Amal Clooney’s Silence on Gaza Shows the Limits Of Liberalism

Amal Clooney’s conspicuous silence on Israel’s actions in Palestine and Lebanon contrasts sharply with her vocal condemnation of human rights abuses elsewhere, prompting scrutiny of her allegiances and principles.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Amal Clooney Feature photo

Editor’s Note | On May 20, Amal Clooney released a statement on the website of the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s website, revealing that she has been aiding the International Criminal Court in its evaluation of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel and Gaza. This could explain her recent reticence to discuss the situation

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Panel: These are the Western Politicians Escalating Israel’s Regional War in the Middle East

Israel has bombed three regions in 5 days: Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Little reporting has been seen on this in the media, but one thing is certain: Western politicians from are cheering on Israel’s actions with an eye on drawing Iran into the conflict. Daniel McAdams and Vanessa Beeley break it down.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
Regional War Feature photo

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Israel’s License to Kill: Unraveling the Sabra and Shatila Massacre

Miko Peled, who was serving in the Israeli military at the time, examines the events leading up to the infamous Sabra and Shatila massacre and questions why the world turned a blind eye to the signs of impending tragedy.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Sabra and Shatila

The Sabra and Shatila massacre was no accident. Nor should it have come as a surprise to anyone. It had to have been well planned in advance and demanded a great deal of cooperation between the forces involved. The logistics had to have been worked out first. Closure of the camps, providing supplies and ammunition for the murderers, plans where

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Behind Crumbling Concrete: The Tragic Story of Ain Al Hilweh’s Displaced Palestinians

Throughout the years, hundreds of Ain Al-Hilweh’s refugees have been killed in Israeli bombings, and with the camp a tinderbox of political rivalries and machinations, infighting is adding new danger to the lives of Palestinian refugees in the camp.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Ain al Hilweh Feature photo

Ain Al-Hilweh is known as the "Capital of Palestinian Shatat." The term might not stir many emotions among those who do not fully understand, let alone experience the harrowing existence of ethnic cleansing and perpetual exile - and the tremendous violence which followed. 'Shatat' is roughly translated into “exile” or “Diaspora.” However, the

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Why Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon See No End in Sight for Their Suffering

The donors to the NGOs want us to remain as victims; they fear us being instrumental in the struggle for liberating our country. – A Palestinian living in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
Lebanon Palestinians Feature photo

NAHR AL-BARED, LEBANON – Without a political and legal solution, Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon will remain impoverished and at the mercy of international aid organizations who seek to depoliticize their suffering, according to experts on the crisis in Lebanon’s camps where they say the Palestinian people have been abandoned. Palestinian

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Yemenis Remain Unbowed as Saudis Intensify Bombing in Wake of Renewed International Pressure

The Saudi regime is extending its heavy hand to those who oppose its war, using starvation as a weapon not only against Yemenis but also against other countries whose people or media exercise freedom of expression.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
By Ahmed Abdulkareem
Yemen bombing Feature photo

YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER -- This week, dozens of people were killed and injured near the Yemen-Saudi border when U.S.-made warplanes and French-made howitzer cannons fired unabated on many populated border areas in Sadaa and Hajjah -- including the Monabeh, Sahar, alSafra, al-Dhaher and Sheda areas. Samer Manea Ali Hussein, a 15-year-old Yemeni boy, was

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