Added on 09/02/2011
Mondoweiss
Boycott Divestment and Sanctions , California , Civil society , Europe , General Assembly , Germany , Illinois , International Court of Justice , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , Latin America , legitimate tool , Maryland , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , New York , North Carolina , Obama , Olympics , Palestine , Pennsylvania , political tools , President , South Africa , U.S. Congress , United Nations , United States , US military , West Bank
DAVID SCHWARTZMAN, MAI ABDUL, MONDOWEISS: The Middle East peace process is going nowhere fast and interested parties are giving up on the U.S.
Added on 06/02/2011
Common Ground News Service
Cairo , Civil society , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , Netherlands , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Tunis
OMAR SHA’BAN: Beyond the physical siege that is being endured by the people of Gaza there is a ‘siege of the mind’ which is having a profound effect on its youth.
Added on 03/02/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Abdullah , Amman , Bakhit government , Bakhit’s government , Civil society , Egypt , Jordan , Muslim Brotherhood , Prime Minister , Prime Ministry , Royal Court , Samir Rifai , Tunisia , United States
NASSEM TARAWNAH: The state needs to realize no one protesting in Jordan have been calling for regime change, but rather a change in government and real reforms.
Added on 28/01/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Algeria , Amr Moussa , Arab League , Ben Ali , Civil society , Energy , France , Human Rights Watch , model , President , Tunisia , Tunisian government
RAMZY BAROUD: In Tunisia that ‘unprecedented anger” has reaped unprecedented results, leaving Tunisia with the great task of rebuilding a civil society.
Added on 26/01/2011
Common Ground News Service
American University of Beirut , Beirut , Civil society , Dubai , Emir , Facebook , Jordan , Journalist , Lebanese parliament , Lebanon , Media outlets , Middle East , Nasser Al-Missned , Online media , Project Manager , Qatar , Social Media , Social networking , Twitter , YouTube
HANI NAIM: The conclusion is no one is immune to social media. Activists, Governments, journalists are all now trying to harness its power in the Arab world.
Added on 17/01/2011
Juan Cole
Ben Ali , Cablegate , Civil society , Facebook , First Lady , Governor , Journalist , Leila Ben Ali , North Africa , President , Reuters , Tunisia , Twitter , United States , United States government , Washington , Wikileaks , YouTube
JUAN COLE: Cables show that the U.S. was fully aware of the debilitating level of corruption in Tunisia, and its anti-democratic implications.
Added on 31/12/2010
Ramzy Baroud
Aung San Suu Kyi , Civil society , Desmond Tutu , Gabi Ashkenazi , Gaza , Haiti , Iraq , Iraqi army , Israel , Israeli army , Israeli government , Israeli military , Israeli Military Strength , Jimmy Carter , Military hardware , model , Myanmar , Oil , Palestinian Territories , President , South Africa , Turkey , United States
When the Iraqi army fell before invading US and British troops in 2003, the latter’s mission seemed to be accomplished. But nearly eight years after the start of a war intended to shock and awe a whole population into submission, the Iraqi people continue to stand tall. They have confronted and rejected foreign occupations, held […]
Added on 17/12/2010
Ramzy Baroud
Al-Aqsa , Amazon.com , Civil society , Gaza , internationally-syndicated columnist and the editor , Israel , Israeli Committee against House Demolitions , London , Middle East , Mossad , Palestine , PalestineChronicle.com , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Peace , Pluto Press , Ramallah , Red Cross , Russell Tribunal on Palestine , West Bank , www.ramzybaroud.net
RAMZY BAROUD: It is the very balance between destruction and rebuilding, despair and hope, occupation and perseverance that makes the Palestinian people powerful.