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Likely Solution for a Lasting Cease-Fire Was on the Table Before Israeli Assault and More Than 1,800 Dead
Is a lasting ceasefire in Gaza possible - and on what terms? Nathan Thrall has laid out a possible plan for a ceasefire in his new article in the …
Foreign Intervention or Local Peacebuilding in Nigeria?
Americans should recognize that it is important to provide non-military services that will unite local communities rather than divide them.
Israel and Palestine Can Never Be Secure Until Both Are Secure
When Israelis and Palestinians understand that their own security depends on the security of the other, there will be no more room for violence. Awareness needs to be built …
“Disgraceful,” “Criminal Act”: Israel Condemned as 10 Die in Another Strike on UN Shelter in Gaza
The United States and the United Nations have condemned Israel after an air strike killed 10 people near the entrance of a United Nations school sheltering Palestinian civilians.
Why the US and Britain Lost Russia in 2014
Angry white men resentful at their loss of power and unable to change domestic policies drive United States and British foreign policy with respect to Russia, argues historian John …
An Eyewitness to Shujaia Massacre
"We are still alive, physically well, breathing. But we are not ok."
US Jewish Leader Henry Siegman to Israel: Stop Killing Palestinians and End the Occupation
In the second part of our interview, Henry Siegman, the former head of the American Jewish Congress and the Synagogue Council of America, discusses the assault on Gaza, Hamas’ …
Is the Conflict in South Sudan the Opening Salvo in the Battle for a Continent?
Is the conflict tearing this new nation apart actually a proxy fight between the world's two top economic and military powers?
“They Thought They’d Be Safe. They Were Wrong”: 20 Gazans Killed in Israeli Bombing of UN Shelter
Dozens of Palestinian civilians have been killed in the most intensive 48-hour bombardment of Gaza so far.
Nobel Peace Laureates Slam Human Rights Watch’s Refusal to Cut Ties to US Government
You all but advocated military intervention on social media, while maintaining plausible deniability in the context of a climate of warmongering.