Two historical associations in the U.S. for scholars of Middle East studies reflect opposing attitudes about Israel and its behavior toward the Palestinians, writes Lawrence Davidson.
Zionist Academics Take the Side of State Power
Category: Middle East
The Fumbling King & Palestinians’ Defeat of Oslo Culture
Former British Minister: ‘Israelis Think They Control the Foreign Office. And They do!’
Matt Kennard reports on revelations of Israeli state influence on U.K. politics in Alan Duncan’s recently published diaries.
Twisting UK Law to Criminalize Dissent on Palestine
Craig Murray denounces the U.K.’s persecution of Richard Barnard for calling out his country’s role in the manufacture of instruments for the death and maiming of Palestinians.
Outrage at Israel Fueling Global BDS Movement
Amid growing opposition to the violation of Palestinian human rights, Marjorie Cohn notes that 31 U.S. states have legislation against boycott of and divestment.
Sleep Now in the Fire
Grotesque violence of this kind defines the Israeli apartheid project to annihilate the Palestinians, writes Vijay Prasad.
What is Left for Palestine?
An entire nation cannot turn the other cheek to a power that is seriously intent on genocide, writes Craig Murray.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: 1948 — No Longer Shrouded in the Mists
What we see now is a purposeful program of terror and it is merely the latest, in form and intent, of what Palestinians have endured since the Nakba.
Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie
Israel is not exercising “the right to defend itself” in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is carrying out mass murder, aided and abetted by the U.S.
THE ANGRY ARAB: US Defeat in Afghanistan — A Contrast With the Soviet Experience
As`ad AbuKhalil says Western media never regarded the U.S. involvement for what it really was.