Middle East

Jews, the civil rights movement, Israel: hot topics in Open HIllel tour

July 24, 2015 By Ira Grupper

In each of the campuses where they refused Open Hillel's request that we vets be permitted to speak, the Open Hillel students arranged alternative campus venues.

A day in the life of film at Tribeca

June 26, 2015 By Bill Meyer

"Armor of Light." "Good Kill," "Far from Men," "Trials of Constance Baker Motley," "Song of Lahore" and more.

Toward a new foreign policy

June 24, 2015 By Conn Hallinan And Leon Wofsy

U.S. foreign policy is dangerous, undemocratic, and deeply out of sync with real global challenges - is continuous war inevitable, or can we change course?

Dark plots in the Middle East?

June 10, 2015 By Conn Hallinan

A quiet meeting this past March in Saudi Arabia, and a recent anonymous leak from the Israeli military, set the stage for what may be a new and wider war in the Middle East.

Vatican recognizes state of Palestine in new treaty

May 14, 2015 By Combined Sources

The Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty finalized Wednesday.