September 2009
Phyllis Bennis
Diana Buttu, Neve Gordon
As a prominent UN inquiry condemns Israel for committing war crimes during its attacks on Gaza, three prominent activists discuss the growing global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.
June 2009
Phyllis Bennis
Barack Obama has either been currying favor with Muslims or extending an olive branch in the Middle East depending on which media you consume. Phyllis Bennis talks about Obama's major speech in Cairo, and the size of the gap between words and actions.
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June 2009
Phyllis Bennis
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu used the term 'Palestinian state' to pacify Obama, but his vision of the state amounts to a flag and an anthem, with no concessions from the Israeli side.
June 2009
Phyllis Bennis
Obama's Cairo speech shifted the discourse, away from justifying reckless imperial hubris, unilateralism and militarism and towards a more cooperative and potentially even internationalist approach. It is the task of people across the US to mobilise and turn that new language into new policies.
May 2009
Phyllis Bennis
The reality of power – that the U.S. is still the financial, military, diplomatic and political superpower patron on which Israel depends – was not reflected in the press conference that followed the meeting.
May 2009
Phyllis Bennis
As Obama prepares to meet Israel's new hard-line PM, much of the world awaits signs of a new course.
February 2009
Phyllis Bennis
Phyllis Bennis interviewed by Thalif Deen
The extreme lawlessness of Israel's attack on Gaza, the shocking human devastation that it caused, and the direct attacks on UN facilities and personnel all elevate the possibility of holding its leaders accountable, in spite of Israel's history of impunity.
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (IPS) - Despite widespread accusations of war crimes by Israel,...
January 2009
Phyllis Bennis
The Israeli assault on Gaza reflects the same mindset as the U.S. invasion against Iraq: the belief that power equals right, that terror can somehow be destroyed by war. We must urge Obama to reclaim his commitment to change, says Phyllis Bennis.
Gaza has been redefined. Gaza is now synonymous with carnage, rising death tolls, destroyed schools,...
January 2009
Hilary Wainwright
UK Foreign secretary David Miliband has described the ‘war on terror’ as a ‘mistake’. So why doesn’t he apply to same logic to Israel’s war on Gaza?
January 2009
Saul Landau
On January 18, Israel and Hamas agreed to a weeklong cease-fire. Prime Minister Olmert declared Israel had achieved its objectives. “Hamas was hit hard, in its military arms and in its government institutions. Its leaders are in hiding and many of its men have been killed,” said Olmert.
More than 1,100 Palestinians lay dead, more than a third...
