Added on 05/06/2011
Mondoweiss
Cairo , Fatah , Hamas , Iran , Israel , Middle East , Obama , Palestine , United Nations , United States , White House
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: Whoever put together the new White House web page on Israel clearly didn’t pay much attention to the recent speech by President Obama on the Middle East. It’s a ‘lobby triumph’.
Added on 31/05/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Israel , Jordan , Member of Parliament , Palestine , Palestinian Territories
NASEEM TARAWNAH: 6,000 idiots from 69 countries around the world have signed a petition calling Jordan the alternative homeland for Palestinians?
Added on 31/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Gaza , Haifa , Israel , Jerusalem , Journalist , Palestine , policeman , West Bank
RUTH EGLASH, CGNEWS: It’s become an instant sensation across the Arab world so it was time, in spite of my concerns, to experience ‘New Star’ first hand.
Added on 30/05/2011
Mondoweiss
Ben Gurion University , central Israel , Ehud Olmert , Europe , Gaza , Israel , Jerusalem , Massachusetts , New York , Obama , Palestine , West Bank
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: The premise of conducting a swap is, I believe, that you have something of equal value for the other party. Tell that to Israel.
Added on 30/05/2011
Tabsir
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , America , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Bin Laden , Bush Administration , Egypt , Europe , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Mubarak , Nobel committee , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil wealth , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Qaddafi , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Taliban , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , Vietnam , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Where there was once optimism of fundamental change taking hold as a spirit of freedom swept the region, there is now growing pessimism.
Added on 29/05/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian army , Gaza , Hosni Mubarak , Nabil al-Arabi , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Sinai , Sinai desert , Stockholm , US Federal Reserve
RAMZY BAROUD: Today the border at the Rafah Crossing officially opens. It’s another significant milestone of the ‘Arab Spring’.
Added on 24/05/2011
Mondoweiss
Alpha , Asia , Barack Obama , Chicago , Christiane Amanpour , Europe , Israel , Jordan , Latin America , Middle East , Netanyahu , Obama , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Steve Walt , The Wall Street Journal , United States
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: A visibly angry Barack Obama, fresh from yet another humiliation at the hand of Benjamin Netanyahu, delivered a stinging rebuke to the Jewish lobby at the AIPAC conference.
Added on 21/05/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Binyamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Fatah , George Mitchell , Hamas , Israel , Jerusalem , Khaled Meshaal , Middle East , Minister of Justice , Netanyahu’s government , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , Tel Aviv , The Guardian , Tzipi Livni , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
RAMZY BAROUD: The newly unified Palestinian leadership faces a very rough few months in the lead-up to the key United Nations vote in September.
Added on 18/05/2011
mai abdul rahman
Congress , DC , Gaza , Israel , Netanyahu , Obama , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , United States , Washington , Washington Metro
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: As of 2010, US taxpayers have granted $61.3 billion in military aid to Israel that has yet to produce any peace or end violence.
Added on 14/05/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Beijing , Beijing Olympics , Beit Hanoun , Egypt , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israeli army , London , Long-Distance Runner , Nabil al-Arabi , Olympics , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , the Associated Press , United Nations , United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
RAMZY BAROUD: Nader al-Masri sporting deeds reflect the stubborness and perseverance of the Gazan people.
Added on 14/05/2011
mai abdul rahman
Clinton , Egypt , Food and Drink , Gaza , Hamas , humanitarian law , International Committee of the Red Cross , Israel , Mubarak , Mubarak government , Nabil al-Arabi , Palestine , United States , Usher , Washington , Washington Times
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Allowing the Rafah will undoubtedly end the absolute and confounding isolation of the Gazans and the need of smuggling through the tunnels.
Added on 12/05/2011
Mondoweiss
Alan Dershowitz , Australia , Berlin , Center for American Progress , Congress , Ehud Barak , Haaretz , Hamas , Hizballah , Iran , Iranian government , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Israel Defense Forces , Israel Radio , Jeffrey Goldberg , Jordan , Labour Party , Matt Duss , Memorial Day , Middle East , Netanyahu , New America Foundation , Pakistan , Palestine , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Shimon Peres , South Africa , Steve Clemons , Tehran , U.S. intelligence , United States , United States government , Washington Institute , Washington Institute for Near East Policy
MONDOWEISS: If Iran ever acquired nuclear weapons would it launch an attack on Israel? “Not on us and not on any neighbor.” The speaker? Ehud Barak…
Added on 07/05/2011
Jonathan Cook
Bar Ilan University , Ben Gurion University , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian government , Facebook , Fatah , foreign ministry official , Gaza , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Israel , Israel Radio , Israeli embassy , Jerusalem , Mahmoud Abbas , Menachem Klein , Middle East , Natural gas , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Pew Research Centre , politics professor , President , Prime Minister , Reuters , Social Media , special adviser , Syria , Tehran , The Jerusalem Post , The National , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , United Arab Emirates , United Nations , United States , unnamed official , Washington , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: The political sands are shifting a little too quickly in the Middle East for Israel and the United States. Will they be able to keep up?
Added on 07/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
America , Amnon Lipkin-Shahak , Barack Obama , Congress , East Africa , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Hillary Clinton , Israel , Israeli army , Jerusalem , Labour Party , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Mossad , Netanyahu , North Africa , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Rabin , Secretary of State , Shin Bet , The New York Times , UN General Assembly , United States , West Bank
MICHAEL FELSEN, CGNEWS: The Israeli Peace Initiative which was unveiled in April has an ambitious goal, namely the resolution of all claims.
Added on 04/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Civil society , Hamas , Israel , Mahmoud Abbas , Natalia Simanovsky , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian government , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , research officer , Salam Fayyad , United Nations , United Nations General Assembly , West Bank
NATALIA SIMANOVSKY, CGNEWS: In September the United Nations will vote on whether to recognise a Palestinian state.
Added on 02/05/2011
Lauren
Easter , Facebook , IDF , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli military , Jerusalem , Mobile Phones , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Passover , Qalandiya checkpoint , Ramallah , Red Crescent , the Palestine Chronicle , United Kingdom , West Bank
LAUREN: “Tourists will see, firsthand, what Israel does not want internationals to see: the humiliation and degradation that takes place at checkpoints. They will be treated as animals as well…”
Added on 01/05/2011
Mondoweiss
Fateh , Gaza , Hamas , humanitarian law , Israel , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , qualifier , River Jordan , Sinai , United States , West Bank
TIM HAUGHTON, MONDOWEISS: The ‘doublespeak’ of Israeli negotiations has been based for many years on three simple words.
Added on 29/04/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Amman , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Damascus , Democratic Front , Doha , Egypt , Fatah , Food and Drink , Gaza , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Pennsylvania , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Syria
OMAR AL ISSAWI: That the PA recognizes Israel will not have escaped the attention of either Netanyahu, or for that matter Hamas.
Added on 27/04/2011
Common Ground News Service
Israel , Jerusalem , Palestine , Temple Mount
YONATHAN MIZRACHI, CGNEWS: Palestinians living close to the ‘City of David’ archaeological site, where the city of Jerusalem first emerged, have found their antecedents are being excluded.
Added on 23/04/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Activist , BBC , Benjamin Netanyahu , Daniel Pipes , Egypt , European Union , Food and Drink , Gaza , Hamas , International Solidarity Movement , Israel , James Miller , Jerusalem , Journalist , Juliano Mer Khamis , New York Times , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , Rachel Corrie , Rome , Tom Hurndall , United States , Vittorio Arrigoni
RAMZY BAROUD: Grief and despair have been the overwhelming emotions felt by those who knew Vik Arrigoni. He has, however, left us an enduring message.
