Author: heathlander

MSNBC has put together a slide-show offering a brief history of Iran. They’ve managed to go back further than 1979 – impressive for a mainstream outlet, whose memories usually begin with the Islamic revolution. But,...

Courtesy of Noam Chomsky: ` Doubtless Iran’s government merits harsh condemnation, including for its recent actions that have inflamed the crisis. It is, however, useful to ask how we would act if Iran had invaded and...

Prof. Norman Finkelstein is a prominent and well-respected scholar of the Israel/Palestine conflict. He has written several books on the topic, most notably The Rise and Fall of Palestine and Image and Reality of the...

`A former top American diplomat says the US deliberately resisted calls for a immediate ceasefire during the conflict in Lebanon in the summer of 2006. Former ambassador to the UN John Bolton told the BBC that before any...

The EU earlier this week affirmed that it would continue to uphold its boycott of the Palestinian national unity government. EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana explained, “I have to say that this government does not...