Added on 15/12/2011
Mondoweiss
Energy , Ethan Heitner , Gaza , Israel , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , United States , West Bank
TANYA KEILANI, MONDOWEISS: The ideas behind the anti-normalisation movement are driven by a desire to deconstruct the myths of the occupation.
Added on 06/12/2011
SuhaibWebb
Christmas , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hebrew University , Hebrew University in Jerusalem , Israel , Jennifer Loewenstein , Jerusalem , Martin Luther King Jr. , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , tour guide
SUHAIBWEBB, YASMINE MOGAHEAD: Listening to the wailing she watched as workers laid out the bodies, corpses loaded onto the back of a truck.
Added on 27/11/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Ahmet Davutoglu , Aleppo , Ankara , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Foreign Policy , France , Free Syrian Army , Iran , Israel , Istanbul , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean , Muslim Brotherhood , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Syria , Syrian government , Syrian National Council , The Financial Times , the Palestine Chronicle , Turkey
RAMZY AL BAROUD: However, the Syrian uprising in March leading the country down the road to civil war – has forced Turkey to abandon its ‘zero-problems’ foreign policy.
Added on 25/11/2011
Juan Cole
Avigdor Lieberman , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , Benyamin Netanyahu , Binyamin Netanyahu , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israeli parliament , John Stuart Mill , King David Hotel , Larry Derfner , Likud Party , Moncef Marzouki , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim party , President , Prime Minister , Stern Gang , Tahrir Square , The Jerusalem Post , Tunisia , Tunisian government , United States , Washington , West Bank , Western Europe
JUAN COLE: If there’s one person you can count on to mis-read virtually every aspect of developments in the Middle East today it’s Binyamin Netanyahu.
Added on 18/11/2011
Steve Royston
Bethlehem , Civil Administration , David Cameron , IDF , Israel , Jerusalem , metal detectors , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , United Kingdom , West Bank
STEVE ROYSTON: Israel will not allow Palestinian men to enter until they are 28, although another told us the age was 32, which is possible as the rules are constantly changing.
Added on 13/11/2011
Steve Royston
Al Aqsa Mosque , Catholic Church , Christian Arab , Church of the Holy Sepulchre , Church of the Nativity , Constantine , Dome of the Rock , Energy , Facebook , Gaza , Haifa , Herod’s Temple , Intel , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Istanbul , Jerusalem , Microsoft , Olive oil , Palestinian Territories , Photos , Robert Maxwell , security guard , Sofia , Temple Mount , United Kingdom , Uzi , Western Wall , Yasser Arafat
STEVE ROYSTON: “When we enter Jerusalem, you will be surrounded by people who will try to take your money. I know these people…”
Added on 31/10/2011
Jonathan Cook
Army , B'Tselem , Benjamin Netanyahu , Gaza , Gilad Shalit , Haaretz , Hamas , Hizbollah , IDF , Israel , Israeli army , Lebanon , Prime Minister , sadism , The National
JONATHAN COOK: It looks like the Israeli military have revived a notorious policy to ensure that there is no repetition of a prolonged kidnap drama.
Added on 16/10/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Adel Al-Jubeir , Africa , Atlantic coast , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , Gilad Shalit , Hamas , Hizballah , Human Rights Watch , Iran , Iraq , Islamist government , Israel , Libya , Mahmoud Abbas , Manama , Massachusetts , Mexico , Middle East , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , Palestine Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Quds Force , Salesman , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Texas , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US government , Washington , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: The people power movement has the most to lose and could find itself in the grinder as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Iran jockey for power.
Added on 13/10/2011
Common Ground News Service
Amman , Ariel Sharon , Army , Common Ground News Service , Israel , J14 , Jordan , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , Tel Aviv , the independent , UN General Assembly
HAGGAI MATAR: Over the years I have learnt that refusal to serve in the army offers a very strong bridge between Israelis and Palestinians.
Added on 11/10/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Ankara , Arabs , Bahrain , Bar Ilan University , Bulgaria , Davos , Egypt , France , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Germany , Hamas , Iran , Israel , Istanbul , Mediterranean coast , President , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Russia , Shimon Peres , Syria , Tel Aviv , Tourism , Tunisia , Turkey , United Kingdom , United Nations , World Economic Forum
ROB L. WAGNER: Shopkeepers easily transition from Turkish to Russian, Polish and German. Yet Hebrew, once among the languages, is virtually non-existent.
Added on 10/10/2011
Jonathan Cook
Al Akhbar , Ali Khamenei , Avigdor Lieberman , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Camp David , Egypt , Ehud Olmert , European Union , George Bush , Israel , Israeli parliament , Jerusalem , Jordan , Madrid , Mahmoud Abbas , Oslo , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Religious law , Reuters , Russia , Security Council , Spain , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , United Nations , United States , US administration , Washington , West Bank , White House
JONATHAN COOK: The demand has risen to the top of the Israeli agenda and if accepted will condemn Palestinians as ‘historic interlopers and trespassers’.
Added on 29/09/2011
Steve Royston
America , American Israel Public Affairs Committee , Andrew Sullivan , Army , Avigdor Lieberman , Barack Obama , Bristol , Congress , Cuba , David Cameron , Gaza , House , House of Commons , Israel , Israeli government , Lebanon , London , Mainstream media , Middle East , Netanyahu , New York , Northern Ireland , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Pennsylvania , President , Prime Minister , Public Relations , Sarah Palin , Sunday Times , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , West Bank
STEVE ROYSTON: “This military occupation has lasted for over 64 years and is an affront to humanity and civilised values. It is high time that the international community took some responsibility.”
Added on 26/09/2011
Juan Cole
Bahrain , Bahrain government , Barack Obama , Binyamin Netanyahu , Egypt , France , Gaza , Harry Truman , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Israeli government , Libya , Manama , Middle East , Nigeria , Obama , Obama administration , Oslo , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Saudi Arabia , Tel Aviv , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
JUAN COLE: Obama has squandered the positives by pandering to the right wing forces in Manama and Tel Aviv. This is change the Arab youth won’t be able to believe in.
Added on 22/09/2011
Mondoweiss
Israel , Obama , Palestine , United States
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: It’s come to this. No-one in mainstream American politics, it appears, is willing to say a word that will risk losing the Jewish voters and donors who back Israeli discrimination.
Added on 15/09/2011
Chris Keeler
Ankara , Benny Morris , Cairo , Democracy , Egypt , Gaza , Israel , Israeli government , Knesset , Lebanon , Libya , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Sinai , Syria , Turkey , West Bank
CHRIS KEELER: Events have combined around the region to leave Israel feeling very isolated indeed. But many commentators there simply refuse to understand the reasons why they’re in this position.
Added on 08/09/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Abbas , Barack Obama , Congress , Geneva , Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , Iran , Irving Moskowitz , Israel , Jerusalem , John Bolton , Libya , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , The Huffington Post , The Jerusalem Post , The Washington Post , UN Human Rights Council , United Nations , United States , US government , Western European
RAMZY BAROUD: It seems that there is nothing that Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will not do or say to support Israeli interests.
Added on 02/09/2011
Mondoweiss
Gaza , Israel , Palestine , The New York Times , The Times , United Nations
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: You can almost hear the whoops of delight in Tel Aviv as the UN Report into last year’s Gaza flotilla puts most of the blame for the bloodshed on the protestors.
Added on 27/08/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Ariel Sharon , Army , Camp David , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Israel , Israeli military , Lebanon , Ma’an , Mobile Phones , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , President , Red Sea , Ronald Reagan , Secretary of State , Sinai , Sudan , United States , Uri Avnery , Washington
RAMZY BAROUD: Why is Israel bent on discrediting Egypt, exploiting the most sensitive period of its modern history, and destabilizing the border area?
Added on 10/08/2011
Common Ground News Service
Aziz Abu Sarah , Center for World Religions , Columbia University , Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution , George Mason University , Israel , Jerusalem , Nelson Mandela , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Peace , President , Rabbi , South Africa , Tel Aviv , United Nations , West Bank
ROI BEN-YEHUDA, AZIZ ABU SARAH, CGNEWS: Are you pro-solution or pro-conflict? Pro-solution Palestinians and Israelis launch a new movement.
Added on 05/08/2011
Common Ground News Service
Civil society , Hebron , Israel , Jerusalem , Journalist , Ministry of Education , Palestine , settlement products , Tel Aviv , West Bank
MAIRAV ZONSZEIN, CGNEWS: The recently passed Anti-Boycott law effectively erases the distinction between Israel and the Occupied Territories.