Added on 28/03/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Al-Hayat , Christoph Wilcke , Crown Prince , Dalma Rushdi Malhas , Dubai , film director , Germany , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Jeddah , London , Nayef , Olympics , Riyadh , Rushdi Malhas , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Summer Olympics , Tara Umm Omar , The New York Times , the summer games , woman athlete , Women , Women's issues
ROB L. WAGNER: It was a very welcome surprise – the announcement that Saudi Arabia will have at least one woman at the Olympics
Added on 12/02/2012
Tabsir
Afghanistan , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab Spring , Argentina , Australia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Canada , China , Denmark , Egypt , France , Germany , India , Iran , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Libya , Mexico , Middle East , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , President , Russia , Samuel Aranda , Sana’a , South Africa , Spain , Sweden , Syria , The New York Times , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States , Women , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: The World Press Photo of the Year has been revealed. Is it the defining image of the ‘Arab Spring’?
Added on 09/02/2012
Ramzy Baroud
ABC News , Ali Khamenei , Benjamin Netanyahu , Central Intelligence Agency , Ehud Barak , Gaza , Hamas , House of Commons , International Atomic Energy Agency , internationally-syndicated columnist and the editor , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Leon Panetta , London , Mainstream media , Moshe Yaalon , Nuclear , Nuclear technology , PalestineChronicle.com , Pentagon , Pluto Press , Prime Minister , Saddam Hussein , Tehran , the independent , The New York Times , Tony Blair , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , US government , War , www.ramzybaroud.net
RAMZY BAROUD: History repeats itself, when we fail to learn its lessons. Israel might want to take such chances, but why should the rest of the world?
Added on 06/02/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Abu Dhabi , Abu Dhabi's Executive Council , Berlin , Brookings Institution , deputy chairman , Dubai , Egypt , Europe , Guggenheim , Iran , Las Vegas , Louvre Abu Dhabi , Massachusetts , New York , Paris , Ramallah , Saadiyat Island , Saud , Saudi Arabia , Spain , Tehran , The Guardian , the Louvre , The New York Times , UAE , United Arab Emirates , Zayed National Museum
ROB L. WAGNER: The Abu Dhabi authorities surprisingly announced the resurrection of their three-museum project. Who’s it for, though?
Added on 04/02/2012
Richard Silverstein
Actor , Assad government , Bibi Netanyahu , Censorship , free press , Free speech , Gaza Strip , Haaretz , IDF , Iran , Islamist government , Islamist party , Israel , Israeli Knesset , Israeli police , Jarrah , Maariv , Ma’an , New York , Passover , Prime Minister , Richard Nixon , Shin Bet , Sinai , Singer , Supreme Court , Syria , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , Turkey , United States , Uri Blau , West Bank
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Is Israel a haven for the free press? Hardly. It allows extensive use of gag orders to protect the state, the military, and the wealthy.
Added on 29/12/2011
Syria News Wire
Al Jazeera , Ammar Abdulhamid , Assad , Bahrain , Damascus , Democracy , Human Rights Watch , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Syria , Syrian National Council , Syrian Observatory , The Guardian , The New York Times
NEWS FROM SYRIA: The former Chairman of the Syria Computer Society, a certain Bashar Assad, had a lot of support from the blogosphere in his first decade. Not any more.
Added on 27/12/2011
Jonathan Cook
Ankara , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Egypt , Ehud Barak , Fatah , Gaza , Golan Heights , Hamas , International Criminal Court , Iran , Israel , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Mossad , Oslo , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian national movement , Pennsylvania , President , Prime Minister , Recep Erdogan , Saudi Arabia , Saudi intelligence , Security Council , Sinai , Syria , The New York Times , tremors , Tunisia , Turkey , Turki al-Faisal , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: 2011 marked the point at which the Palestinians called Israel’s bluff and revealed Oslo to be nothing more than a stalling tactic. What does the upcoming year hold?
Added on 20/12/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , BBC , Christopher Hitchens , Darfur , Iraq , Media , Nick Kristof , police car , Reporting , Salmaniya Hospital , The New York Times , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: I can think of a couple of neighbouring countries where someone in his position would not be allowed into the country in the first place,
Added on 10/10/2011
Jonathan Cook
Al Akhbar , Ali Khamenei , Avigdor Lieberman , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Camp David , Egypt , Ehud Olmert , European Union , George Bush , Israel , Israeli parliament , Jerusalem , Jordan , Madrid , Mahmoud Abbas , Oslo , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Religious law , Reuters , Russia , Security Council , Spain , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , United Nations , United States , US administration , Washington , West Bank , White House
JONATHAN COOK: The demand has risen to the top of the Israeli agenda and if accepted will condemn Palestinians as ‘historic interlopers and trespassers’.
Added on 03/10/2011
Syria News Wire
Anthony Shadid , Beirut , Homs , Iraq , Lebanon , Syria , The New York Times
NEWS FROM SYRIA: There have been a series of assassinations in Syria over the past week which have borne comparison with the sectarian vendettas that still beset neighbouring Iraq.
Added on 24/09/2011
David Roberts
Corruption , Emir , Kuwait , Kuwaiti MP , Oil , oil revenue , Oil revenues , Prime Minister , Sabah Al Sabah , The New York Times , World Bank
DAVID ROBERTS: Allegations of corruption have been swirling around Kuwait’s parliament for a very long time now. It’s time that the issue was treated seriously.
Added on 02/09/2011
Mondoweiss
Gaza , Israel , Palestine , The New York Times , The Times , United Nations
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: You can almost hear the whoops of delight in Tel Aviv as the UN Report into last year’s Gaza flotilla puts most of the blame for the bloodshed on the protestors.
Added on 01/09/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Algeria , Arabic media , Barack Obama , Democracy , George W. Bush , Hillary Clinton , Iraq , James Stavridis , Libya , Moammar Ghaddafi , National Transitional Council , NATO , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Secretary of State , Syria , The New York Times , Tripoli , United Nations , United States , Yugoslavia
RAMZY BAROUD: The intervention by NATO in Libya was driven by clear, strategic political and economic interests. Their aims are unlikely, however, to be in the best interests of the Libyan people.
Added on 15/08/2011
Juan Cole
Baath government , Baghdad , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Hillary Clinton , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi government , Middle East , Mosul , Nouri al-Maliki , Patrick Seale , Prime Minister , Secretary of State , Shiite government , Syria , Syrian government , The New York Times , United States , Washington
JUAN COLE: It looks as if Tehran has leaned on Nouri al-Maliki to keep shtum about the ongoing protests in Syria. Washington won’t be happy.
Added on 08/08/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
European Union , Federal Bureau of Investigation , France , Ground Zero mosque , Islam , Media coverage , Muslims , The National , The New York Times , United Kingdom , United States
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: These same results keep being found, keep being published – and keep being greeted with surprise…
Added on 16/06/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Cairo , Egypt , Gaza , Hamas , Mohammed Omer , Mubarak , Palestine , Russia , Sinai desert , The New York Times
RAMZY BAROUD: The process of leaving Gaza through the Rafah Crossing to Egypt can only be described as a ‘human lottery’. A deeply unpleasant, humiliating lottery.
Added on 11/06/2011
Juan Cole
Anthony Weiner , Columbia University , Congress , Gaza , Israel , Israeli army , Israeli navy , Lebanon , Mahatma Gandhi , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , New York , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestine Liberation Organization , President , South Africa , South Lebanon , The New York Times , United Nations , United States , West Bank
JUAN COLE: Forget about the ‘sexting scandal’, Anthony Weiner has a lot more to answer for than some private peccadilloes. His blind allegiance to Israel means that he’s played a uniformly sinister role on Middle East matters.
Added on 31/05/2011
Syria News Wire
autocratic President , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Golan Heights , Homs , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , President , Robin Yassin-Kassab , State media , Syria , Syrian Golan Heights , The New York Times , YouTube
NEWS FROM SYRIA: Syrian forces are facing armed resistance for the first time. Will this provide the government with an opportunity to ‘divide and conquer’?
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.
