“AIPAC urges congress to grant the president the authority he has requested to protect America's national security interests and dissuade the Syrian regime's further use of unconventional weapons. The civilised world cannot tolerate the use of these (...)
A debate is raging in Israel today over the truth of journalist Amira Hass's words in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, “throwing a stone is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor (...)
“Put yourself in their shoes. Look at the world through their eyes. It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of their own. Living their entire lives with the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements not just of (...)
It occurred to me as I was rereading the 19th-century American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne's unfinished novel Dr Grimshawe's Secret, that the good doctor's grim reflection on the human condition, delivered to his adopted child, Ned, knowing the child (...)
“As it looks now, more than half the members of the 19th Knesset will belong to the extreme right and beyond, at least a dozen of them honest to goodness fascists” — Israeli writer Uri Avnery
On Martin Luther King Day, my wife and I took an (...)
US think tanks like the Washington Institute for Near East Policy are beating the drum for a US war against Iran in the interests of Israel, writes William Cook
Clowns befuddle a crowd. They appear to be a pretence of the normal but are caricatured (...)
Western capitalism is in crisis, and it is time we woke up to the fact, argues William A. Cook*
Last month, the UK journalist Stuart Jeffries writing in the British newspaper The Guardian observed that "capitalism is in crisis across the globe -- (...)
What thoughts come to mind in May this year, some six decades after the declaration of the state of Israel,asks William A Cook*
"We dance round in a ring and suppose/ But the secret sits in the middle and knows." -- Robert Frost
Victors' (...)
William Cook finds solace about the possibility of peace in the Middle East in the words of Voltaire
Even though they have not yet been fully implemented, the prospect of tough new international sanctions on Iran has already made Iraqis feel (...)
American imperialism, formerly described as "manifest destiny", is alive and well in today's world, writes William A. Cook*
"We arouse and arrange our memories to suit our psychic needs," -- Michael Kammen, Columbus in History
If former US president (...)
Israel enforces its will on any nation denying thereby the rights of free people everywhere, writes William A. Cook*
"The right to freedom of expression is a fundamental one, necessary to protect the exercise of all other human rights in democratic (...)
Is the US reaping the effects of its military domination of the Middle East and unconditional support for Israel, asks William Cook*
"From the moment we took on a role that included the permanent military domination of the world, we were on our own (...)
While posing as a "beacon of democracy" in the Middle East, Israel has in fact been using its familiar strategy of delay and denial in responding to the Arab revolutions, writes William Cook*
"Calls for democracy... stem from... an inner hunger for (...)
In the wake of US failures to bring peace to the Middle East, there is a need for new ideas and for a new commitment to justice, says William Cook*
Let me introduce myself lest you discard a letter from someone you do not know. I am a citizen of the (...)
What lives lost haunt Israeli and American minds, reminding them of the innocent who died 28 years ago at Shatila, asks William A. Cook*
O, that it were possible,
We might but hold some two days' conference
With the dead!
-- John Webster
The voice (...)
Only by vigorously subduing the US and Israel to the authority of the world community will it be possible to end the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes William Cook*
A confluence of news stories emerged this past week that, if related, (...)
William Cook* reflects on US hypocrisy about its "ally" in the Middle East
"We do not need to apologise for defending ourselves. The armada of hate and violence is merely one manifestation of the constant provocation Israel faces." -- Danny Ayalon, (...)
As the anniversary of the establishment of Israel approaches, it is useful to recall the pattern of deception behind Israeli policies, writes William A. Cook*
As Israel attempts today to gloss over the reality of its birth 62 years ago with a (...)
The US has lost all credibility in the Middle East. Put the search for peace in UN hands where it belongs, demands William Cook*
"Unauthorised statements have been made to the effect that the purpose in view is to create a wholly Jewish Palestine... (...)