Added on 09/04/2012
mai abdul rahman
Christian Palestinian , Christian Palestinians , Congress , Easter , Episcopal church , Florida , Funding , Gaza , Irving Moskowitz , Israel , Jerusalem , Olive oil , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Protestant Episcopal Church , United States , United States Agency for International Development , West Bank
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: They too now have a glimpse of the wrath of Congress and their funders for daring to speak against the occupation
Added on 31/03/2012
Christina Hebert
Bahrain , Bangladesh , Egypt , GCC , India , Iran , Jordan , Kuwait , Oil , Oman , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Sri Lanka , Syria , The Huffington Post , The National , Twitter , UAE , United Arab Emirates
CHRISTINA HEBERT: It’s an issue that generates heated debate but what are the benefits of Gulf countries offering citizenship to foreigners?
Added on 27/03/2012
The View From Fez
Egypt , Hassan Bennajeh , Islam , Israel , Justice and Development Party , Justice and Development Party (PJD) , Libya , Mohammed VI , Morocco , news portal , Palestinian Territories , Palestinians , Protests , Rabat , Reuters , Tunisia
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The march was in support of Palestine but there was no doubting the underlying message.
Added on 20/03/2012
James M. Dorsey
2006 World Cup , 2014 World Cup , Al Ahly SC , Al Masri , Benjamin Netanyahu , Egypt , FIFA , Football , Haifa , Israel , Israel Football Association , Israeli parliament , Jerusalem , Jewish Defense League , Knesset , Mahmoud Abbas , midfielder , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Port Said , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Rabbi , Soccer , Suez Canal , Tel Aviv , the Associated Press , vice chairman , West Bank , Yitzhak Aharonovitch
JAMES M. DORSEY: The drama off the pitch surpasses anything on it at the moment in Israeli soccer.
Added on 16/03/2012
Juan Cole
Alternative Energy , Binyamin Netanyahu , Cell phones , Electricity , Iran , Israel , Israeli government , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , The Guardian
JUAN COLE: The Israeli government deliberately does not give Palestinians building permits [for solar energy], because it wants them to emigrate.
Added on 13/03/2012
Common Ground News Service
Aziz Abu Sarah , Center for World Religions , DC , Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution , Egypt , George Mason University , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Ramallah , tour guide , Turkey , Virginia , Washington , Western Wall
AZIZ ABU SARAH, TALIA SALEM, CGNEWS: A new, self-funding tourism initiative promotes active interfaith dialogue.
Added on 04/03/2012
Mich Cafe
Baghdad , Basketball , Beijing Olympics , Brunei , Christoph Wilcke , Council of Senior Religious Scholars , Dubai , fencing , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Jeddah , Lebanon , London , Mecca , Middle East , Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Noor al-Malki , Olympics , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Reading , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Olympic Committee , Sport , Sporting Club , sprinter , Stamford Bridge , Tunis , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Vicky , Women , Women's issues
MICH CAFE: Human Rights Watch have just published a report that highlights the deep discrimination against women in Saudi Arabia.
Added on 23/02/2012
Richard Silverstein
Ben Gurion , Benny Morris , Christian Science Monitor , Der Spiegel , Hamas , Iran , Israel , Jarrah , Jerusalem , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , reasonable solution , the Christian Science Monitor , West Bank
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Nusseibeh is doing a remarkable and daring thing: he’s telling his audience that Israelis are scared, and that they must be partners.
Added on 19/02/2012
Mondoweiss
Alan Dershowitz , Ali Abunimah , Israel , Jerusalem , Middle East , Nakba , New York , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , United States
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: Whenever I’m confronted by its direct consequences I find the reality of Nakba deeply shocking.
Added on 19/02/2012
Mich Cafe
Activist , DC , France , Gandhi , Gaza , Helena Cobban , Israel , Israeli military , Israeli Military Strength , Journalist , Khader Adnan , military commander , Palestine , Palestinian Legislative Council , Palestinian Territories , South Africa , U.S. government , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , West Bank
MICH CAFE: He has been fasting for more than nine weeks so the opportunity to avert disaster is ebbing by the hour.
Added on 10/02/2012
Mondoweiss
Alternative Information Center , Association for Civil Rights in Israel , Civil Administration , Civil society , Haaretz , hysteria , Israel , Israeli army , Jerusalem , Journalist , Negev , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , The Green Line , United Nations , West Bank
MONDOWEISS: The plan to expel tens of thousands of Bedouin from the Negev Desert is advanced. So why haven’t they risen up?
Added on 28/01/2012
Juan Cole
Alan Grayson , America , Benjamin Netanyahu , Binyamin Netanyahu , Department of State , Egypt , Fatah , Florida , Food and Drink , France , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Germany , Governor , Haifa , Hamas , Hannah Arendt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli army , Italy , Jerusalem , League of Nations , Lebanon , Likud Party , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich , Obama , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Republican Party , Romney , Sheldon Adelson , Syria , Tel Aviv , United Nations , United States , West Bank
JUAN COLE: The maths speaks for itself – a country of 7.5 million people is surrounded by 400 others with whom it seems to be at constant odds.
Added on 21/01/2012
Richard Silverstein
Christian Zionist , Israel , Jesus Christ , Palestinian Territories , Republicans , South Carolina , U.S. Middle East
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: You’ll notice a number of things about this piece of pro-Israel brilliance: Palestine? Nowhere to be found. Two states? Ditto.
Added on 11/01/2012
Mondoweiss
California , Gaza , Israel , Israeli military , Nakba , Oakland , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Sarajevo , South Africa , Tel Aviv University , U.S. government , United States , West Bank
ALLISON DEGER, MONDOWEISS: It’s a business worth more than $4 trillion so manufacturers of weapons are keen to know if reality matches the brochure.
Added on 31/12/2011
mai abdul rahman
Austria , Congress , Finland , Gaza , Ireland , Israel , Japan , Jerusalem , Malta , Middle East , Military hardware , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Sweden , Switzerland , the Hague , United Nations , United States , West Bank , White House
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Neutrality would allow Palestinians to focus all their energies and resources on social development and nation building…
Added on 30/12/2011
Juan Cole
Abdullah , Al Qaeda , Algeria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Ali Khamenei , Arab Spring , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Baath Party in Syria , Bahrain , Balkans , Ben Ali , Binyamin Netanyahu , Bush Administration , David Cameron , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Europe , France , G8 , Gaza , George W. Bush , Hamas , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Joe Biden , Libya , Manama , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Misrata , Moncef Marzouki , Morocco , Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Oil , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , School of Oriental and African Studies , Social services , Supreme , Suzanne Mubarak , Syria , Syrian National Council , Tahrir Square , Tel Aviv , Tunisia , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , West Bank , Western Europe , Western Mountain region , Yemen
JUAN COLE: So much that is misinformed, over-hyped and simply plain wrong has been written about the Arab Spring. So let’s sort the wheat from the chaff.
Added on 29/12/2011
Common Ground News Service
Common Ground News Service , Egypt , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Maryland , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Morocco , New Jersey , Obama administration , Palestinian Territories , United Arab Emirates , United States , University of Maryland
SALIBA SARSAR: Surveying 3000 people in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and the UAE, the poll assessed attitudes toward US- MidEast relations.
Added on 24/12/2011
mai abdul rahman
Christian Zionists , Eric Cantor , Israel , Newt Gingrich , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Republicans , United States
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: They have yet to understand they can support Israel without desecrating Palestinians; that their pandering is harmful to everyone.
Added on 17/12/2011
Kim Willis
European Union , Gaza , Israel , Israeli Committee against House Demolitions , Jerusalem , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Tourism , West Bank
KIM WILLIS: Through the tours visitors see the reality of life in the West Bank and Israel, uncoloured by any ‘perspective’; they can make up their own minds about the issues.
