by PPJC Admin2 | May 19, 2015 | PPJC Picks
By Robert Fisk The Independent I’ve never been keen on boycotts. The one against Italy for invading Abyssinia didn’t work. Nor did the arms blockade on Spain. I’m still not sure that boycotting South Africa really brought down apartheid. I rather suspect that the old...
by TD Daniell | May 5, 2015 | Current News
William Booth The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-veterans-say-permissive-rules-of-engagement-fueled-gaza-carnage/2015/05/04/ab698d16-f020-11e4-8050-839e9234b303_story.html?tid=sm_fb The war last summer between Israel and Hamas...
by PPJC Admin2 | April 16, 2015 | PPJC Picks
By Juan Cole Informed Comment Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday with regard to the Russian Federation’s decision to go ahead with the sale to Iran of S-300 anti-aircraft batteries. Iran bought the...
by TD Daniell | March 31, 2015 | Current News
Robert Parry Consortium News Few Americans seem to comprehend what is unfolding in the Middle East – with the latest conflict involving Saudi airstrikes against the Houthi rebels who now control Yemen’s capital of Sanaa. In this swirl of regional wars, it’s often not...
by TD Daniell | March 25, 2015 | Current News
Rebecca Vilkomerson The Hill http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/03/25/change-israel-will-only-come-outside-pressure Israel’s recent election was a clarifying moment. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appeal to Israelis’ worst racist instincts...
