Middle East
Is Boycott Movement Against Israel Really Working? – Uri Avnery
The simplest way to exorcise and outlaw the BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) people is to accuse them of anti-Semitism. This puts an end to...
Syria Civil War: Dying Children ‘Being Forced to Eat Animal Feed’
Emma Gatten | Independent
A quarter of a million children are at risk of starvation in “open-air prisons” in besieged Syria despite the truce, Save the...
Your Apartheid and Ours: Palestine-South Africa Connection Runs Deep
The present struggle against apartheid in Palestine is not merely similar to that of South Africa. Both struggles are extensions of the same movement,...
Blind Journalist Seeks Out Palestine’s Forgotten Voices
Matthew Vickery | Aljazeera
Jerusalem – Born blind, Budour Hassan lacked confidence as a child when visiting new places or trying new things. Even stepping outside was...
Osama Bin Laden Wanted Much of His Wealth Used ‘On Jihad’
DEB RIECHMANN AND ROBERT BURNS | AP
WASHINGTON: In his handwritten will, Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden claimed he had about $29 million in personal...