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Obama's Speech: Warm but Honest

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian-Israeli, Muslims, Arabs, Cairo, Palestinian Refugees, Israel, Obama, Coptic, Obama Mideast Trip, World News

The president spoke to Arabs and Muslims from his own experiences and from his heart. Without conceding much and while being honest with his audience, he clearly won over the hearts and minds of many people that have so far rejected America.

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Let Women Wear the Hijab: The Emptiness of Obama's Cairo Speech

Peter Daou | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Arab World, Arabs, Obama Egypt, Obama Middle East, Obama Cairo, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama Israel, World News

I know many will gush over President Obama's Cairo speech and I'm likely swimming against the tide of the media and my fellow Democrats and progressives.

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Jordan Palestinian Homeland Bill Unlikely To Pass Israeli Knesset

Global Post | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Knesset, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arabs, Jordan, Foreign Affairs, Palestinian Homeland, Israel, Advocacy, Jordan Palestinian State, World News

By Tom A. Peter | GlobalPost AMMAN -- Israel took cursory steps last week toward declaring Jordan the official Palestinian homeland but, in a backw...

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What Should Obama Tell the Muslim World?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

Read More: Obama, Muslims, Arabs, Ismael Haniya, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Judeo-Christian, World News

Muslims and Arabs would like to hear a lot from President Obama, starting with Palestine, Iraq and the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf. Whi...

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Spurred by Iran, Arab World Witnesses Nuclear Renaissance

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Jordan, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Arab League, Obama, Iran, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Dubai, Arabs, Nuclear Weapons, Egypt, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Iaea, Oil, Geopolitics, Iraq, Uae, World News

As North Korea restarts its main nuclear plant and Iran continues to flex its nuclear muscles, a less publicized nuclear renaissance is underway in the Middle East.

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Netanyahu Calls On Arabs To Normalize Ties, Promises "Concrete" Steps For Peace

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arabs, Israel Arabs, Benjamin Netanyahu, Binyamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel Peace, Israel Peace Talks, Palestinian Israel Peace Conference, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged Arab countries to make immediate moves toward normalizing ties with Isr...

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If the Government Won't the People Will Part II: The Hand in Hand Schools

Amy York Rubin | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Education, Arabs, Children, Jewish, Israel, Students, Obama Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News

At the "Hand in Hand" school in the Beit Safafa neighborhood of Jerusalem everything is double, everything is done twice -- in Hebrew and Arabic.

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Arab Home Demolition Escalating In Jerusalem

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Arab Home Demolitions, Arabs, Israel Demolitions, Jerusalem Demolitions, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Advocacy, World News

While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington getting an earful from US lawmakers about the need to stop Jewish settlements and est...

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The Arab League: This Moribund Body Needs A New Home in the UAE

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abu Dhabi, Arab League, Arabs, Cairo, Middle East, Egypt, Middle East Politics, United Arab Emirates, Politics News

The UAE stands the best chance of providing the next secretary-general of the Arab League and reviving this cement corpse.

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Shameful Plight of the Middle East's Christians

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Arabs, Palestinian Christians, Ghandi, Middle East, Jesus Christ, Middle East Conflict, Jesus, Iraqi Christians, Christian Arabs, Religion, World News

No community today is so targeted by violent thugs for no reason other than sheer bigotry as are the Christians of Iraq.

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Palestinians Mark 'Nakba' 61st Anniversary

Al Jazeera | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Arabs, Nakba, Foreign Affairs, Palestinians, Catastrophe, Israel, Advocacy, World News

Thousands of Palestinians have marked the 61st anniversary of the "Nakba" or "catastrophe," in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displa...

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Pope In Mideast Calls Wall A Symbol Of "Stalemate"

Times Online | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, West Bank Wall, West Bank, Jews Arabs, Foreign Affairs, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, Israel Wall, Religion, Arabs, 2 State Solution, Israel, Pope, The Pope, Advocacy, World News

Pope Benedict XVI today lamented the "tragic" building by Israel of the West Bank separation barrier in a speech to Palestinians at a refugee camp in ...

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Iran's Aggression Could Join Arabs and Israelis

Mort Zuckerman | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Arabs, War With Iran, Middle East, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

For the first time in a century, Arabs and Jews alike fully appreciate the menace in Iran's hegemonic ambitions to dominate the Muslim world.

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To Gain a True Affinity for Arab Jerusalem, Visit It

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.10.2009 | World

Read More: Church-of-the-Holy-Sepulchre, Israeli-Arab Conflict, Dome of the Rock, Arabs, Jerusalem, Mecca, Israeli Arabs, World News

Only a few tens of thousands of Arabs were able to visit Jerusalem in the past few decades while millions of Jews and non-Arab Christians are able to do so annually. How then can it "always remain Arab"?

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Quartet, Arabs Working On A New Strategy For Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks

Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arabs, Middle East, Tony Blair, Israel Palestinian Peace, Quartet, US-Led Quartet, World News

The US-led Quartet of Middle East mediators is working on a new strategy for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and is expected to present it in five to ...

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A Waltz with President al Bashir of Sudan

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Lebanon, Sabra and Shatilla, Radovan Karadzic Serbia, Serbia, Hezbollah, Sabra-and-Shatilla, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, Waltz With Bashir, Hamas, Ratko Mladic, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Arabs, Sudan, Janjaweed Militia, Darfur Sudan, Israel, World News

Typically, talking about a crime by an Arab leader in the Middle East, one will almost always end up talking about other concerned parties. It seems to be a special built-in ability to auto-dodge accountability.

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UN: Israel Demolitions Must Cease

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nir Barkat, Jews, Israeli Settlements, Demolition, Israel-Palestine, Settlements, East Jerusalem, Settlements in Palestine, West Bank, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Arabs, Jerusalem, Palestinian Home Demolition, World News

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has issued a report detailing the difficulties facing Palestinians in East Jerusalem who ...

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First Iran, Now Arabs Going Nuclear (Q&A with Richard Falk)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Arabs, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Pakistan, Nuclear Power, Richard Falk, Nuclear Proliferation, Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, North Korea, World News

I spoke to Richard Falk, Chair of the Board at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, about Iran's nuclear program and whether the Middle East is entering a nuclear arms race.

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Millions' Poet: Saudi Poetry Brought To Reality TV

GlobalPost | Caryle Murphy | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Globalpost, Reality TV, Arabs, Saudi Reality Tv, Arab Culture, Arab Poetry, Saudi Arabia Poetry, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Tv, Poetry, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Ziyad Hijab bin Naheet felt like he was in a dream. Standing on the stage under bright lights and a storm of confetti, he ra...

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The Term "Man Caused Disasters" Sounds Weak, but the "War on Terror" Has Always Been Weaker

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Mexican Drug Cartel, Osama Bin Laden Capture, War on Terrorism, Ronald Reagan, War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, Global Contingency Operations, Civil Rights Legislation, U.S., American Democracy, War on Terror Oxymoron, World, World News, Politics News, Arabs, Middle East, Homeland Security Secretary, Subnational Groups, Terrorists, Overseas Contigency Operations, Terror, The Homeland, Clandestine Agents Obama Administration, African Americans, Mexico's Drug War, Obama 44, Homeland Security, Politics, Man Caused Disasters, Mexico, Bush 43, U.S. International Law, America's Psyche, Republican Clerics, Barack Obama, Warfare, War on Poverty, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Central Command, Muslims, Racial Profiling, Lyndon B. Johnson, Janet Napolitano, Republicans, War on Drugs, Poverty, Patriotism, Nationalism, World News

President Obama knows the United States has been losing these wars and also knows the terrible impact these wars have had on a group of people when they are labeled and targeted.

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The Mideast Conflict in 27 Words or Less

Bradley Burston | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: World, Arabs, Middle East Conflict, Israel, Cancer, Media, Palestinians, Jewish, Jews, Israel-Palestine, World News

There are two sides in the Middle East conflict: Jews and Arabs who want compromise, and Jews and Arabs who want to demonize and eradicate their neighbors.

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Israel 30 Years Later: Searching For Peace With The Next Sadat

Jonathan Peled | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, West Bank, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Foreign Affairs, Anwar Al-Sadat, Arabs, Egypt, Anwar, Anwar El-Sadat, Israel, Menachem Begin, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Egypt Israel Tensions, Advocacy, World News

Today, Arab leaders interested in committing themselves to peace with Israel must not ignore one of Sadat's most overlooked accomplishments: understanding the need to secure support from the Israeli public.

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Arab-Israeli Town Erupts After Hardliners March (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Riots, Umm El Fahm, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arabs, Foreign Affairs, Arab Riot, Palestinians, Israeli-Arab Conflict, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Advocacy, Umm El-Fahm March, March 24 Arab Israeli Conflict, World News

Riots erupted between border police and Israeli-Arab residents Tuesday in the northern Israeli town of Umm el-Fahm following a demonstration by Jewish...

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Israel Rejects Revised Durban II Draft

Haaretz | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Arabs, Durban, Durban 2, Durban Review Conference, Israel-Palestine, United Nations, European Union, Un, Israel, Durban 2009, Durban Ii, Durban Conference, Eu, World News

A senior Foreign Ministry source said Wednesday that Israel rejects the latest draft of the closing statement for the "Durban 2" anti-racism conferenc...

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"Flying While Arab" Continues to Soar

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arab World, White House, War on Terrorism, Airport Security, Profiling, Airports, George W. Bush, Abu Dhabi, Immigration, Obama Administration, World, Flying While Muslim, World News, Arabs, Middle East, Airlines, President Bush, African Americans, Politics, Arab Discrimination, Blacks, Tsa, J.C. Watts, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Arab Americans, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling, Arab, Terrorism, Shoe Bomber, Flying While Arab, Vice President Cheney, Politics News

"Miss!" A large man with a crew cut pointed at me and exclaimed, "You have a bomb in your shoe!" This dude was talking to me. I was shocked.

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