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Jonathan Cook

Jonathan Cook is a freelance writer based in Nazareth and winner of the 2011 Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism.

Current Analysis

Bedouin in the Negev Face New "Transfer"

The White House's hoped-for restructuring of the Middle East has begun: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been ousted from power by US and British troops who now patrol the streets of Baghdad, while a few hundred miles away Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been shunted aside in favor

Jonathan Cook • 10 min read

Current Analysis

Letters of Warning

After 12 long months of hearings and the appearance of 349 witnesses, a panel of Israeli judges has offered the first insight into its conclusions about the deaths of 13 Palestinian citizens at the hands of the country's police force in October 2000. Justice Theodor Or, head of

Jonathan Cook • 7 min read