'Just World News' with Helena Cobban

Reactions to Gaza Flotilla 2

Nine boats of siege-busting 'Freedom Rider' activists are now gathering in the Mediterranean, preparing to challenge the longrunning siege that is one of the main tools through which Israel continues...

Tactical deployment of Muslim prayer in nonviolence

Yesterday I tweeted (@justworldbooks) about this amazing, 9-minute video clip from the Egyptian paper Al-Masry al-Yawm, which shows the large-scale confrontation across, I think, the broad expanse of Qasr al-Nil...

Just World Books update #4

We're still tweaking the website at Just World Books, so until it's ready to roll out, I'll be sending out my updates from here. I've signed three new contracts in...

Ireland shows the way

The Irish Times reports that the Irish aid ship the MV Rachel Corrie is still steaming toward Gaza-- and that Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Brian Cowen has warned Israel that...

Arabist and others on the flotilla massacre

Issandr el-Amrani of the Arabist has been doing some of the best blogging on today's IDF flotilla massacre. Among his great posts have been these: How Israel sets the TV...

Flotilla: Israel's customary lethality now changes everything

Israel's security forces have become accustomed over many decades to using lethal force against opponents, then claiming it was the opponents who "fired first". They have become accustomed, moreover, to...