Is Obama ready – like Bill Clinton – to “get in a ditch, and fight and die” for Israel? Read more about Official Israel government Twitter account joins partisan attacks on Obama 

Black Star held their fists high and declared, “Let’s get free just like the Palestinians!” Read more about Rappers Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) give a lyrical shout-out to Palestine 

I never thought of myself as a teacher, and when my mother used to suggest the profession to me as a kid, I would flinch. But lately, that’s exactly who I am finding myself becoming – not just as an answer to our obsession with the “what do you do?” question, but as a general identification of how I see myself. Read more about From Shatila to Ramallah: an introduction