On June 8, 1967, Israeli forces knowingly attacked an American intelligence ship off the coast of Egypt. Thirty-four Americans were killed. Here is a new YouTube video that captures the spirit of the attack. The Johnson administration responded by rushing to coverup...
Flotilla passengers aid an injured Israeli commando. Via Ali Abunimah, the Turkish paper Hurriyet has posted a gallery of photos recovered from the passengers of the Mavi Marmara, the now-famous ship involved in last week’s flotilla incident. Another photo from the...
Gee, I can’t understand why the Washington Post missed all the key details that Max Blumenthal rounded up from Israeli published sources (in Hebrew and English). The Flotilla Raid Was Not “Bungled.†The IDF Detailed Its Violent Strategy In Advance. The Israeli...
The art world has been abuzz the last couple of months over the performance of "The Artist Is Present," by Serbian artist Marina Abramović at New York's MOMA. In the piece, she sits in a chair, nearly motionless, for eight hours a day -- no food, no water, not even a...
Our quote of the day comes from wounded idealist Benjamin Netanyahu: That was not a love boat. That was a boat of hatred. It was not a peaceful flotilla. The soldiers who boarded the ships were attacked by clubs, batons and knives. And if you can bear to look, here's...
In his zeal to defend Israel, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ (FDD) Cliff May cites a colleague’s contentions that the activists taking part in the “Freedom Flotilla†were obviously Islamic radicals bent on massacring Jews. From his weekly...
The Israeli military attacks an aid ship in international waters and kills at least 10 people. Naturally, Israel is the victim. As usual, Glenn Greenwald has some of the best reporting and analysis here. Gideon Levy of Haaretz also has an excellent piece. Mossad chief...
With the death of an unnamed servicemember in a roadside bomb attack today, the number of U.S. dead in Afghanistan has crossed the 1,000 mark. The Associated Press announced the figure it culled from its own count. Using different counting methods, Icasualties.org...
Unfortunately, John McCain is very real. But McCain's history, and the history of events around him, are full of myths. Back in 1999, Justin Raimondo wrote an excellent piece about many of those myths. This month's issue of The American Conservative magazine is...
A war-weary nation breathes a sign of relief today as the last of America's troops finally return home from Iraq, fulfilling President Obama's campaign pledge to have them out within 16 months of taking office. April Fools. In all seriousness, everyone who has been...
