- 28 November 2012
Confronting the bitter reality: Why Israel didn’t win?
The ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas in Cairo after eight days of fighting is merely a pause in the Israel-Palestine conflict. It promises to ease movement at all border crossings with the Gaza Strip, but will not lift the blockade.......
- 21 November 2012
A Living Hell : Death in Gaza, Déjà Vu
It is a recurring nightmare. The sounds and smells are so familiar; the tension in the air so thick that you can see it like the grit and grime that collects on your clothes and shoes after being outside for only a short while. In July, sand blows in off the shore whipping its tiny........
- 17 October 2012
The Hunting Party: EU and the Nobel Peace Prize
Yes, indeed, it is a little-acknowledged feat of miraculous life-saving power that Europe has not gone to war with itself — other than that whole Yugoslavia thing — since World War II. It’s as clear a demonstration as anything that people can choose to....
- 23 August 2012
Rohingya Muslims: A litmus test for Suu Kyi's Myanmar
London-based Burma Campaign UK has slammed pro-democracy activists in Myanmar for failing the Rohingya, "the world's most persecuted minority" according to the UN, by not speaking out on their behalf.
- 27 October 2012
India, Japan, US to hold trilateral talks
Against the backdrop of increased Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea, India, the US and Japan will hold their third trilateral dialogue here Monday to expand their cooperation in maritime security and in shaping the Asia-Pacific....
- 14 September 2012
What drives anti-Americanism in Libya?
Al-Nass (The People) and other television channels of ‘Satellite Salafism’ broadcast news of a year-old mediocre film trailer about the life of the Prophet Mohammad, made by an Israeli-Californian and championed by.....
- 22 August 2012
Making a stand: WikiLeaks and Free Speech
We have spent our careers as filmmakers making the case that the news media in the United States often fail to inform Americans about the uglier actions of our own government. We therefore have been deeply grateful for the....