“The Senate’s report documents the lies and the deceit of the CIA and its leaders over the past decade, including lies to the Congress, the American people, and even the President of the United States. The CIA director, George Tenet, and the deputy director, John McLaughlin, were directly responsible for orchestrating the campaign.”

“Rafah is isolated, under heavy random tank shelling, aerial bombardments.”

“Previously, it has been reported that federal workers were banned from accessing WikiLeaks on government computers. And now, employees are prohibited from accessing a page for a prominent hacker conference. This appears to be another example of a culture of enforced ignorance being maintained.”

“I participated in my first demonstration against Israeli aggression 32 years ago, after the massacre of Sabra and Shatila. Over the past three decades, successive Israeli governments continued to use military aggression rather than diplomacy as the centerpiece of their foreign policy. As an Israeli citizen, a daughter of a holocaust survivor, and a conflict…

“As veteran intelligence analysts accustomed to waiting, except in emergency circumstances, for conclusive information before rushing to judgment, we believe that the charges against Russia should be rooted in solid, far more convincing evidence. And that goes in spades with respect to inflammatory incidents like the shoot-down of an airliner. We are also troubled by…

“Since the start of the Israeli assault on Gaza on July 8, 2014, the water and wastewater infrastructure in Gaza has been heavily affected by Israeli airstrikes. Main water supply and wastewater infrastructure has been hit and as a result the water supply or sewage services to 1.2 million (2/3 of the total population in…

“What can’t be seen or understood in the pictures and reporting coming out of Gaza is the long term impact the most recent Israeli assault is having on the young minds of children in Gaza. Unfortunately, our staff has seen this before — most recently in 2012 and 2009 during Operation Pillar of Defense and…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, South African Navi “Pillay’s concern that the fire power being brought to bear on Gaza indicates that war crimes are being committed is well founded. The level of civilian deaths being caused is out of all proportion to whatever military objectives are being targeted.”

“During the latest crisis, the tone was set by July 8 when J Street’s home page carried the headline ‘J Street Expresses Solidarity with Israelis under Rocket Fire.’ It could have as easily read ‘J Street Expresses Solidarity with Israelis AND GAZANS under Fire,’ but that would have reflected an absent dedication to humanism. ……