Israel
Ahmadinejad speech provokes walkout at UN anti-racism conference
By Richard Phillips, April 23, 2009
Hysterical denunciations by the US, Israel and the European powers of the Iranian president’s speech to the UN’s anti-racism review conference were entirely predictable and part of a highly-orches...
Israel’s military police dismiss allegations of misconduct in Gaza
By Jean Shaoul, April 8, 2009
Israel’s military advocate has closed down the military police’s criminal inquiry set up to investigate allegations by Israeli soldiers of misconduct by the Israeli Defence Forces and serious viol...
Israel: Netanyahu threatens war on Iran, spurns “two-state solution”
By Bill Van Auken, April 2, 2009
Sworn in Tuesday as prime minister in the most right-wing government in Israel’s history, Benyamin Netanyahu threatened a military strike against Iran and signaled a break with the so-called “two-...
Labor joins Netanyahu coalition as evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounts
By Chris Marsden, March 26, 2009
The decision of the Labor Party to join the coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu allows Likud to form the most right wing government in Israel’s history.
Israeli troops detail Gaza atrocities as demand grows for war crimes probe
By Bill Van Auken, March 21, 2009
Testimony by Israeli soldiers detailing atrocities in which they participated or that they witnessed has fueled demands for an international war crimes tribunal to investigate the Israeli siege of Gaz...
Israeli crisis deepens
By Jean Shaoul, March 18, 2009
There is an unmistakable echo in Lieberman’s politics of the ideology utilized by Hitler in his rise to power in Germany. That such a figure could be selected as Israel’s face to the world is the ...
Gaza donor conference: conspiracy wrapped up as compassion
By Jean Shaoul, March 5, 2009
The donor conference for Palestine at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt had nothing to do with alleviating the appalling humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but served as a cover for furthering Washington’s geopoli...
Israel: Netanyahu tapped as prime minister
By Bill Van Auken, February 21, 2009
Israel’s President Shimon Peres Friday called upon Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party to form a new government after a group of right-wing parties representing 65 seats in the Knesset backed his ...
Israel: European Union and Washington want national unity government
By Jean Shaoul and Chris Marsden, February 16, 2009
Kadima and Likud are under pressure from the European Union and the United States to form a national unity government in Israel.
Israeli election exposes social and political crisis
By Chris Marsden, February 12, 2009
Israel’s general election has inaugurated a round of political horse-trading after the ruling Kadima party unexpectedly defeated Likud.
Israel bombs Gaza-Egypt border
By Julie Hyland, January 29, 2009
Israeli warplanes bombed Gaza’s border with Egypt early Wednesday morning.
The economic, social and political disaster produced by the Zionist project
Part two
By Jean Shaoul, January 22, 2009
The conclusion of a two-part report on Israel and Palestine given to an expanded meeting of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board in Sydney, Australia in January 2006.
