Philip Weiss, co-editor of the Mondoweiss blog, discusses why Palestinians are holding out for a substantial ceasefire agreement that improves their living standards, despite sustaining massive casualties in the meantime; the cracks developing in the US-Israel "special relationship;" and why the mainstream media finally has the nerve to criticize Israel's killing of civilians.

Darrin Marion, proprietor of Darrin's Coffee Company, discusses his business's sponsorship of The Scott Horton Show. Stop drinking Folgers and get free shipping on your order of Darrin's fresh roasted coffee.

Danny Muller, an activist with the Middle East Children's Alliance, discusses Israel's destruction of the civilian infrastructure in Gaza, including water and power distribution.

Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity's (VIPS) letter to President Obama, calling for the release of evidence on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Noura Erakat, a human rights attorney and activist, discusses her article in The Nation, "Five Israeli Talking Points on Gaza - Debunked."

Freelance journalist Ken Klippenstein discusses the US-made weapons being used by Israel to commit war crimes against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj, discusses Israel's "war" on Gaza and why the US risks terrorist attacks by providing Israel with the weapons being used to kill Palestinian civilians.

Jason Ditz, editor at Antiwar.com, discusses President Obama's efforts to change the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) so he can dramatically broaden the war on terror.

Joshua Hughes, an American expat living in Costa Rica, discusses why he is going on a hunger strike until Israel's siege of Gaza ends.

Jonathan Landay, a national security and intelligence reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses why the Obama administration knew the Islamic State was growing but did little to counter it.

Nebojsa Malic, a regular columnist at Antiwar.com, discusses the US media's immediate conclusion that Vladimir Putin was responsible for downing Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 despite a lack of proof and the possibility that the Ukrainian government shot it down.

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, discusses the Obama administration's asserted authority to assassinate American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, and the death of due process and the Fifth Amendment.

McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist Mitchell Prothero discusses ISIS's war on holy shrines in the cradle of civilization.

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the proper historical context to view Israel's war on Gaza and why the media ignores the Hamas ceasefire proposal.

Michael Scheuer, former Chief of the CIA's Bin Laden Issue Station, discusses the one-sided US-Israel relationship; why Israel's "right to exist" is meaningless rhetoric; and what motivates Al Qaeda and other Muslim extremists.