Some promises are made and kept; others disavowed. The “promise” made by Arthur James Balfour in what became known as the Balfour Declaration to the leaders of the Zionist Jewish community in Britain 100 years ago was only honoured in part: it established a state for the Jew

The BDS movement (boycott, divestment and sanctions), was the outcome of several events that shaped the Palestinian national struggle and international solidarity with the Palestinian people following the second Intifada in 2000.Building on a decades-long tradition of civil disob

The nature of the rhetoric in US President Donald Trump’s first speech at the United Nations General Assembly was largely predictable.

There is a great irony in the fact that Israel is seeking a seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).Since its establishment atop the ruins of Palestinian cities and villages in 1948, Israel has had the most precarious relationship with the world’s largest international

To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet.

“At bedtime, I am afraid to turn the lights off.

Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, has been reduced to rubble.

Not too far away from Seattle, Washington, there are eight ballistic-missile submarines carrying the world’s large shipments of nuclear weapons.The 171-metre-long black submarines are docked at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, hauling what is described by Rick Anderson in a recent L

On August 1, the Palestinian bedouin village of Al Araqeeb was destroyed for the 116th time.