Max Blumenthal, a TomDispatch regular, is the author of the bestselling Republican Gomorrah and of Goliath, the winner of the Lannan Foundational Cultural Freedom Notable Book Award. He is a senior writer for Alternet. His new book is The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza (Nation Books). Follow him on Twitter @maxblumenthal.

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Elie Wiesel Denounced Oppression of Jews—But Didn’t Do the Same for Palestinians
How should we remember the Nobel Peace Prize recipient who also provided cover for the devastation of the Middle East?
Max Blumenthal

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Waiting for the Next Israeli Assault in Gaza
Before homes are even rebuilt in the ruins of the Gaza Strip, another war looms.
Max Blumenthal
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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