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The Israeli war against Lebanon and Palestine, euphemistically depicted as “self-defense” against Hezbollah and Hamas, is simultaneously an Israeli war for domination,…
Phyllis Bennis
Phyllis Bennis is an American writer, activist, and political commentator. She is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. Her work concerns US foreign policy issues, particularly involving the Middle East and United Nations (UN). In 2001, she helped found the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and now serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace as well as the board of the Afro-Middle East Center in Johannesburg. She works with many anti-war and Palestinian rights organizations, writing and speaking widely across the U.S. and around the world.
‘ The Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip constitute collective punishment of the entire Gazan population, and have created a humanitarian crisis…
** The Bush administration’s “offer” to join direct talks with Iran reflects Washington’s international isolation on the Iran issue; the offer itself…
** Bush capped Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s visit to Washington with a cautious endorsement of Israel’s plan for annexation of large swathes…
Bush capped Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s visit to Washington with a cautious endorsement of Israel’s plan for annexation of large swathes…
T he Bush administration’s rapid escalation of anti-Iran rhetoric in the last few months should not be dismissed as posturing. Some of…
** Escalating rhetoric, continued losses in Iraq, Bush’s political problems, and an ideologically-driven pursuit of power make the possibility of a U.S.…
· It remains unclear who was responsible for the attack on the golden-domed Askariya Shi’a mosque in Samarra. In the two days…
*** The peace movement in the U.S. and globally has helped create the growing public consensus and rising demands to end the…