Added on 07/05/2011
Jonathan Cook
Bar Ilan University , Ben Gurion University , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian government , Facebook , Fatah , foreign ministry official , Gaza , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Israel , Israel Radio , Israeli embassy , Jerusalem , Mahmoud Abbas , Menachem Klein , Middle East , Natural gas , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Pew Research Centre , politics professor , President , Prime Minister , Reuters , Social Media , special adviser , Syria , Tehran , The Jerusalem Post , The National , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , United Arab Emirates , United Nations , United States , unnamed official , Washington , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: The political sands are shifting a little too quickly in the Middle East for Israel and the United States. Will they be able to keep up?
Added on 07/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
America , Amnon Lipkin-Shahak , Barack Obama , Congress , East Africa , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Hillary Clinton , Israel , Israeli army , Jerusalem , Labour Party , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Mossad , Netanyahu , North Africa , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Rabin , Secretary of State , Shin Bet , The New York Times , UN General Assembly , United States , West Bank
MICHAEL FELSEN, CGNEWS: The Israeli Peace Initiative which was unveiled in April has an ambitious goal, namely the resolution of all claims.
Added on 05/05/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Ahmet Davutoglu , Ali Akbar Salehi , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Camp David , Congress , Damascus , Egypt , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Iran , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jennifer Rubin , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Media coverage , Middle East , Nabil al-Arabi , Obama administration , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian government , Prime Minister , Tel Aviv , The New York Times , Turkey , United States , unnamed official , Washington , Washington Post , West Bank
RAMZY BAROUD: With Egypt reaching out to Israeli foes and the Palestinian agreement to work together Israel’s policy of division is in tatters.
Added on 04/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Arab government , Bahrain , Christian Church , Democracy , Egypt , Libya , Middle East , Mohammed VI , Morocco , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
MAHMOUD AMIN HISHMEH, CGNEWS: For too long Arabs have listened to the views of outsiders on what a ‘new Middle East’ should look like. Now they’re creating it for themselves.
Added on 04/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Civil society , Hamas , Israel , Mahmoud Abbas , Natalia Simanovsky , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian government , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , research officer , Salam Fayyad , United Nations , United Nations General Assembly , West Bank
NATALIA SIMANOVSKY, CGNEWS: In September the United Nations will vote on whether to recognise a Palestinian state.
Added on 02/05/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Al-Ahram Center , Army , Asaf Ali Zardari , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Barack Obama , Bush , Bush Administration , Central America , Central Intelligence Agency , CNN , Congress , Department of State , Dick Cheney , Dome of the Rock , Dwight Eisenhower , Egypt , Egyptian military , Fahd , France , fundraiser , Gaza Strip , Inter-Services Intelligence , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jeddah , Jerusalem , Joe Biden , Kabul , Kuwait , Leonid Brezhnev , Libya , Middle East , Obama , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Pakistani intelligence , Palestinian Territories , Pentagon , Peshawar , President , Prime Minister , Ronald Reagan , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Soviet Union , Sudan , Syria , Taliban , Tunisia , UN Security Council , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , US government , USG , Washington , West Bank , White House
JUAN COLE: Post Osama, President Obama should do us all a favour and now remove U.S. troops from Iraq.
Added on 29/04/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Amman , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Damascus , Democratic Front , Doha , Egypt , Fatah , Food and Drink , Gaza , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Territories , Pennsylvania , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Syria
OMAR AL ISSAWI: That the PA recognizes Israel will not have escaped the attention of either Netanyahu, or for that matter Hamas.
Added on 27/04/2011
James M. Dorsey
Bashar al-Assad , Central Intelligence Agency , Damascus , Department of State , Europe , European Union , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hamas , Leon Panetta , Libya , Maher al-Assad , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Obama administration , Oil , President , Prime Minister , Rami Makhlouf , Security Council , Syria , Syrian army , Syrian government , travel bans , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US Treasury
JAMES M. DORSEY: The Obama administration has been working hard behind the scenes to enlist the EU and Turkey in efforts to isolate Syria.
Added on 27/04/2011
Juan Cole
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Egypt , Gaza , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Levant , Libya , Moroccan government , Mosul , Natural gas , Oil , Oman , President , Prime Minister , Riyadh , Sultan Qaboos , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: The Arab Spring is still producing some positive reforms and questioning of past corrupt practices, and even major governmental change.
Added on 23/04/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Activist , BBC , Benjamin Netanyahu , Daniel Pipes , Egypt , European Union , Food and Drink , Gaza , Hamas , International Solidarity Movement , Israel , James Miller , Jerusalem , Journalist , Juliano Mer Khamis , New York Times , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , Rachel Corrie , Rome , Tom Hurndall , United States , Vittorio Arrigoni
RAMZY BAROUD: Grief and despair have been the overwhelming emotions felt by those who knew Vik Arrigoni. He has, however, left us an enduring message.
Added on 16/04/2011
Steve Royston
Arabian Peninsula , Bahrain , Bin Laden , David Cameron , European Union , G20 , GCC , Immigration , Jeddah , Madinah , Makkah , Middle East , Oil , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Syria , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: Add to the mix pressure on borders from poorer neighbouring countries, and you can predict immigration will be on the agenda for years.
Added on 15/04/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Benjamin Netanyahu , Eli Yishai , Gaza , Hamas , International Criminal Court , Israel , Lebanon , New York , Palestine , Prime Minister , professor of law , Richard Goldstone , The Jerusalem Post , the New Statesman , The New York Times , The Washington Post , UN Human Rights Council , United Nations , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: Eighteen months of relentless pressure by the Israeli authorities eventually bore fruit with the publication of Goldstone’s now notorious op-ed. Cheers can only be heard in Tel Aviv.
Added on 14/04/2011
Jonathan Cook
Amos Oz , Association of Civil Rights in Israel , Columbia University , Gaza , Human rights , Ian McEwan , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , Jimmy Carter , Kofi Annan , Middle East , Novelist , Oslo , Palestine , Prime Minister , Rabin , Reuters , Simon Sebag Montefiore , Supreme Court , The National , Tony Blair , United Arab Emirates , United States , West Bank , White House , Yasser Arafat
JONATHAN COOK: “There is clearly a policy to push Palestinians out of Jerusalem to reduce what is called here the Palestinian demographic threat…”
Added on 13/04/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Angela Merkel , Europe , France , Front National , Germany , Islam , Libya , Nicolas Sarkozy , President , Prime Minister , Tahrir Square , United Kingdom
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: With France’s anti-burqa law and less than encouraging words from European leaders, Muslims are feeling under pressure.
Added on 09/04/2011
Steve Royston
America , Battle of the Boyne , Bristol , Cambridge , Churchill , David Cameron , Florida , Germany , India , Ireland , irrigation systems , Islamabad , Israel , Japan , Jesus , Kashmir , Labor , Oxford , Pakistan , Prime Minister , South Asia , The Telegraph , Tony Blair , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: If by expressing disapproval of past wrong-doings we are saying we will not condone such acts now, is that apology not worth making?
Added on 07/04/2011
Common Ground News Service
Beirut , Christian , Civil society , Cyprus , Lebanon , President , Prime Minister , Turkey , United Nations
RITA CHEMALY: There have been a series of demonstrations in Beirut against the country’s so-called ‘confessional system’, in favour of a secular society.
Added on 27/03/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Amman , Egypt , Food and Drink , Governor , Hizballah , Interior Ministry , Iran , Jordan , Ministry of Interior , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Prime Minister , Tahrir Square , Tear gas , Twitter , US Federal Reserve
NASEEM TARAWNAH: I joined the March 24th group’s sit-in with little expectation. What I witnessed has changed my view of my homeland.
Added on 26/03/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Ariel Sharon , Asma , Bashar al-Assad , Ben Ali , Central Intelligence Agency , Colonel , Damascus , Egypt , Envoy , Hafez Al Assad , Hizballah , Israel , Lebanon , Libya , Menachem Begin , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Security services , Syria , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
OMAR AL-ISSAWI: He has support among sections of society in Syria but Assad needs to show resolute leadership if he is to avoid his country spinning into turmoil.
Added on 24/03/2011
Juan Cole
Algeria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Ba’ath Party , Beirut , Casablanca , Democracy , Facebook , Iraq , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Misrata , Mohammed VI , Morocco , President , Prime Minister , Sana’a , southern Syria , Syria , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Were he alive today Rousseau would have been impressed with how his idea on ‘popular sovereignty’ has been embraced in the Middle East
Added on 19/03/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bahrain , Bahrain Financial Harbour , Bahraini government , chess , Crown Prince , Egypt , Fateh , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf News , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon , Martial law , Prime Minister , Saudi , Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa , Tahrir Square , Unemployment , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Failure to engage in dialogue will prolong the political stalemate, lead to further radicalisation on both sides.
