. Embedded above. ………… This weekend, thirty seconds of video surfaced in which veteran DC reporter Helen Thomas, in a snippet…
Topics: Media
Friday Twitter Break: Arizona Just Can’t Give Racism A Rest
by Julianne Hing on June 4 2010, 5:59PM
What is going on? As if the ongoing BP disaster at the Gulf Coast weren’t enough, Arizona decided it couldn’t let the weekend get started without reminding us exactly how small-minded and backwards it can be. The Onion could not…
Topics: Technology
Images From Behind the Gaza Blockade
by Hatty Lee on June 4 2010, 12:00PM
Almost 1.5 million people struggle for basic necessities.
Topics: Global Affairs
The Gaza Blockade is the Real Problem
by Hagai El-Ad on June 4 2010, 12:00PM
An Israeli human rights advocate says the flotilla raid is but the latest reason why the siege is as self-defeating as it is inhumane.
Topics: Global Affairs
Will American’s Death in Gaza Flotilla Change U.S. Stance on Israel?
by Seth Freed Wessler on June 3 2010, 11:50AM
An American citizen is reported to be among the 9 people killed by Israeli solders aboard a flotilla of ships headed to Gaza on Monday. Turkish investigators have identified one of the bodies flown from Israel to Turkey yesterday as…
Topics: Global Affairs
Israel, Gaza and the ‘Lynching’ of Morality
by Seth Freed Wessler on June 2 2010, 12:00PM
The U.S. conversation about Israeli violence is still bound by false equivalencies and feigned victimhood.
Topics: Global Affairs
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