Sign this Statehood Petition and urge President Obama to support United Nations recognition of a Palestinian State.
Sir, your veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution recommending that the General Assembly recognize a Palestinian state will further solidify the Arab and Muslim view that our policy in the region is hypocritical and reeks of double standards — Dr. Mohamed Khodr/ My Catbird Seat

Muddle and mixed messages while waiting for a Call to Action
The PA/PNA/PLO’s “enlightened road map to peace”. Is the PA/PNA/PLO going wholeheartedly for UN recognition or is it determined to scupper its people’s hopes by entertaining more “peace talks”? — by Stuart Littlewood / My Catbird Seat

The killing of civilians is not “accidental”

Their deadly military mission to ‘save the people from terrorist fundamentalists’, a self-serving self-deception, is, in fact, a ladder up the military-political hierarchy. Each step up depends on waging a ‘just war’ to a successful conclusion– by Prof. James Petras

June 8th is a day of deep infamy. It should not be allowed to pass without commemoration.
It is with profound sadness that we remember the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, which took place 44 years ago today.
– by Alison Weir / If Americans Knew

In a moment when something we call “democracy” seems to be spreading through the dodgy precincts of the world like a contagion of virtue, the trend is actually going the other way in countries that have practiced it for a while.

“The amazing moments in the march came when protesters chanted: “Israel and Palestine, two states for two peoples”; “Yes we ‘ken’ (the Hebrew word for “yes”); and “Bibi and Barak, peace isn’t a game” by Dr. Ashraf Ezzat

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions is working, despite the enormous pressure brought to bear by reactionary vested interests, because decent people and honourable institutions and organizations are doing what is right.   by Bob Birch / My Catbird Seat   The archbishop knows, better than anyone, the similarities between the old South Africa and present-day Israel in [...]

It appears that the American Dream and the Great American Economy were both built on one gigantic and unstable fault line. And the core is trembling!