Author Archives: Mahdi Sabbagh

For several months, the Israeli army has carried out a siege on the Gaza Strip, spurred by the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier at the border on June 25, 2006. By June 28, Israel had penetrated the Gaza Strip and had begun its attacks, which continue today. Israel initially claimed it had entered the Gaza »

In “Conflicting clash styles fuel Mideast war” (9/6), Noah Lawrence justifies and excuses Israel’s killing of at least 1,110 Lebanese, most of them civilians. He acquits Israel of its war crimes and its historical violations of human rights both in Lebanon and Palestine. Moreover, he leads readers to believe that Israel’s military has pulled out »