Middle East

In the name of democratic reform, Mohammed ElBaradei is doing his best to appear as the annointed one to succeed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek, should the government fall. In reality, ElBaradei has more in common with...

By Barry Rubin The Obama administration has a major internal split. The problem is that the people most qualified to be heard and who have the better understanding of the situation are being ignored. The reasons...

http://www.stratfor.com/print/192641 Editor’s Note:People are scared. An understatement, no doubt, but my friends - both foreign and Syrian - are worried about the developments. Almost all of my foreign friends are leaving and many have moved...

"Delegitimization and Defense" The queries/comments of a couple of readers has motivated me to return to the whole issue of delegitimization and how Israel handles herself. A clarification is in order: We must stand for what...

http://www.uruknet.info/?colonna=m&p=79482&l=x&size=1&hd=0 Every morning he wakes up, prays, prepares tea, carries the old tea pot and a small glass and goes to check on his trees and plants. He wanders between the loquat tree and the...

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Once+again+Jewish+question/5122436/story.html If money could buy peace, this would be a golden era for Middle East peacemaking. Notwithstanding activists' much-hyped "boycott, divestment and sanctions" campaign, Israel's economy is booming: Growth last year was 4.5% (despite a...

http://www.hudson-ny.org/2454/abbas-gives-finger-to-obama By rejecting both of US President Barack Obama's requests -- to avoid a United Nations bid for Palestinian Statehood and to return to the negotiating table -- the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, is...

As part of the annual seasonal ill will media reporting about Israel which seems to occur prior to Christmas, the New Zealand Herald published an article by Pete Wedderburn about donkey abuse in the...

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=256093 By REUTERS The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is one of the greatest stumbling blocks to the peace process, MK Einat Wilf (Independence) said at a meeting with 65 ambassadors and...

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/02/27/returning-to-terror/ About 25-percent of the suspected terrorist detainees freed from Guantanamo prison in Cuba are known or are believed to have gone back to active terrorism, says a government report that released recently - a...