Common Ground News Service

‘A Clash of Civilisations?’: It’s More a Blend in Reality

‘A Clash of Civilisations?’: It’s More a Blend in Reality

MICHAEL YOUNG, CGNEWS:

 Crossroads Arabia

Bahrain Becomes Vatican’s Middle East HQ

Bahrain Becomes Vatican’s Middle East HQ

CROSSROADS ARABIA: The Vatican is striving to improve relations with authorities throughout the Gulf

 Ramzy Baroud

The Predicament of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

The Predicament of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

RAMZY BAROUD: 450,000 UN-registered refugees live in Lebanon. They subsist in poverty, living in 12 concentration style camps, denied basic rights and lack nominal political horizons.

 Juan Cole

Gingrich’s Crusade: It’s not an ‘Arab Spring’, it’s ‘an anti-Christian Spring’

Gingrich’s Crusade: It’s not an ‘Arab Spring’, it’s ‘an anti-Christian Spring’

JUAN COLE: In their quest to find an ABM (‘Anyone But Mitt’), the American Right have hit upon Gingrich. Let’s hear what he has to say about the MidEast.

 Mondoweiss

Israel Hearts Qatar. Not. The Love-In’s Over.

Israel Hearts Qatar. Not. The Love-In’s Over.

ANNIE, MONDOWEISS: The relationship between Israel and its BFF in the Gulf appear to have broken down completely.