God-TV helps Israel oust Bedouins
JONATHAN COOK: The involvement of extremist Christian groups like God-TV will turn this into a religious confrontation - much harder to resolve...…
Suicide Sparks Unrest, Spreads throughout Tunisia
THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: Following the suicide of a young, unemployed man in Sidi Bouzid, demonstrations have broken out all over Tunisia. …
Democracy Performance Review : Could do Better
STEVE ROYSTON: The concept of government for the people and by the people – is as far from a reality at the end of 2010 as it ever was.…
Is it Time to give Saudi Arabian Youth its Voice?
STEVE ROYSTON: Respect for the elderly is deeply ingrained in Arab society. Saudi Arabia, however, faces a major demographic challenge - a hugely youthful population. …
A Desecration of Jewish Values: Racism in Israel
RABBI DAVID ROSEN: Eliahu claims to have “evidence” that Islamist forces are providing money for Arabs to buy up property to promote an Arab demographic takeover of the country.…
2010: a Year of Failings and Frustrations
OSAMA AL SHARIF: 2010 has established that the region has failed to learn from its past. Failing to resolve conflicts does not mean that they simply go away. …
Wikileaks: History Lessons for the Stupid
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Surely somewhere there’d be references to a war for oil in Iraq if the war was, in fact, about oil. …
Jordan Swings Open its Doors on a 5-Star Jail
NASEEM TARAWNAH: A new 'five star jail' has just opened in Jordan for the rich and those formerly of public office... Could it be the beginning of a regional franchise? …
Looking Back on ‘the Year that Was’ in the Middle East
HRH PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL: It was a year which began with much promise and, whisper it, hope around the Middle East. It ends, however, with feelings that are all too familiar...…
Arabian Gulf vs. Persian Gulf – Google’s Match Report
DAVID ROBERTS: I looked first, sorry my angry Iranian friends, for Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf. Though you easily irascible fellows ought to be pleased...…
