Another ‘Symbolic Victory’: Abbas’ New Political Gambit (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 22, 2011 -- When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided to go to the United Nations to request the admission of Palestine as a full member, he ap ...

Taking on Turkey: Israel’s ‘Dangerous’ Game (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 14, 2011 -- The UN Palmer Report, which largely exonerated Israel for murdering nine unarmed Turkish civilians in international waters May 31, 2010, seemed in s ...

American Decline: Causes and Consequences (Noam Chomsky)

US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter. (Photo: AFP - Johannes Eisele) Aug. 26, 2011 (al- ...

For the Love of Israel: Congresswoman’s Misguided War on the UN (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 7, 2011 -- From an Israeli point of view, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the ideal American politician. Although many in the U.S. government aspire to he ...

Libya’s Next Fight: Overcoming Western Designs (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2011 -- At a press conference in Tripoli Aug. 26, a statement read aloud by top Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj was reassuring. Just a few months ...

Israel’s ‘Nice Little War’: Gaza, Egypt in the Range of Fire (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 24, 2011 -- Israeli writer Uri Avnery recently wrote an article entitled "How Godly Are Thy Tents?" which began with the words, “First of all, a war ...

US-Arab Disconnect: Revolutions Restate Region’s Priorities (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 18, 2011 -- As the Arab Spring continues to challenge dictators, demolish old structures and ponder roadmaps for a better future, the United States remains commi ...

BOOKS: Refusing to be Enemies -- Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation. By Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta (Jim Miles)

Refusing to be Enemies - Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation. Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta. Ithaca Press (Garnet Publishing, Reading, UK), 2011. Aug. 10, 2011 (Palestine ...