America's Deplorable State of the Union
by Stephen Lendman Obama's annual State of the Union addresses reflect beginning-to-end doublespeak duplicity. Empty rhetoric signals business as usual. Policy prioritizes corporate empowerment, rewarding rich elites, letting popular needs go begging,… more »
Beating Up on North Korea
by Stephen Lendman On February 11, Pyongyang informed Washington and China of its intentions. February 12 headlines explained. They said North Korea conducted its third nuclear test. Russia's Defense Ministry estimated a blast exceeding seven kilotons.… more »
BDS Better Learn from its Mistakes
By Gilad Atzmon It’s almost funny to read the BDS’ leadership’s outraged reactions to top ethnic-cleansing advocate Alan Dershowitz when he tried to stop a discussion with Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti discussing BDS at NYC Brooklyn College. It’s… more »
Creative resistance, Israeli intransigence
Khaled Amayreh in occupied Palestine Palestinians are turning to novel non-violent strategies to confront Israel’s ongoing colonial settlement policy. In their seemingly endless struggle against Israel’s colonialist occupation, Palestinians are… more »
Awaiting the American illusion...again
By Khalid Amayreh The Palestinian Authority (PA) is bracing itself for a new episode of engagement with the new Obama administration. Both President Obama and his newly-appointed Secretary of State John Kerry are planning to visit the region and hold… more »
Iran-Egypt rapprochement impossible amid Shia-Sunni dichotomy
Khalid Amayreh Until Iran abandons, or at least significantly mitigates its parochial sectarian approach to the predominantly Sunni Muslim region, prospects for a dramatic breakthrough in Egyptian-Iranian relations will remain modest at best. Under… more »
The Ikhwan's multi-faceted foes
By Khalid Amayreh I have no doubt that the vast majority of Arab masses would like to see an authentic but moderate, workable and non-violent version of Sharia adopted and implemented as Law of the land. Arabs, the bulk of who adhere to the Islamic… more »
The Rich Arabs' betrayal of Egypt
Khalid Amayreh With the exception of Qatar, oil-rich Arab states are watching rather indifferently as 90 million Egyptians reel under a harsh, unprecedented economic and financial crisis. The Egyptians, by nature, are a dignified and proud people who… more »
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