December 2008
Richard Falk
We are witnessing one of Israel's most brutal attacks on Gaza in memory. On Saturday, Israeli warplanes screamed across the sea in seemingly endless waves, setting fire to buildings and wreaking devastation in one of the most densely populated areas in the world. By the end of the first day, more than 200 people had been killed and 700 wounded,...
December 2008
Phyllis Bennis
Israel's illegal airstrikes against the population of Gaza have little to do with protecting Israeli civilians, argues Phyllis Bennis. They are used for internal Israeli politics and are also meant to push back any chance of serious negotiations between the parties that might have been part of the Obama administration's plans.
The death toll in...
December 2008
Richard Falk
The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip represent severe and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying Power and in the requirements of the laws of war.
December 2008
TNI
John Berger
We are now spectators of the latest - and perhaps penultimate - chapter of the 60 year old conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people. About the complexities of this tragic conflict billions of words have been pronounced, defending one side or the other.
Today, in face of the Israeli attacks on Gaza, the essential calculation, which was...
December 2008
Phyllis Bennis
The decision to detain the UN's envoy fits a pattern of hiding the human consequences of the siege of Gaza from the world, argues Phyllis Bennis.
December 2008
Richard Falk
On December 14, I arrived at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel to carry out my UN role as special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories.
I was leading a mission that had intended to visit the West Bank and Gaza to prepare a report on Israel's compliance with human rights standards and international humanitarian law. Meetings had been...
December 2008
Richard Falk
On December 14 I arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. I had come to Israel in my capacity as UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories. I planned to visit Gaza, meet with the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas and tour the West Bank. Israeli officials had been given an advance itinerary for my trip.
I was,...
December 2008
Richard Falk
On December 14 I arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel to carry out my UN role as Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories. I was leading a mission to visit the West Bank and Gaza to gather information for a report to the UN Human Rights Council on Israel’s compliance with human rights standards and international humanitarian law....
October 2008
Phyllis Bennis
A new US administration will provide an opportunity for change, but it will take a powerful, mobilized antiwar movement to hold a new administration accountable to promises made, argues Phyllis Bennis.
