The new documentary Where Olive Trees Weep offers a rare view into the everyday experience and psychological ramifications of occupation.
Chris Hedges Report: The Trauma of Occupation
Category: Commentary
Reporter Bullied for Question on Hezbollah
Mick Hall covers the latest skirmish as part of a push by politicians and media to amplify condemnations of the Palestinian resistance and ignore Israel’s escalating and genocidal violence in West Asia.
A Withering Tree of Peace
In Moscow, a birch tree that’s meant to symbolize U.S.-Russian friendship has several times failed to thrive, as Edward Lozansky recounts. But citizen diplomats keep trying.
Khamenei to US & Europe: ‘Get Lost’
The Iranian supreme leader told a gathering in Tehran that the region will enjoy peaceful coexistence only after the U.S. and Europe leave.
Punishing Pro-Hezbollah Speech
Australian officials are rushing to denounce expressions of support for the Hezbollah resistance group as a violation of a new counter-terrorism law, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Deal or No Deal?
In a traditional trial of the Gitmo defendants, versus a plea agreement, George W. Bush et. al. could be indicted and tried in foreign countries for war crimes, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
VP Debate Question on Mideast ‘Could Have Been Written by AIPAC’
The Council on American–Islamic Relations said the question was “reckless and biased” and “sounded like it could have been written by AIPAC, not CBS.”
Flipping the Script on Israel’s Killing of Nasrallah
What if it had been Netanyahu? Jonathan Cook offers a mock report, modeled on how Western media treated the killing of Hezbollah’s longtime leader.
Israelis Will Dance Again, Vows BBC Film
Jonthan Cook on the British broadcaster’s presentation of a documentary marking the one-year anniversary of the massacre of Israelis at the Nova rave.
Chris Hedges Report: Catastrophe in the Middle East
“Israel is going all the way and doing anything possible to push Hezbollah to go for an all out war,“ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy says in this interview.