The smoking gun, about which so much has been said over the past year, has finally appeared. The corpses of babies, scattered on the ground, left nobody indifferent. There were no signs of blood; their death was silent and cruel.…
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Israel, Assad, and the world
At the outbreak of the revolution in Syria two years ago, the Israeli government announced that events there were none of its business and it would not interfere. Forty years of quiet on the Golan Heights had led Israel to…
US prepares Oslo-style agreement for Syria
Sheikh Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib’s declaration that he is ready to talk to the Assad regime came like a bolt out of the blue. A few days before he travelled to the Munich Security Conference, the Syrian National Coalition leader wrote…
Resisting Dictatorship/Resisting Occupation
The dilemma of Syrians living on the Golan Heights Three evenings a week, Syrian dissidents gather in Majdal Shams to organize their contribution to the revolution against Bashar al-Assad. Regular attendees include Facebook activists, graffiti-writers, former political prisoners, and venerable…
Eyewitness: Syria is imploding
In seeking the “truth” about Syria, I came across a book by Lebanese reporter Ghadi Francis, My pen and pain: One hundred days in Syria(Beirut: Saqi Books 2012), in Arabic. I did not find the “truth” but I did find many…
Why the Israeli Communist Party defends Assad’s regime
The following article was originally written in Arabic as a response to Muhammad Nafa’a, the General Secretary of the Communist Party in Israel (MAKI). We offer it in English because it gives an important insight into the political and ideological…
The roots of the Syrian uprising
The roots of the “Arab spring” can be found in the year 2000, a year of historic events that mark the end of an era. Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in June 2000 was without doubt a significant milestone. Twenty-five years…
Witches’ Brew in Lebanon
WHO won the Lebanon War in 2006? The question is hotly debated—but not so much between Israel and the Arabs as among Arabs themselves, and especially the Lebanese. In Israel the consensus is clear: the Winograd Committee, appointed by PM…