Migrants
There is no doubt that the 32 people who lost their lives on the Costa Concordia need and deserve justice. But in a land where values and fundamental rights have been turned upside down, people like...
View ArticleWar of Words, Words of War: An Annotated Glossary of the Israel-Hamas...
The war in Gaza and Israel enters its fourth week, and the news is as bad as ever. Ceasefires fade into memory, and Israeli and Hamas munitions both continue to find their targets. Meanwhile, on...
View ArticleUncontacted Tribe Emerges From Brazil Rainforest After 'Violent Attacks'
A previously uncontacted tribe has emerged from the jungles of Brazil suffering from flu and saying they've been shot at, according to reports. Footage of the encounter at the Envira River, near the...
View ArticleArgentina Slides Into Default For Second Time In 13 Years After Talks With...
NEW YORK (AP) — The collapse of talks with U.S. creditors sent Argentina into its second debt default in 13 years and raised questions about what comes next for financial markets and the South American...
View ArticleIsraeli Military Calls Up Another 16,000 Reserves In Effort To Widen Gaza...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Thursday it has called up another 16,000 reservists, allowing it to potentially widen its Gaza offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers in a three-week-old war that...
View ArticleJon Stewart Explains The Most Outrageous Corporate Tax Dodge Yet
It's the corporate tax loophole that could be costing you billions. American companies are quietly changing their paperwork to make it seem as if they're no longer U.S. companies but instead owned by...
View ArticleDon't Give In to Anti-Semitism; Act Against Injustice
A Facebook friend and I are engaged in a silent debate. Nearly every time I post some news story critical of Israel's attack on Gaza, he posts back, without comment, a news story on the growing, ugly,...
View ArticleWhy The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Should Matter To Black Americans
The recent explosion of the Gaza War, rooted in a long feudal history between Israel and Palestine, has sparked international debate. The 25-day conflict may be halfway across the world from United...
View ArticleIsrael Censor Wants To Pre-Approve New York Times Coverage Of Soldier
NEW YORK -- The Israeli military told The New York Times on Friday to withhold publishing additional information about an Israeli soldier reportedly captured by Palestinian militants until it is first...
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The Israeli-American Predicament
It is a confusing time to be a young, American-Israeli progressive. The call for a ceasefire offered momentary hope, but the fighting has already continued, and the difficulty won't disappear. We...
View ArticleCentury of the Girl Child
"The ways of injuring a child are infinite, while the ways of being useful to them are few... the slightest mistrust, the smallest unkindness, the least act of injustice or contemptuous ridicule, leave...
View ArticleA Muslim Reflection on Global Crisis
As conflicts rage around the world and innocents suffer in the Gaza crisis, Ukraine-Russia tension continues, and sectarianism boils over in Iraq and Syria , one wonders if history is repeating itself....
View ArticleAyatollah Khamenei and Netanyahu: Two Sides of a Coin
The main purpose of Ayatollah Khamenei's recent call to arm the Palestinians is to bring the West Bank under the control of Hamas and Islamic Jihad and do away with the more moderate PLO. His attempt...
View ArticleTimes Of Israel Publishes Op-Ed About 'When Genocide Is Permissible', Then...
The Times of Israel published, and then deleted, a piece Friday by a blogger suggesting that genocide was a "permissible" way to solve the conflict in the Middle East. On the Times of Israel today:...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: The World Is Splitting Into Blocs
It looks more and more like the downing of Malaysian Flight 17 over the Ukraine could be the "Ferdinand moment" that, though it may not be lead in 2014 to a 1914-type world war, is clearly accelerating...
View ArticleObama Calls For Unconditional Release Of Captured Israeli Soldier
President Barack Obama took questions during a briefing at the White House on Friday, where he addressed the situation in Israel. Obama reiterated his support for Israel's right to defend itself and...
View ArticleThe Egyptian Junta Prefer it in July
On an unforgettable day in the Egyptian and Arab history, an incident that struck Cairo, which radically changed its modern history, had occurred that its impacts on the course of developments have...
View ArticleIsrael's War on Gaza: American Jews Must Speak Out
I know how tough this is, but at some point, we have to overcome our tribal loyalties and speak out. The injustice we are seeing inflicted on a defenseless civilian population is just too massive to...
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You Won't See Another Flashback Friday Video Quite Like This '80s Tribute Gem
This woman dancing to Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam" totally gives us license to simmer in our glory days and bust a move -- regardless of how awkward you are at breaking it down. A video uploaded to...
View ArticleGaza, the Answer: Separate the Fish From the Sea
A fictitious communiqué provoked by the horrors of Gaza. From: Israel Defense Forces Special Gaza Group To: P.M. (eyes only) Date: August 1, 2014 Gaza: Removing the Fish from the Sea. Following your...
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