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J. J. Goldberg speaks on Israel and Palestine: Is there a way out?

September 12, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon

In half a dozen years the Israel Defense Forces may have a cadre of commanding officers no longer answerable to the Israeli government, but to their fundamentalist rabbis back home.

Defeating the cycle of death in Israel and Palestine

July 7, 2014 By Peter Korman

Can working class internationalism break down the walls of reactionary nationalism and prejudice which serve as chains holding both peoples down?

“Daylight” appears on Israel-Palestine conflict

June 10, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon

J Street, the six-year-old "pro-Israel, pro-peace" liberal Jewish organization, with some 180,000 members and supporters, met in San Francisco June 7-8 in its first national summit on the West Coast.

Butcher or hero? Ariel Sharon leaves harsh legacy

January 14, 2014 By Susan Webb

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a polarizing figure, died Saturday at age 85 after eight years in a coma.

Palestinian union leader seeks support from U.S. unions

October 1, 2013 By Susan Webb

Labor leader Mahmoud Abu Odeh is hoping American trade unionists will help Palestinian workers achieve basic rights. He says it is a question of human needs shared by Americans, Palestinians and Israelis.