Added on 10/10/2012
Mondoweiss
Alice Walker , Angela Davis , Diana Buttu , Ethan Heitner , Gaza , Israel , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Russell Tribunal on Palestine , Security Council , UN Security Council , United Nations , United States
MONDOWEISS: The Russell Tribunal on Palestine has concluded and issued its preliminary findings. It makes for very uncomfortable reading particularly for the U.S.
Added on 10/10/2012
Editor, MEP
Binyamin Netanyahu , Cal Perry , Gaza , Israel , Netanyahu , Prime Minister , Videos
VIDEO
VIDEO: Netanyahu says budget dispute with partners forced the decision. Many, however think the Israeli PM is using a moment of popularity to secure another term in office.
Added on 09/10/2012
James M. Dorsey
Barcelona , BBC , Europe , Fatah , FIFA , Football , Gaza , Gaza City , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Human Rights Watch , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Jerusalem , Jibril Rajoub , Madrid , Mahmoud Abbas , Mahmoud Sarsak , Middle East , New York , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Football Association , Palestinian national movement , President , Ramallah , Real Madrid , Soccer , Spain , UEFA , United Nations , West Bank
JAMES M. DORSEY: Palestinians of all ages are huge fans of the Spanish football giants Barcelona FC. When Hamas called for a boycott of their match this week it fell on deaf ears.
Added on 06/10/2012
Jonathan Cook
Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Danny Ayalon , Egypt , General Assembly , Germany , Iraq , Israel , Israeli government , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Morocco , Mossad , Netanyahu’s government , New York , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , U.S. Congress , UN Security Council , United Nations , United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East , United States , Yemen , YouTube
JONATHAN COOK: A campaign initiated in 2009 now appears to be gathering strength namely equation of Palestinians with Jews who fled Arab countries.
Added on 03/10/2012
Common Ground News Service
Israel , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Skype , Tel Aviv University , United States
DAHLIA SCHIENDLIN, CGNEWS: It was the people rather than the politics that first attracted me to Pakistan. We have a lot in common.
Added on 03/10/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , America , Anglo-Iranian Oil Company , Bush , Bush Administration , Central America , Central Intelligence Agency , Chemical weapons , Damascus , Democracy , Egypt , Eisenhower , elected president , France , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Golan Heights , Governor , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Mitt Romney , Mohammed Morsi , Muammar Qaddafi , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Pentagon , President , Republican Party , Romney , Ronald Reagan , Saudi Arabia , Security Council , Syria , Taliban , Tel Aviv , UN General Assembly , UN Security Council , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , United States Army , US government , US intelligence , Washington , West Bank
JUAN COLE: The Presidential candidate appears to be entirely clueless about the recent history of US involvement in the region. Heres’ some help.
Added on 02/10/2012
Mondoweiss
Abu Dhabi , Afghanistan , Arabian Gulf , Asia , Congo , Energy , Fifa World Cup , Gaza Strip , Imran Khan , India , Indonesia , Islamabad , Israel , New York city , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Ron Paul , South Asia , Taliban , United Kingdom , United States , West Asia
PAM BAILEY, MONDOWEISS: When I inform my friends that I’m heading to Waziristan to find out about the reality of drone attacks they’re rather concerned
Added on 01/10/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Cairo , Hate , Islam , Israel , Martin Luther King Jr. , messenger , Metropolitan Transportation Authority , Mona Eltahawy , New York , New York city , New York Post , Tahrir Square , Twitter , United States , YouTube
ROB L. WAGNER: She seems to specialise in self-aggrandizing stunts that diminish the message and provide fodder for anti-Muslim parodies.
Added on 30/09/2012
Tabsir
Africa , America , Assad , Barack Obama , BP , China , Congress , George W. Bush , Governor , Iran , Israel , Jesus Christ , Joe Biden , Kenya , Lincoln , Middle East , Mitt Romney , MSNBC , Obama , Palestinian Authority , President , Presidential debates , Romney , Sarah Palin , sitting president , Somalia , Syria , Todd Aiken , United Nations , United States , White House
DANIEL M. VARISCO: The format is stale, it’s all so controlled and choreographed that very little of substance will be revealed. So why bother?
Added on 27/09/2012
Richard Silverstein
Afghanistan , America , Bill Keller , Clarion Fund , Haaretz , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Libya , Media , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Muslims , Newsweek , Nicholas Kristof , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Salman Rushdie , Sarajevo , Somalia , Yemen
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: We’re [Christians and Jews] above that sort of blood-letting. We solve our differences civilly through debate and the free exchange of ideas. As if…
Added on 20/09/2012
Mich Cafe
Council on American-Islamic Relations , executive director , fundraiser , George Bush , Human Rights Commission , Innocence of Muslims , Iran , Islam , Israel , Metropolitan Transportation Authority , Middle East , Mother Jones , New York , New York Subway , Palestinian Territories , Pamela Geller , President , Subway Ad , The New York Times , United States , Washington , YouTube
MICH CAFE: The ‘Battle to Offend’ seems to be getting more intense by the day. More fuel will be thrown on the fire with the appearance of a U.S ad campaign
Added on 17/09/2012
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Cairo , Chris Stevens , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Palestine , President , Sana’a , Syria , Tunisia , United States , Washington , Yemen , YouTube
JUAN COLE: ‘A collapse in tourism’, ‘improvement in Barack Obama’s election chances’ – two of the the most significant predicted outcomes of the crises enveloping the Middle East
Added on 15/09/2012
mai abdul rahman
Afghanistan , Cairo , Chris Stevens , Egypt , Hillary Clinton , India , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Libya , Los Angeles , Malaysia , Mauritania , messenger , Morocco , Palestinian Territories , Sam Bacile , Secretary of State , Sudan , Terry Jones , Tunisia , United States , US embassy in Cairo , Yemen , YouTube
And so the violence associated with a vile, hate filled movie escalates. Why can we not fight hate with wisdom and rationality? MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: And so the violence associated with a vile, hate filled movie escalates. Why can we not fight hate with wisdom and rationality?
Added on 15/09/2012
Richard Silverstein
Benjamin Netanyahu , Benyamin Netanyahu , Bibi Netanyahu , Egypt , Iran , Israel , Joe Klein , Likud Party , Mediterranean coast , Mitt Romney , MSNBC , Netanyahu , Obama administration , President , Prime Minister , U.S. Presidential Elections , UN General Assembly , United States
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Previous presidents would make sure, for the sake of their own prestige and stature, that they put such chutzpah in its place. Not this president.
Added on 14/09/2012
Mondoweiss
America , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Bibi Netanyahu , Congress , David Remnick , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jerusalem , Joe Klein , Knesset , Middle East Opinions of America , Mitt Romney , NBC , Netanyahu government , Netanyahu’s government , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Rabin , Shaul Mofaz , The New Yorker , United Nations , United States , US government , West Bank
PHLIP WEISS: The Israeli lobby is taking a pummelling at the moment as leading commentators stand up to confront it. Is this a real turning point?
Added on 12/09/2012
Editor, MEP
Barack Obama , Binyamin Netanyahu , Israel , President , Prime Minister , Reuters , UN General Assembly , United States , Videos , Washington , White House
VIDEO: The White House has reportedly rejected a request by Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to meet President Barack Obama. A snub?
Added on 09/09/2012
Steve Royston
Afghanistan , Albania , America , Barack Obama , California , Cambodia , China , Clinton , Congress , Energy , George W. Bush , Hitler , Impotence , Internal Revenue Service , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Jerusalem , Lincoln , Lyndon Johnson , Middle East , midwife , Mitt Romney , National Front , North Carolina , Obama , Pakistan , Paranoia , Paris , Poland , President , prime minster , Richard Nixon , Ronald Reagan , Russia , Sheldon Adelson , Sunday Times , The New York Times , Twitter , United Kingdom , United States , US Elections , US Treasury , Vietnam , White House
STEVE ROYSTON: Preparation involves coming up with diversionary tactics whenever the question is likely to produce a response unpalatable to the listening millions.
Added on 05/09/2012
Mondoweiss
America , Ariel Sharon , Baghdad , Caterpillar , Food and Drink , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Germany , guard , International Solidarity Movement , Iraq , Israel , Jennifer Loewenstein , Lebanon , Mainstream media , Middle East , Netanyahu , Netherlands , New York , Oded Gershon , Oil , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , Rachel Corrie , United States , Wisconsin
JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN, MONDOWEISS: Both individuals wrote diaries about their experience of oppression. Only one, however, is globally celebrated.
Added on 05/09/2012
Common Ground News Service
California , Gaza , Haifa , Israel , Los Angeles , Oslo , Palestine , pilot , Tel Aviv University , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization , University of California , West Bank
DAVID AMITAI, CGNEWS: In the fevered environment that exists between Palestinians and Jews finding ways to encourage dialogue requires creativity.
Added on 04/09/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Association for Civil Rights in Israel , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli military , Israeli Military Strength , Jerusalem , Middle East , Moshe Yaalon , Negev , Palestine , The New York Times , United Kingdom , United States
ROB L. WAGNER: Israeli violent actions are deemed to produce ‘soul-searching’ while Palestinians are simply ‘mindless thugs’. This attitude poisons hearts and minds.