Antiwar.com editor Justin Raimondo wishes Obama were more like Britain’s Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg… Nick Clegg’s sudden forward sprint in the British elections has the political establishment in Britain in an uproar – and the Americans are suddenly noticing that they might have a slight problem on their hands. As a symptom of the vast [...]

This legislation, whether the House or Senate version, will lead us to war on Iran. Statement of Congressman Ron Paul – United States House of Representatives Statement on Motion to Instruct Conferees on HR 2194, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,  Accountability and Divestment Act – April 22, 2010 April 23, 2010 “United States House of Representatives” — [...]

by Antoine Raffoul Israel has always been in the habit of changing its laws to suit its colonial aims in all of historic Palestine (but specifically in areas it has been occupying since the Partition of Palestine in November 1947) . These aims centre around the one single core policy  which lies at the heart of the [...]

by Stuart Littlewood My ears pricked up when I heard the Archbishop of Canterbury was planning a visit to Gaza last February, and Lambeth Palace (his headquarters in London) was “actively engaged in humanitarian relief and advocacy”. I asked for more information. Whom would he meet? Would he see the health minister? Would he sit [...]

by Dr. Franklin Lamb Petition Online for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon View Current Signatures –   Sign the Petition To:  The Cabinet and Parliament of Lebanon Secondary only to ending the siege of Gaza and achieving Statehood, the enactment of the basic civil right to work and to own a home for the hundreds of [...]

Philip Giraldi -  Antiwar.com The issue of Israel aside, one might reasonably argue in any event that a senior officer in any foreign country’s military establishment should be considered an undesirable candidate for a top post in the Pentagon on security grounds. My recent account of the career of Dr. Lani Kass was based on what [...]

by Stephen Walt We ought to keep this relatively minor “threat” in perspective, and not allow the usual threat-inflators to stampede us into another unnecessary war. Back when I started writing this blog, I warned that the idea of preventive war against Iran wasn’t going to go away just because Barack Obama was president. The [...]

Richard Falk – UN Special Rapporteur GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, warned Monday that two Israeli Defense Forces Military Orders* may be in breach of the fourth Geneva Convention and violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Mr. [...]