Middle East

http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/mideast-peace-requires-palestinian-self-criticism-1.360974?trailingPath=2.169%2C2.225%2C2.227%2C ...Initiatives by the extreme left to turn Nakba Day into a joint memorial day for all of Israel's citizens are...doomed. Israel is not a binational state, and with all due liberalism and humanism, it...

By Barry Rubin May 11, 2011 http://www.gloria-center.org/ gloria/2011/05/egypt-radical- nationalist-president Amr Moussa, probably Egypt's next president, has given a comprehensive picture of his views, a foretaste of the likely policies of someone about to become the Arab world's...

Swiss Ambassador Ruch photo by Rhonda Spivak Ambassador Jean-Daniel Ruch, Special Representative of Switzerland for the Middle East, said at a session at the recent J Street convention in Washington in March 2011 that in Gaza...

The Fateh-Hamas decision to reconcile, form a joint government and hold elections seems to be a short-run maneuver that might have some very long-range consequences. Fateh's motive seems to be to have a united front...

http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2011/05/egypt-situation-deteriorating-badly . In the wake of bloody Muslim attacks on Egyptian Christians the New York Times informs us: "By lifting the heavy hand of the Mubarak police state, the revolution unleashed long-suppressed sectarian animosities that have...

The hardest part of telling Daniel’s story is that it is in the past tense. Otherwise, it’s inspiring and uplifting. In April 2006, during the intermediate days of Passover, Daniel Cantor Wultz suffered devastating life...

When the first revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt occurred, the initial responses from Israel appeared distinct from those in the West. While European and American reactions were enthusiastic, a whiff of skepticism, if not...

http://www.gloria-center.org/ gloria/2011/05/washington- post-old-arab-order-pro-bin- laden It is amazing what nonsense appears in the mass media. Consider the following paragraph from a Washington Post story: "A decade ago, the Middle East might have responded to the killing of...

J Street has dispatched a delegation this week to Jerusalem, to meet with Israeli officials, presenting itself as a “pro-Israel”and “pro peace”. The reality is that J Street plays a critical role as part and...