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When News Misinforms
Posted March 28, 2011 | 04:43 PM (EST)
It was June of 1967, a few hours before the outbreak of the Six-Day War, when my father sent us to Jericho away from the battlefront to stay with my grandmother. Back then, we did not have a television, and I remember huddling in the "radio room," as my grandmother...
Tunisia: Social Justice or Social Media?
Posted January 16, 2011 | 12:23 PM (EST)
I arrived in Tunis on January 1, only a few days after a wave of rallies had erupted due to the suicide of an unemployed college graduate, who torched himself after police confiscated his fruit cart, cutting off his only source of income. Mohammed Bouazizi, 26, sold fruit and vegetables...
The Making of a Virtual Palestinian State
Posted October 1, 2010 | 11:55 AM (EST)
U.S. special envoy George Mitchell has been frantically shuttling between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in order to salvage the month-old direct negotiations. The European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has also been recruited to throw the weight of the...
The Grinch Who Stole Eid
Posted September 10, 2010 | 09:26 AM (EST)
Today, 1.5 billion Muslims across the globe celebrate Eid al-Fiter, a three-day holiday marking the end of Ramadan, however; one renegade pastor of a church, Rev. Terry Jones, with fewer than 50 members has cast a shadow on their festivities. For the past several weeks, the media has treated us...
Direct Talks: Five Myths
Posted August 27, 2010 | 10:00 AM (EST)
Direct talks between Palestinians and Israelis are scheduled to commence in Washington on September 2, a decade after the last real final-status talks, and nearly two years after the last direct talks. Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu will come
Iraq: Invading Is Easier Than Leaving
Posted August 13, 2010 | 10:08 AM (EST)
There are remarkably few positive things to say about Iraq today. The country seems to be in perpetual upheaval since the U.S. invasion in 2003. Dozens of people were killed across Iraq just days ahead of the start of the holy month of Ramadan,
Obama Must Bring Back That Magic to the Middle East
Posted August 6, 2010 | 09:22 AM (EST)
Will it be a strike against Iran by the U.S. and or Israel? Will there be political upheaval in Egypt after Mubarak's reign? And will Israel invade Lebanon or Gaza? These are some of the questions that can be heard on the streets of Cairo, Amman, and Beirut.
How Gilad Shalit Will Save Netanyahu
Posted July 2, 2010 | 09:47 AM (EST)
Mark my words, Gilad Shalit is coming home. He will soon be set free but not because of German mediations or the thousands of appeals made by his parents and their supporters. He's coming home because Bibi needs Gilad more than Gilad needs him.
In a television address aimed at...
Nuclear Iran: Is There An Option?
Posted June 17, 2010 | 12:18 PM (EST)
The US treasury has recently expanded its blacklist on Iran to include another state-controlled bank, a shipping line, and more of its elite Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Israel: Hasbara, Lies, and Videotape
Posted June 4, 2010 | 10:15 AM (EST)
As thousands of outraged demonstrators poured into the streets of Ankara and several capitals across the globe in the aftermath of Israel's bloody attack on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip early Monday, an Israeli sergeant stood in front of reporters claiming that the activists on board "were...
The War on Islam Is Over, But...
Posted May 28, 2010 | 10:22 AM (EST)
In a clear break from former president George Bush's two national security strategies issued in 2002 and 2006 which endorsed unilateral military action and spoke of the threat posed by "Islamic extremism," President Obama has unveiled a new national security strategy which calls for more global engagement and aims to...
The Russians Are Coming
Posted May 14, 2010 | 09:58 AM (EST)
Israel expressed "deep disappointment" Thursday over a meeting the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held this week in Syria with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, saying the organization must play a role in peace efforts.
Calling Hamas "a terror organization in every way," Israel's Foreign Ministry said in a statement...
Deporting Gandhi from Palestine
Posted April 16, 2010 | 09:46 AM (EST)
The Israeli government's recent announcement of Army order No. 1,650 was just the latest act of provocation in a series of calculated measures to derail any possible resumption of peace negotiations. Under this new draconian measure, anyone who doesn't have a "permit" to be in the West Bank is to...
Call it "Elections in Iraq"
Posted April 1, 2010 | 09:30 AM (EST)
Al-Bashir also threatened to kick out election monitors, and cancel a referendum on independence for the south should opposition parties boycott April 11-13 elections.
Iraq: Elections But No Stability
Posted March 19, 2010 | 10:10 AM (EST)
With close to 90% of the votes tallied in Iraq's parliamentary elections, the coalition headed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has taken a slim lead over the bloc led by his main challenger, Iyad Allawi. A day ago, it was the latter.
Mossad's Little Helpers
Posted March 5, 2010 | 10:00 AM (EST)
Not much has been left to the imagination in the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai on January 19. The entire operation has unfolded on closed circuit television cameras in front of millions of viewers across the globe, just like an episode from a reality show....
Iran Opposition Unplugged
Posted February 12, 2010 | 10:02 AM (EST)
Last June, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proclaimed a "landslide" victory election triggering months of upheaval. Tehran and other cities have seen the largest street protests and rioting since the 1979 Iranian Revolution by supporter...
Israel: Occupation or Apartheid?
Posted February 5, 2010 | 10:01 AM (EST)
The dreaded "A-Word" has once again made its way into Israeli media, not by a leftist "self-hating Jew", but by a prominent Israeli politician, the Minister of Defense, who is a decorated soldier and a former prime minister as well. "A" is for Apartheid.
Haiti: A View from the Middle East
Posted January 22, 2010 | 10:26 AM (EST)
Seldom does one watch a lead news story on Middle Eastern satellite television that does not offer a steady rotating stream of images of death, destruction, and devastation from places like Gaza, Fallujah, or Kabul. These past few days, however...
Jordan: Al-Qaeda Hotbed?
Posted January 15, 2010 | 09:45 AM (EST)
The recent incident of the Jordanian suicide bomber who blew himself up at a Central Intelligence Agency base in Khost Province, Afghanistan, took many Jordanians by surprise, especially when they learned through....
Lost in Translation
Posted January 8, 2010 | 08:08 AM (EST)
"The buck stops with me," declared President Obama on Thursday as he spoke about the results of an internal investigation into the failed Christmas Day airline bombing attempt. The president avoided ....
Gaza: Forsaken but Not Forgotten
Posted December 31, 2009 | 11:40 AM (EST)
EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Border- They came in buses and cars from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and the Galilee: Palestinians, Israelis, and few international activists. They waved Palestinian flags and carried banners chanting in ....
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Mousawa: An Alternative to a Two-State Solution
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are heading to Washington for talks on the future of the peace process. Netanyahu is scheduled to visit Washington on May 17, and Abbas is heading to the US on May 28 for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, whom many Arabs are pinning hopes on for forcing Israel to implement previous peace agreements.
For the past 10 years, the "two-state solution" has been the mantra of the United States, and of most countries involved in bringing a lasting peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But now, Netanyahu is calling for what he says is a fresh approach to peace with the Palestinians. Read more on the Huffington Post.
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