Author: heathlander

Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco. He has written extensively on a range of foreign policy issues, from Afghanistan and Iraq to Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, non-violent struggle and...

When confronted with the scale of the carnage wrought upon the civilians and civilian infrastructure of southern Lebanon last year, the Israeli government and its apologists typically resort to the following line: ‘we had...

There is much buzz surrounding the latest U.S./Israeli ‘peace push’. As a Ha’aretz editorial put it, “empty words about a “diplomatic horizon” and barren meetings between representatives of...

Below is a sample – all too representative – of quotes by Democrats and bills supported/introduced by Democrats relating to Israel, in particular its aggression against Lebanon last year and the ongoing occupation of...

“Chaos reigns in the occupied territories, the prison’s inmates turning on one another while their jailors look on smugly. It is hard not to feel anger, especially at those responsible for the incarceration of the...