Category Archives: Writings

Lawmakers won’t miss anything by skipping Netanyahu’s speech

Posted on March 2, 2015 by admin

The Hill, March 2, 2015 by Josh Ruebner, Contributor The breach of protocol by the Speaker of the House — inviting a foreign head of state to address Congress with the explicit goal of undermining the president’s foreign policy — … Continue reading →

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Activists protest one-sided hearing on Palestine and the ICC

Posted on February 6, 2015 by admin

February 06, 2015, 07:00 am Activists protest one-sided hearing on Palestine and the ICC By Josh Ruebner, contributor Palestine’s accession to the Rome Statute and its impending membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 1 raises profound legal and … Continue reading →

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The emerging Republican-Israeli symbiosis

Posted on January 26, 2015 by admin

January 26, 2015, 07:00 am The emerging Republican-Israeli symbiosis By Josh Ruebner, contributor Netanyahu’s partnership with the Republican Party to undercut the Obama administration’s foreign policy agenda reflects much more than a personal squabble between the two heads of state. Read … Continue reading →

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Could congressional sanctions on Palestinians backfire for Israel?

Posted on January 9, 2015 by admin

 January 09, 2015, 07:30 am Could congressional sanctions on Palestinians backfire for Israel? By Josh Ruebner, contributor In their unstinting zeal to safeguard Israel’s stranglehold over the Palestinians, members of Congress may have inadvertently set the stage for the materialization of … Continue reading →

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ICC Only Option Left for Palestine

Posted on January 5, 2015 by admin

Huffington Post Posted: 01/05/2015 4:25 pm EST Palestinians rang in New Year’s Eve by deploying what Israel has called their legal and diplomatic “nuclear option.” Mahmoud Abbas, chair of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), signed the Rome Statute on behalf of … Continue reading →

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A last-ditch effort at the two-state solution

Posted on December 26, 2014 by admin

The Hill December 26, 2014, 07:00 am During a vexatious meeting with U.S. officials in 2009, during which he was notified that the United States could not secure a freeze on Israeli settlement building, Saeb Erekat, the lead Palestinian negotiator, became … Continue reading →

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Why won’t the US investigate Israeli violence against US citizens?

Posted on July 19, 2014 by admin

OPINION/EDITORIAL Why won’t the US investigate Israeli violence against US citizens? Josh Ruebner The Electronic Intifada 19 July 2014 The US has failed to advocate for justice for those of its citizens injured or killed by Israel.(Tess Scheflan/ ActiveStills) Earlier … Continue reading →

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Why is Obama’s DOJ prosecuting a torture victim?

Posted on June 10, 2014 by admin

June 10, 2014, 06:00 am Why is Obama’s DOJ prosecuting a torture victim? By Josh Ruebner, contributor Rasmea Odeh was brutally tortured into confessing a crime she did not commit. After 10 years of imprisonment, Odeh was exiled from her homeland, … Continue reading →

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Kerry Is wrong: Israel is already an apartheid state

Posted on May 2, 2014 by admin

May 02, 2014, 10:00 am Kerry Is wrong: Israel is already an apartheid state Last Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry touched off a firestorm of criticism by warning that Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state” after his initiative to … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the post-peace process era: A review of Ali Abunimah’s ‘The Battle for Justice in Palestine’

Posted on April 28, 2014 by admin

Josh Ruebner on April 28, 2014 Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama and Mahmoud Abbas in 2009. (Photo: AP) As Secretary of State John Kerry’s April 29 deadline looms for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, the State Department has dropped any pretense that talks will result in … Continue reading →

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