Added on 14/05/2011
SlimGulfie
Bahrain , Bahraini government , Human Rights Watch , Member of Parliament , policeman , prime minster , Salmaniya Hospital , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Sunnis , supermarket chain , Tehran , United Nations , United States
SLIMGULFIE: Over half a million Bahrainis who share the same religion are now thoroughly divided by their two sects. It’s heartbreaking.
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 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
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Al-Ahram Center , Army , Asaf Ali Zardari , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Barack Obama , Bush , Bush Administration , Central America , Central Intelligence Agency , CNN , Congress , Department of State , Dick Cheney , Dome of the Rock , Dwight Eisenhower , Egypt , Egyptian military , Fahd , France , fundraiser , Gaza Strip , Inter-Services Intelligence , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jeddah , Jerusalem , Joe Biden , Kabul , Kuwait , Leonid Brezhnev , Libya , Middle East , Obama , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Pakistani intelligence , Palestinian Territories , Pentagon , Peshawar , President , Prime Minister , Ronald Reagan , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Soviet Union , Sudan , Syria , Taliban , Tunisia , UN Security Council , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , US government , USG , Washington , West Bank , White House
JUAN COLE: Post Osama, President Obama should do us all a favour and now remove U.S. troops from Iraq.
Added on 27/04/2011
James M. Dorsey
Bashar al-Assad , Central Intelligence Agency , Damascus , Department of State , Europe , European Union , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hamas , Leon Panetta , Libya , Maher al-Assad , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , President , Prime Minister , Rami Makhlouf , Security Council , Syria , Syrian army , Syrian government , travel bans , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US Treasury
JAMES M. DORSEY: The Obama administration has been working hard behind the scenes to enlist the EU and Turkey in efforts to isolate Syria.
Added on 19/04/2011
Juan Cole
Benedict , Chechnya , Europe , Fatah , French police , Geneva , Lebanese army , Lebanon , Libya , Libyan army , Libyan military , London , London School of Economics , Misrata , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Paris , Saif al-Islam Qaddafi , Saif Qaddafi , Soccer , surgery , Switzerland , The Washington Post , Tripoli , United Nations , United States
JUAN COLE: This slick interview with the glib comparisons is typical of the way they think they can get away with anything, anything at all.
Added on 15/04/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Benjamin Netanyahu , Eli Yishai , Gaza , Hamas , International Criminal Court , Israel , Lebanon , New York , Palestine , Prime Minister , professor of law , Richard Goldstone , The Jerusalem Post , the New Statesman , The New York Times , The Washington Post , UN Human Rights Council , United Nations , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: Eighteen months of relentless pressure by the Israeli authorities eventually bore fruit with the publication of Goldstone’s now notorious op-ed. Cheers can only be heard in Tel Aviv.
Added on 15/04/2011
Common Ground News Service
Afghanistan , Florida , Islam , Malaysia , Middle East , Terry Jones , United Nations
SRI MURNIATI, CGNEWS: If you are genuine about helping Muslims shun violence, Pastor Jones, there are better ways to do it than burning our sacred text.
Added on 08/04/2011
Mondoweiss
Civil society , Colonel , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Human Rights Council , Israel , Israeli government , LA Times , Palestine , Richard Goldstone , the Associated Press , the LA Times , The Washington Post , UN Court , United Nations
ADAM HOROWITZ, LIZZY RATNER, PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: The most significant achievement of the Goldstone Report is that it has re-framed the Israeli-Palestinian debate.
Added on 07/04/2011
Common Ground News Service
Beirut , Christian , Civil society , Cyprus , Lebanon , President , Prime Minister , Turkey , United Nations
RITA CHEMALY: There have been a series of demonstrations in Beirut against the country’s so-called ‘confessional system’, in favour of a secular society.
Added on 06/04/2011
Mondoweiss
High Commissioner , Human rights , Israel , Palestine , United Nations , United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East , West Bank
ADAM HOROWITZ, MONDOWEISS: ‘Land Day’ became instead ‘Demolition Day’, according to the UN spokesman. The rate of demolition on the West Bank has increased for the third straight month.
Added on 05/04/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Afghanistan , Islam , Jesus Christ , Pakistan , Terry Jones , United Nations , United States
OMAR AL-ISSAWI: ‘Incitement’ was the essence of Terry Jones’ actions in burning a copy of the Koran. With the death toll rising by the day he has achieved his objective.
Added on 29/03/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Ali Khamenei , America , Arab League , Barack Obama , Bush Administration , CNN , Colin Powell , France , Hamas , Hizballah , Hizbullah , Iowa , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi parliament , Lebanon , Libya , Michelle Bachmann , Middle East , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Pentagon , Piers Morgan , President , Republican presidential candidate , Rupert Murdoch , Saddam Hussein , Sarah Palin , Supreme , Tehran , United Nations , United States , US military , Washington
JUAN COLE: President Obama’s speech last night demonstrated clearly the qualities of leadership that those who seek to challenge him simply do not possess.
Added on 21/03/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Amr Moussa , Arab League , Colonel , Egypt , Gaddafi , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Libya , Middle East , Saddam Hussein , Tripoli , United Nations
OMAR AL-ISSAWI: As Gaddafi begins to sound more and more like Saddam Hussein the rebels must now take advantage of the ‘No Fly Zone’.
Added on 21/03/2011
Juan Cole
Algeria , Amnesty , Bahrain , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Egypt , Electricity , India , Iraq , Kosovo , Libya , Libyan military , Middle East , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Russia , Tajoura , Tripoli , Tunisia , United Nations , Yemen
JUAN COLE: It’s clear what model the UN authorised forces should be following in enforcing the no-fly zone in Libya – the success that was Kosovo rather than the failure that was Iraq.
Added on 21/03/2011
Omar Chatriwala
Artist , Doha , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Libya , Mike Mullen , Muammar Gaddafi , President , Protests , Qatar , Tripoli , United Nations
OMAR CHATRIWALA: Scores of people rallied outside Libya’s embassy in Qatar on Sunday, calling for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to go. “I want [Gaddafi] dead,” said one.
Added on 20/03/2011
Michael J. Totten
Barack Obama , Democracy , France , Human Rights Commission , Libya , Middle East , United Nations , United States
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Throw away the crystal ball. Events in the Middle East over the past few months have defied everyone’s predictions.
Added on 19/03/2011
Tabsir
Afghanistan , China , Colonel , Egypt , guard , Iraq , Las Vegas , Libya , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Tripoli , Tunis , U.N. Security Council , United Nations
Daniel Varasico: Even after the “No fly zone” and the “ceasefire” there is still no more clarity on what the end game looks like in Libya.
Added on 16/03/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Benghazi , David Cameron , Egypt , France , G-8 , Germany , Italy , Japan , Libya , Mediterranean , Middle East , Milan , Muammar Qaddafi , Nicolas Sarkozy , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil wealth , Osama Bin Laden , President , Prime Minister , Qaddafi’s air force , Russia , Saddam Hussein , Silvio Berlusconi , Tripoli , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , Washington , Western European
JUAN COLE: As the unfolding disaster in Japan distracts the world’s attention Qaddafi’s re-conquest of Libya rolls on. There will be scores to settle…
Added on 13/03/2011
Jonathan Cook
Abu Dhabi , Angela Merkel , Arab League , Avigdor Lieberman , Barack Obama , BBC , Benjamin Netanyahu , chancellor , Ehud Barak , Europe , France , Gaza , Germany , Haaretz , Hamas , Hizbollah , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israel Radio , Jordan , Jordan Valley , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Tel Aviv University , The Jerusalem Post , The National , Turkey , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Washington , West Bank , White House
JONATHAN COOK: Benjamin Netanyahu’s advisers conceded last week that the Israeli prime minister is more downcast than they have ever seen him.
