Added on 26/07/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Asia , Benjamin Netanyahu , East Jerusalem , Iraq , Israel , Israeli settlement , Israeli views on the peace process , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jerusalem , John Kerry , Middle East , Palestinian Monitory Authority , Palestinian National Authority , Politics , United States , War/Conflict , West Bank
RAMZY BAROUD: Prepare yourself for cliche, ‘grin and grip’ photo opportunities and nothing of susbtance – here comes the so-called ‘Negotiation Process’
Added on 22/07/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Afghan Civil War , Al Qaeda , Allegations of support system in Pakistan for Osama bin Laden , Central Intelligence Agency , Islam , Islamic terrorism , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Politics , Reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden , Religion , September 11 attacks , United States , US government , US military , US National Security Agency , War in Afghanistan , War on Terror
RAMZY BAROUD: Hard to win and lost in an instant, it’s trust. The U.S seems to be unconcerned about its diminishing reputation in the world
Added on 21/07/2013
Mondoweiss
Asia , Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians , Israel , Israel and the apartheid analogy , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , John Kerry , Middle East , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Politics , War/Conflict , Washington , Western Asia
MARC ELLIS, MONDOWEISS: Don’t expect anything of substance from the proposed meetings between Israeli and Palestinian ‘negotiators’.
Added on 20/07/2013
Juan Cole
Africa , Arab world , Economy of Egypt , Egypt , Foreign relations of Egypt , Geography of Egypt , Liquefied natural gas , Macro-engineering , Politics , Red Sea , Suez , Suez Canal , United States
JUAN COLE: Recent events in Egypt don’t seem to hold much appeal for the major news corporations in the U.S but all Americans have a stake in what happens there
Added on 17/07/2013
Mondoweiss
Arab–Israeli conflict , Asia , Benjamin Netanyahu , Europe , European Union , Golan Heights , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli settlement , Israeli-occupied territories , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Israel–European Union relations , Jerusalem , official , Politics , West Bank , Western Asia , Zionism
MONDOWEISS: The decision of the EU to ban all EU funding of projects in the occupied territories has certainly caught the Israeli government napping.
Added on 13/07/2013
Jonathan Cook
Arab–Israeli conflict , Asia , Definitions of Palestinian , Human rights in Israel , Human rights in the Palestinian territories , Israel , Israeli settlement , Israeli-occupied territories , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Negev , Palestinian people , Politics , South Hebron Hills , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: It’s time to end the mealy-mouthed, legalistic description of what Israel is imposing on Palestinians. Their treatment has a name, let’s use it.
Added on 01/07/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Ankara , Arab Spring , Asia , Bashar al-Assad , David Cameron , Europe , European Union , Foreign relations of Turkey , France , Germany , Israel , Istanbul , Member states of the United Nations , Middle East , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Politics , Politics of Turkey , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Syria , Syria–Turkey relations , Tayyip Erdogan , Turkey , United States , War/Conflict , Western Asia
RAMZY BAROUD: You can be sure that whatever turmoil is happening in the Middle East the hands of the West will be present
Added on 23/06/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Child labour , Children's rights , Crimes against humanity , Domestic worker , Ethics , Exploitation , Human trafficking , International criminal law , International Labor Organization , Labor , Labor rights , Slavery , Social Issues , Sociology , United Nations
Last night at the hotel lobby of an Arab Gulf country, a family walked in aiming for the westernized café that sells everything but Arabic coffee. The mother seemed distant as she pressed buttons on her smart phone. The father looked tired as he buffed away on his cigarette, and a whole band of children […]
Added on 21/06/2013
David Roberts
al-Udeid Air Base , Asia , Economy of Qatar , Egypt , Emir , France , General Secretariat for Development Planning , Politics , Qatar , United States , Western Asia
DAVID ROBERTS: The Qatari authorities have a very difficult diplomatic tightrope to walk and they have to play their hand with consistent skill
Added on 21/06/2013
Common Ground News Service
Ali Khamenei , Asia , Foreign relations of Iran , Hassan Rouhani , Iran , Iran–United States relations , Nuclear program of Iran , Nuclear proliferation , Politics , Politics of Iran , Sanctions against Iran , United States
AMBASSADOR WILLIAM GREEN, CGNEWS: I’ve been involved in negotiatons with Iran for more than fifty years. I believe we need to capitalise quickly on the new situation
Added on 20/06/2013
Steve Royston
America , Anti-Zionism , Asia , Bashar al-Assad , Hezbollah , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Islam and antisemitism , Islamic terrorism , Israeli–Lebanese conflict , Lebanese Civil War , Lebanese nationalism , Lebanon , Lebanon War , Libya , Middle East , Politics , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , War/Conflict , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: The situation in Syria is so desperate, so serious and so wide-ranging that it has the potential to affect every individual living in the region
Added on 18/06/2013
Juan Cole
Anti-Zionism , Asia , Hezbollah , Iran , Islam and antisemitism , Islamic terrorism , Israeli–Lebanese conflict , Lebanese nationalism , Middle East , Muhammad Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics , President , Shi'a–Sunni relations , Syria , War/Conflict , Yusuf al-Qaradawi
JUAN COLE: President Morsi’s called for a no-fly zone over Syria. He is, though, facing a raft of serious issues at home
Added on 16/06/2013
Tabsir
Asia , Assad family , Bashar al-Asad , Bashar al-Assad , Fertile Crescent , Iran , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Gaddafi , Obama , Politics , President , Syria , United Arab Republic , United States
DANIEL M. VARISCO: For George W. Bush the phrase was ‘Mission Accomplished’. For his successor there could be another phrase that defines his foreign affair policy
Added on 15/06/2013
Mich Cafe
Arab diaspora , Asia , Forced migration , Internally displaced person , Iraq , Iraqis in Syria , Jordan , Lebanon , Levant , Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Member states of the United Nations , Middle East , Persecution , Politics , Politics of Syria , Protests in Syria , Refugee , Refugees of the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising , Rima Maktabi , Social Issues , Syria , Syria Relief , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
MICH CAFE: If Americans diverted the money they spent in a month on ice-cream to the UN Syrian refugee fund the target would be met.
Added on 15/06/2013
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Algeria , Asia , Bill Clinton , Chemical weapons , Damascus , Foreign policy of the Bill Clinton administration , France , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Iran , Obama , Osama Bin Laden , Politics , Politics of Syria , Politics of the United States , President , Protests in Syria , Syria , Syrian uprising , United States , War in Afghanistan , War/Conflict
JUAN COLE: Bill Clinton has criticised President Obama for not providing stronger military support for the Syrian opposition. His own record on military intervention isn’t so good.
Added on 13/06/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Arab , Arab Christians , Arab League , Arab nationalism , Arab people , Arab world , Asia , Christian Arabs , Egypt , Fertile Crescent , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Iraq , Lebanon , Michel Aflaq , Middle East , Politics , Religion/Belief , Syria , United States , War/Conflict , Western Asia
RAMZY BAROUD: Any possibility of a Pan Arab national identity is being destroyed each day that people are being butchered in the name of a particular sect
Added on 11/06/2013
Jonathan Cook
Arab , Arab–Israeli War , Catholic Church , David Ben Gurion , Forced migration , Human migration , Iqrit , Israel , Israeli army , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Lebanon , Mohammed Zeidan , Operation Hiram , Palestine , Palestinian exodus , Palestinian refugees , Palestinians , Social Issues , Walaa Sbeit , War/Conflict
JONATHAN COOK: A dozen young men have returned to the village from which their grandparents were expelled in 1948 and set up camp
Added on 08/06/2013
Richard Silverstein
Call-recording software , Comverse Technology , Cyberwarfare , Deep packet inspection , Google Inc. , IDF , Israel , Mass surveillance , MICROSOFT CORPORATION , Narus , NARUS INC. , National security , National Security Agency , Privacy of telecommunications , Security , Steve Bannerman , Surveillance , Technology/Internet , United States , Verint and Narus , Verint Systems
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Israeli companies have consistently led the way in internet monitoring and surveillance technology.
Added on 02/06/2013
Juan Cole
Carolina Center , Chapel Hill , Charles Kurzman , co-director , Islam in the United States , Islamic terrorism , Middle East , North Carolina , Politics , Professor of Sociology , Social Issues , University of North Carolina
CHARLES KURZMAN, INFORMED COMMENT: If the lead agency in combatting terror against the U.S designates the whole Islamic world as the source of terror what hope is there?
Added on 31/05/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Asia , Egypt , Fatah–Hamas conflict , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israel Abbas , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Philadelphi Route , Politics , Rafah , War/Conflict , Western Asia
RAMZY BAROUD: Gazans rejoiced when their neighbours in Egypt experienced freedom. The consequences for Gaza of two years’ revolution in Egypt though are dire
