Added on 24/07/2013
Common Ground News Service
Arab citizens of Israel , Asia , director of Merchavim , Education , Environment , Institute for the Advancement of Shared Citizenship in Israel , Israel , Israeli Jews , Israeli people , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Mike Prashker , Ministry of Education , Racism in Israel , Religion/Belief , Social Issues , Western Asia , Zionism
COMMON GROUND NEWS: The recruitment of newly qualified Arab-Israeli teachers will help drive shared citizenship initiatives
Added on 23/07/2013
Mich Cafe
Cham , Damascus , Fasting , Food and Drink , Iftar , Islam , Ramadan , Religion , Religion/Belief , Sawm , Syria , Tarawih , travel agent
MICH CAFE: This is the third Ramadan where conflict has wracked Syria and it’s the toughest one yet for many families there
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 19/07/2013
Rachel McArthur
Al Asal , Arabic music , Entertainment/Culture , Google Inc. , Haifa Wehbe , Human Interest , Lebanese people , Myriam , Myriam Fares , Myriam Montemayor Cruz , Nancy Ajram , Ramadan , Singer
Lebanese singer Myriam Fares' latest television appearance has left viewers less than impressed.
RACHEL MCARTHUR: She’s made plenty of headlines this week but she would do well to reflect on the word ‘modesty’ in all its senses
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 15/07/2013
Common Ground News Service
Abdul Aziz , analyst for the Middle East , Arab citizens of Israel , Arab–Israeli conflict , Asia , Hebrew University , Israel , Israeli journalist of Iraqi origin and an analyst for the Middle East , Jerusalem , Journalist , Linda Abdul Aziz Menuhin , Mahmoud Darwish , Middle East , Palestinian people , Palestinian refugees , Politics , War/Conflict , Western Asia , Zionism
LINDA ABDUL AZIZ MENUHIN, CGNEWS: An initiative that brings young Palestinians and Israelis together for group singing has been embraced by both communities
Added on 14/07/2013
Tabsir
Aleppo , Asia , editor , Fertile Crescent , Gaza Strip , Homs , Italy , Journalism , Mainstream Journalism , Syria , USD
FRANCESCA BORRI, TABSIR: The demands of the editors are depressingly obvious and there is little interest in explaining context.
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 08/07/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Fatah , Fatah–Hamas conflict , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Palestinian militant groups , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Palestinian terrorism , Politics , United Nations General Assembly observers , War/Conflict , Western Asia
RAMZY BAROUD: In spite of all of the talk about unity among Palestinians the fissures that divide Hamas and Fatah supporters are too deep
Added on 05/07/2013
Common Ground News Service
Ahmad Al-Assir , Ancient cities , Army , Asia , Beirut , Fertile Crescent , Hezbollah , Islamic Unification Movement , Israeli–Lebanese conflict , Lebanese Armed Forces , Lebanese army , Lebanese Civil War , Lebanon , Roman colonies , Sidon , Tourism in Lebanon , TWITTER INC. , War/Conflict
NADA AKL, CGNEWS: There have been consistent attempts by some individuals to drive wedges through Lebanese society. But we are resisting the sectarian clarion call
Added on 03/07/2013
Common Ground News Service
American Task Force on Palestine , Arab–Israeli conflict , Asia , Brandeis University , Correspondent , Educational Echos , Eretz acheret , Fertile Crescent , Forward , Gaza , Human rights in Israel , Israel , Israel and the apartheid analogy , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Mohammad Assaf , Palestinian people , Politics , TEMPER OF THE TIMES INVESTOR SERVICES INC. , The Forward The Times , Western Asia
NATAN ODENHEIMER, CGNEWS: In an open letter a former IDF soldier praises Mohammed Assaf and spells out how he believes he can help unite the two communities
Added on 29/06/2013
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Entertainment/Culture , Israel , Jerusalem , Palestine , THE HERALD TRUBUNE - HAARETZ , Yitzhak Aharonovitch
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Children’s puppets represent a new target for the Israeli authorities.
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 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 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 09/06/2013
Mondoweiss
Ashkenazi Jews , Benjamin Netanyahu , Danny Danon , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli Jews , Likud , Moshe Feiglin , Netanyahu , Politics , Politics of Israel , TEMPER OF THE TIMES INVESTOR SERVICES INC. , Two-state solution , Tzipi Hotovely , Tzipi Livni
MONDOWEISS: ‘We do whatever we want, whenever we want’. Danny Danon injects a bit of plain speaking into the debate about the future, or not, of Palestine.
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 07/06/2013
Jonathan Cook
Asia , Avi Luzon , BDS , Boycott Divestment and Sanctions , Boycotts of Israel , Cederovtala tutun ATSC , Football , Gaza Strip , Human rights in Israel , Human rights in the Palestinian territories , Israel , Israel and the apartheid analogy , Israeli Football Association , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Mahmoud Sarsak , Middle East , Omar Barghouti , Politics , Sports , UEFA , War/Conflict , Western Asia , Zionism
JONATHAN COOK: Israelis are basking in the warm glow of playing host to a major international sporting event. Is it though the beginning of a South African style campaign focused on sport?
Added on 05/06/2013
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Asia , Business/Finance , Censorship , Computer network security , Content-control software , Information society , Internet , Internet censorship , Jordan , Press and Publications Department , Privacy , Technology/Internet
M. LYNX-QUALEY: As of June 2nd a published list of news websites have been formally banned in Jordan. What next?
Added on 04/06/2013
Juan Cole
Bashar al-Assad , Conflict , Middle East politics , Syria
GREGORY HARMS, INFORMED COMMENT: The conflict in Syria contains all of the elements that have made the Middle East a bubbling pot for the last century
