The New Standard - Iraq

The people of the Gaza Strip coastal area known as Al-Mawasi had little access to the outside world until Israel withdrew its settlers and army; now the enclave's fishermen return to the beach, if not the sea.

After delaying a decision for over three years, Israel's High Court of Justice has ruled that the military's use of Palestinian "human shields" in the Occupied Territories is illegal and a...

Israel’s first major air campaign against Gazans since its August departure from the Strip has ruined important facilities, injured noncombatants and introduced sonic booms as a new tactic.

A federal judge yesterday found that lawyers for the federal government failed to prove their assertion that privacy and national security should trump the public's right to know when it comes to...

In new reports detailing United States troops' serial abuse of Iraqi detainees, three soldiers allege that many of the cruel punishments were ordered and approved by superiors and at least partly...

A weekend of actions against the US occupation of Iraq culminated in the mass arrest of nearly 400 protesters who tried to deliver messages -- literal and symbolic -- to the White House.

Demonstrators from a variety of backgrounds and representing numerous causes came together Saturday by the tens of thousands with a unified message demanding an end to US military involvement in Iraq.

Pointing to reports that activists in hundreds of cities are arranging buses and caravans to travel to the nation's capitol, the coalition of anti-war groups behind this weekend's Washington, DC...

In a surprise move, Israeli military forces razed and abandoned two former settlements, Ganim and Kadim, near Jenin, prompting a flood of celebrating Palestinians to reclaim the plots.

The long-awaited final say of Israel’s highest judicial body has reaffirmed the domestic legality of the 700km barrier being built largely inside occupied Palestinian territory; the barrier remains outlawed by the still-higher World Court.

Chicago's city leaders Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on the "United States government to immediately commence an orderly and rapid withdrawal of United States military...

British agents allowed to slip through their fingers the man who oversaw the destruction of Palestinian homes and ordered a bombing that killed 14 noncombatants in 2003.

An investigation into an August 24 raid by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Tul Karm has found that all five Palestinians killed in the incident were unarmed noncombatants and were not...

As the United States massed forces around Iraq in preparation for an invasion that the Bush administration told the world was necessary to rid the nation of alleged weapons of mass destruction, the...

In direct violation of both domestic and international law, the Israeli military continues to use Palestinian civilians as human shields to protect soldiers during military operations in the...

Arab victims of last month's terrorist attack on a bus in northern Israel will not be eligible for the same compensation as Jewish victims of Palestinian attacks because the perpetrator – a Jewish...

In the northern West Bank, where Sharon’s “disengagement” does not include the withdrawal of military from evacuated settlements, bitter memories temper Palestinians’ guarded optimism.

According to a decision by Israel's attorney general, the long-awaited move to effectively annex the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank by wrapping it in Israel's controversial "separation...

Amid confusion and misinformation, Iraq’s parliament failed again to produce a draft constitution to submit to the Iraqi public, leaving all Sunni Arab and some secular Shia lawmakers embittered.

Photo essay of demonstration against the separation barrier in Bil'in.