November 29 saw the passing, at age 100, of Henry Kissinger, who was the most powerful figure in U.S. diplomacy in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He was Pres. Nixon’s …
JWE launches PalCast, featuring Yousef Aljamal (host) & Helena Cobban (cohost)
On November 16, we released Episode 1 of our new podcast, the PalCast, a collaboration with Tortoise Shack Media of Dublin, Ireland. Episode 2 dropped two days later– and we’d …
JWE helps document Electronic Intifada’s webinar/ podcasts on Gaza crisis
Two days after the current Gaza-Israel crisis started on October 7, the veteran website Electronic Intifada launched a ground-breaking and open-ended series of webinars led by EI director Ali Abunimah …
Remembering Roshdi Sarraj’s powerful legacy
We were very sorry to learn about the death, on October 22, of Roshdi Sarraj, a brilliant Gaza-Palestinian film-maker who did a number of projects for Just World Books and …
R.Falk interviewed Oct. 18 on the Gaza crisis
We’re pleased to be able to post this interview that the New York City-based writer Daniel Falcone conducted with JWE board member Richard Falk on October 18 Israel has long …
Amb. Chas Freeman likens Gaza breakout to Vietnam’s 1968 Tet offensive
We’re pleased to post this commentary, with permission, that was penned earlier today by Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr., a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense and former ambassador to …
Golda movie mum on how her intransigence helped spark the 1973 war
by William B. Quandt We are pleased to run this review of the recently released movie Golda, which focuses on the role Israeli PM Golda Meir played during the October …
The charge that ‘Palestine Writes Festival’ is antisemitic is baseless
by Alice Rothchild, MD We are proud to repost here this commentary that our board member Alice Rothchild initially published yesterday on Mondoweiss. She will be reading from her young …
The strategic nightmare that follows the ‘forever war’
We’re pleased to repost this important article by veteran strategic analyst Melvin A. Goodman. It was initially published at Counterpunch by Melvin A. Goodman One of these days, the “forever …
Innovative Regional Dialogue: Iran, Iraq, and Six Gulf Countries
by Richard Falk and Javad Heiran-Nia We are pleased to cross-post an excerpt of this interview of JWE Board Member and International Jurist Richard Falk by Iranian journalist, Javad Heiran-Nia. Javad …