Added on 15/12/2012
Mondoweiss
America , American Israel Public Affairs Committee , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Chuck Hagel , Co-Chairman , Congress , Eli Lake , Emergency Committee for Israel , Hizballah , Iran , Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps , Israel , Josh Block , Lebanon , Max Fisher , Pentagon , President , Republican Guard , Secretary of Defense , Senate , Sergeant , Steve Walt , The Washington Post , United States , Vietnam , Washington
MONDOWEISS: Whispers from Washington suggest that President Obama is set to nominate Chuck Hagel as Defense Minster. There will be sparks
Added on 11/12/2012
Richard Silverstein
Bush Administration , Deir Yassin , Egypt , Elliot Abrams , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Israel , Jerusalem , Khaled Meshal , King David Hotel , Mahmoud Abbas , Marwan Barghouti , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Pennsylvania , President , Prime Minister , Rabin , Sharon , The Guardian , United States , Yitzhak Shamir
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: The words were predictably fiery and pugnacious but Meshal’s visit points to a new direction for Palestine.
Added on 07/12/2012
Steve Royston
Abu Dhabi , BBC , Binyamin Netanyahu , Censorship , Dubai , Journalist , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , President , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: The ‘Red Lines’ exist and any expatriate who’s spent more than a couple of years living in the Gulf knows what they are.
Added on 05/12/2012
Mondoweiss
Alan Dershowitz , America , Andrew Sullivan , Ben Gurion , Berlin , David Remnick , Eric Alterman , Ethan Bronner , Europe , Furkan Dogan , Gaza , Hannah Arendt , Iran , Israel , Israel’s army , Jeffrey Goldberg , Jerusalem , Journalist , Kenya , Likud Party , Mainstream media , Matthew Yglesias , Middle East , New York Times , Norman Finkelstein , Oslo , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Peter Beinart , Prague , President , Prime Minister , public editor , Rachel Corrie , Rami Khouri , Spencer Ackerman , The New York Times , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: If you want to understand what’s happening in Palestine/Israel it’s essential to understand Zionism. Where is it mentioned though?
Added on 04/12/2012
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Oil , President , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
AHMED AL OMRAN: It was supposed to be a model to inspire the development of modern Riyadh. So what’s gone wrong with Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter?
Added on 03/12/2012
James M. Dorsey
Ahmed Harara , America , Asian Football Confederation , Avi Luzon , BBC , FIFA , Football , Gaza , Hamas , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Israel Football Association , Israeli army , Jibril Rajoub , Mahmoud Sarsak , Mediterranean , Michel Platini , national team player , Palestine , Palestinian Football Association , Palestinian Territories , President , Sepp Blatter , Soccer , UEFA
JAMES M. DORSEY: Four young Palestinian footballers were killed in a bombing during Israel’s assault on Gaza. Enough is enough, say some top footballers.
Added on 02/12/2012
Juan Cole
Abdullah II , Amman , Arab Spring , Bahrain , Bahrain government , Bashar al-Assad , Constituent Assembly , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Governor , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Sana’a , Senate , South Yemen , Syria , Syrian army , Syrian government , Tahrir Square , Tripoli , Tunis , Tunisia , United Nations , US State Department , Washington , Yemen
JUAN COLE: From Jordan to Tunisia, from civil war to pilfered Palestinian land the Arab world is in a febrile state.
Added on 29/11/2012
mai abdul rahman
African Union , Arab League , Columbia , Declaration of Independence , European Union , Gaza , Hamas , Hillary Clinton , IDF , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , Jordan , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Netanyahu , Obama , Obama administration , Oslo , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Russia , Secretary of State , UN General Assembly , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations General Assembly , United States , West Bank
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: It’s a date laden with meaning and today another chapter will be written in Palestinian history – a chapter that is a potential game-changer.
Added on 28/11/2012
Common Ground News Service
Abbas ibn Firnas , Abu Dhabi , America , DC , Doha , Eid Al- Fitr , Islam , Istanbul , Jabir ibn Hayyan , London , Los Angeles , Lucy Chumbley , Muhammad Ali , New York , Orhan Pamuk , Pakistan , President , Red Crescent , United States , Washington
LUCY CHUMBLEY, CGNEWS: Two exhibitions currently in Washington DC have had a transformative effect on millions of Muslims views of their heritage
Added on 27/11/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Alexandria , Cairo , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt’s Brotherhood , High Court , Mohammed Morsi , Mohammed Mursi , pharaoh , President , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Supreme Judicial Council
CROSSROADS ARABIA: While they could hardly not report on it, I sense a lack of enthusiasm in Saudi media’s reporting on the clash between Egyptian President Morsi and the Egyptian judiciary.
Added on 24/11/2012
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Barcelona , Captain , Dubai , executive director , Football , Formula 1 , GFH Capital Limited , Gulf Daily News , Gulf Finance House , investment bank , Ken Bates , Leeds , majority shareholder , Premier League , President , Roman Abramovich , the Gulf Daily News
STEVE ROYSTON: You would have thought that the role of a respected Bahrain financial house in the purchase of an English football team would have been cause for celebration
Added on 23/11/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Bahrain , Barack Obama , Ben White , DOS , Egypt , Europe , Gaza , Gaza Strip , George W. Bush , Hamas , India , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Jihad , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Lebanon , Likud Party , Madrid , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Netanyahu , Oslo , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , Pennsylvania , President , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Washington , West Bank
JUAN COLE: Achieving a ceasefire is significant but if it’s to remain in place all parties must use the gap in hostilities to secure real progress.
Added on 19/11/2012
Francis Matthew
Banking , Barack Obama , Dubai , Middle East , President , Society , United States , World Economic Forum
FRANCIS MATTHEW: The real political drivers today are not heads of government or ideologies. Despite the politician’s speeches, what really drives change is society itself.
Added on 12/11/2012
mai abdul rahman
Afghanistan , Allen West , America , Barack Obama , Central Intelligence Agency , Democratic Party , Florida , Governor , Illinois , Joe Walsh , Michigan , Middle East , Mitt Romney , New Jersey , Northern Virginia , Obama , Obama administration , Ohio , Pennsylvania , President , Republican Party , Senate , United States , Virginia
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Single women and Latinos had a key role to play in re-electing Barack Obama but Arab-Americans played a major part as well.
Added on 10/11/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Army , Baghdad , Central Intelligence Agency , David Petraeus , Europe , Hamid Karzai , Iraq , Mahdi Army , Nouri al-Maliki , Obama , President , Prime Minister , United States
JUAN COLE: It was David Petraeus’s conduct of counter insurgency in Afghanistan rather than his evening activities that I was interested in
Added on 09/11/2012
Editor, MEP
Barack Obama , House of Representatives , Obama , President , Republican Party , United States , Video , Videos , Washington , White House
VIDEO
VIDEO: In the first full days after the election, it’s back to work for Barack Obama, the newly re-elected US president. First call, Republicans on how to tackle the “fiscal cliff”.
Added on 09/11/2012
Francis Matthew
Afghanistan , America , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Congress , Department of State , Guantanamo Bay , Hillary Clinton , House of Representatives , India , Iran , Israel , John Kerry , Keith Ellison , Minnesota , Pakistan , President , Prime Minister , Secretary of State , Senate , Susan Rice , Tom Donilon , U.S. Presidential Elections , UN Security Council , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
FRANCIS MATTHEW:Obama failed to deliver this vision in his first term, and sadly, it is unlikely that he will use his second term to re-find his sense of purpose in the world.
Added on 07/11/2012
James M. Dorsey
AFC , Asian Football Confederation , Caribbean , Court of Arbitration for Sport , Dorsey , FIFA , Finance , financial management , Football , Kuala Lumpur , London , Michael J. Garcia , Mohammed bin Hammam , Mr. Bin , President , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Sepp Blatter , Singapore , UEFA , Zhang Jilong
JAMES M. DORSEY: The financial management of the Asian Football Confederation during Mohammed bin Hammam’s reign is under investigation
Added on 05/11/2012
Richard Silverstein
Arab League , Egypt , Emir , European Union , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Israel , Jodi Rudoren , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Palestine , Pennsylvania , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , The NY Times , The Times , Turkey , United Nations , United States
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Hard on the heels of Qatar’s high profile visit and investment in Gaza comes news that regional super-power Turkey plans a visit.
Added on 05/11/2012
David Roberts
Abu Dhabi , Crown Prince , Doha , Dubai , Economy , Emir , EUR , Europe , Fifa World Cup , France , French government , Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani , Iran , Khalifah Al Thani , Kuwait , London , Mali , Manama , National Front , Oil and gas , Paris , President , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Qatar Foundation , Qatar Investment Authority , Saudi Arabia , Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani , United Kingdom , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: Qatar’s plan to invest a large sum of money into one of Paris’s poorest areas has led to attacks from left and right. So what’s happening?