The NewStandard ceased publishing on April 27, 2007.
Jon Elmer is a Core Contributor to The NewStandard. He is a freelance photojournalist; his writings, interviews and photographs have appeared in numerous publications worldwide, including most recently, The Journal of Palestine Studies and The Progressive.
Jon has photographed and reported from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Western Sahara, Maoist-controlled areas of Nepal, and at anti-war and "anti-corporate globalization" demonstrations all across North America.
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10/14/05 ‘Disengagement’ Affords Some Relief for Gaza Fishing Enclave
10/10/05 Israeli High Court Rules Army Use of Human Shields Illegal10/03/05 Air Raids Terrorize Gaza Residents, Target Key Infrastructure09/22/05 Palestinians Cheer as Army Quits Two West Bank Settlements
09/16/05 Israel’s High Court Rejects World Court Ruling on Barrier09/13/05 Former Gaza General Eludes UK War Crimes Charge09/13/05 Investigation: Five Palestinians Killed in Tul Karm Raid Noncombatants09/07/05 Israeli Army Continues Use of Palestinians as Human Shields08/31/05 Israeli Terror Compensation Rules Treat Jew’s Victims Differently08/26/05 Soldiers, Anguish Remain Around Evacuated West Bank Settlements08/19/05 Protest, Grief as Barrier Segregates Palestinian Village from Farms08/16/05 New Settlement Puts Pressure on Jerusalem Palestinians07/22/05 Violence, Poverty Underscore Story of Iraqi Refugees in Jordan07/13/05 On Iraq-Jordan Border, Various Roles Play Out in Desert06/01/05 ‘Mistakenly’ Arrested Sunni Politician One Among Many12/06/04 U.S. has invasive, high-tech plans for Fallujah’s returning refugees10/18/04 Two Iraqi journalists gunned down in separate incidents10/16/04 US Marines come under attack from Syrian territory09/10/04 Iraqi deaths quietly mount as official U.S. troop toll passes 1,00008/20/04 Iraqi Olympic soccer team outraged at Bush campaign ad08/19/04 US soldiers kill 2 prisoners in Abu Ghraib08/19/04 Journalists who defied Najaf ban threatened with death08/16/04 Iraqis continue to accuse US troops of pillaging civilian homes08/16/04 Media blackout in Najaf enforced at rifle-point, journalists evicted08/01/04 Bush-Cheney organizers request racial profile of photographer07/31/04 ‘Serious’ water crisis looming in Basra, UN warns07/20/04 Thousands of Iraqis overwhelm newly opened passport offices07/16/04 New Iraqi PM may have executed men just before ‘handover’07/07/04 Mounting Evidence Suggests Israeli Operatives Working in Occupied Iraq07/03/04 Army report confirms Psy-ops staged Saddam statue toppling07/02/04 US soldiers charged with drowning Iraqi civilian06/24/04 US CentCom asks Army to send more troops to Iraq06/23/04 Recorded message calls for assassination of Iraqi PM06/22/04 Fallujah Residents Protest Deadly Weekend Attack by U.S. Military06/21/04 Israeli operatives reportedly conducting covert ops in Kurdistan06/16/04 Halliburton caught overbilling Pentagon for Iraq contracts, again06/16/04 U.S. and its Iraqi appointees show division on prisoners, palaces06/15/04 U.S. releases 400 detainees, Red Cross says release them all06/13/04 Car bombing, assassination target U.S. occupation and Iraqi allies06/11/04 Use of dogs in Abu Ghraib authorized at the highest levels06/09/04 Briefs show administration's intentions to legalize torture