por Gideon Levy 19 de julio, 2009 En realidad, ¿quién necesita todo esto? El presidente de Estados Unidos invierte gran parte de su precioso tiempo y de su buena voluntad intentando convencer de la necesidad de acabar con el conflicto, los europeos están dispuestos a entrar en acción, medio mundo aguarda; pero, vamos, seamos sinceros: ¿por qué [...]

english version below Un informe elaborado por la ONG israelí Breaking the Silence (Rompiendo el Silencio) basado en testimonios de soldados que participaron en la masacre de Gaza -entre el 27 de diciembre de 2008 y el 18 de enero- deja en evidencia que se cometieron atrocidades como el uso de civiles como escudos humanos, la [...]

by Dahr Jamail July 14, 2009 US Army Specialist Victor Agosto served a 13-month deployment in Iraq with the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. “What I did there, I know I contributed to death and human suffering,” Agosto told Truthout from Fort Hood, in Killeen, Texas, in May, “It’s hard to quantify how much I caused, but I [...]

por Patrick Moser 10 de julio, 2009 Ghasan Matar, de catorce años, no habla nunca de la explosión que le segó las piernas y mató a su hermano. En realidad, seis meses después de que acabara la masacre israelí contra Gaza, apenas habla nada. Pasa la mayor parte del tiempo mirando fijamente hacia la pared y a [...]

by Peter J. Spielmann July 13, 2009 NEW YORK – War is hell, it’s long been said. But just how hellish it can be is a more difficult question, judging from disputes among researchers at several highly respected international peace institutes. They cannot agree on whether war is becoming more or less deadly – or even on [...]

Authoritative new study sets out a grim vision of shortages and violence – but amid all the gloom, there is some hope too by Jonathan Owen July 12, 2009 An effort on the scale of the Apollo mission that sent men to the Moon is needed if humanity is to have a fighting chance of surviving the ravages [...]

by A.C. Thompson July 10, 2009 Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The reports — broadcast Thursday by WTAE TV in Pittsburgh and WDSU in New Orleans — focus on two unsolved crimes: the near-fatal shooting of Donnell Herrington, who [...]

by Farooq Sulehria July 10, 2009 A columnist in the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv told his readers on the day of election in Iran: “If you have friends in Iran, try to convince them to vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today. There is no one who will serve Israel’s PR interests better than him.” (12 June 2009)

por Jian Junbo 8 de julio, 2009 La violencia de este fin de semana que ha causado 156 muertos y más de 816 heridos en Urumqi, capital de la noroccidental Región Autónoma Uigur de Xinjiang, es el último ejemplo de crecientes conflictos entre el mayoritario grupo étnico Han de China y minorías étnicas.

by Gideon Levy July 6, 2009 Combat is the best, my brother, as the famous bumper sticker reads. It’s a good thing we have Shayetet 13. Operating at the crack of dawn – or was it before nightfall? – the daring naval commandos fearlessly took control of a rusty, rickety, unarmed boat bobbing in the middle of [...]