Mideast

Women After the Arab Spring

Rana F. Sweis | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Jordan, Women's Rights, Women, Rana Sweis, Tunisia, Qatar Foundation, Rana F. Sweis, Democracy, Tunisia Revolution, Women's Empowerment, The Doha Debates, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, Amman, Egypt, Arabs, Middle East, Libya, Mideast, Kuwait, World News
Rana F. Sweis

Women were also involved in protests in Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia. But their efforts and momentum have yet to be transferred into leadership roles that are directing the future of countries.

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It's Israeli Apartheid Week -- Just Tell the Truth

Bradley Burston | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Apartheid, Norman Finkelstein, Mideast, Israel, Palestine, Democracy, United States, World News
Bradley Burston

All Americans deserve democracy and self-determination. So do both of the native peoples of the Holy Land, Palestinians and Israelis alike.

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What Is Obama's Message for Tahrir Square?

Jonathan Guyer | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Egypt, Ben Rhodes, Mideast, Cairo, Sotu, Tahrir, Democracy, Obama, Cairo Speech, State of the Union, jan25, Sou, World News
Jonathan Guyer

Last night, I attended the White House's State of the Union "tweet up," a gathering of a couple hundred new media addicts at the Eisenhower Executive ...

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Ten Reasons Palestine Is Right to Bring its Case to the UN

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Congress, Haaretz, Jerusalem, West Bank, Mideast, U.N., Bradley Burston, Israel, Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Republicans, Settlers, Barack Obama, World News
Bradley Burston

In the past, Abbas has shown himself both a man unafraid to gamble, and, against all odds, one who knows how to turn a crapshoot to advantage. Here are ten reasons that his Hail Mary route at the UN may succeed after all.

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In an Israel Reborn, a Glimpse of a New Israeli

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Tel Aviv, Haaretz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mideast, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Bradley Burston, Israel Protests, Bruce Springsteen, World News
Bradley Burston

What if, in choosing the Israel we want Israel to become, ordinary people decided they could no longer wait?

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The Middle Class Anarchists of Israel's Tent City Revolution

Bradley Burston | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Haaretz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mideast, Avigdor Lieberman, Russia, Israel, Bradley Burston, Likud, Mideast Protests, World News
Bradley Burston

This revolution is ostensibly about affordable housing. However, it is about much, much more than that. It's about whether people can actually live in a place like this.

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Turkey Recognizes Libya Rebels, Promises $200 Million In Aid

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Gaddafi, Libya, Libya Rebels, Turkey, Opposition Forces, Ahmet Davutoglu, Moammar Gaddafi, Middle East, Libyan Rebels, Aid, Mideast, World News

BENGHAZI, Libya — Turkey's foreign minister recognized Libya's rebel leaders as the country's legitimate representatives and promised them an ad...

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World Bank Will Provide $1 Billion For Insurance In Mideast Investment

Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: North Africa, Tunisia, Middle East, Egypt, Economy Middle East, World Bank, Mideast World Bank, Mideast, Insurance Coverage, Business News

WASHINGTON - The World Bank's political risk guarantee agency said on Monday it would mobilize about $1 billion for insurance coverage for countri...

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For Palestinians, Every Day is Nakba Day

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Haaretz, Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mideast, Bradley Burston, Holocaust, Israel, Palestine, Idf, Nakba, Barack Obama, World News
Bradley Burston

There will be those who argue that Jews owe Palestinians nothing in connection with the Nakba. Not true. At the very least, on Nakba Day and every other, Jews owe Palestinians what Jews demand of Palestinians.

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Israel at 63: What Part of Shut Up Do You Not Understand?

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Iran, Bradkey Burston, Haaretz, Independence Day, Mideast, Politics, Start Up, Tony Kushner, Israel, Palestine, World, Barack Obama, Israeli Palestinian Negotiations, Judaism, World News
Bradley Burston

I love this place. Take it on faith. I do. I cannot explain it even to my own satisfaction. I am not blind to the faults of this place. I have never b...

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A Letter to Progressive U.S. Jews: These Are Your People

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: J Street, Haaretz, Gaza, Mideast, Politics, New Israel Fund, Israel. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bradley Burston, Qassam, Idf, Rockets, Iron Dome, Israel-Palestine, Israel Palestine Conflict, Progressive Jewish, Liberal Jews, World News
Bradley Burston

There is much more that our people, progressive American Jews, can and should do to demonstrate humanist concern on this side of the border.

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Clinton: Middle East Reform Risks Being 'Just A Mirage In The Desert'

AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Egypt, Arab Spring, Mideast Reform, Tunisia, U.S.-Islamic World Forum, Mideast, Middle East, Middle East Reform, Libya, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Mideast, Hillary Clinton Middle East, Muammar Gaddafi, Arab Revolution, Bashar Assad, World News

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that the Arab world's revolutions could be remembered as "just a mirage in t...

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The Next Israeli-Arab War, Goldstone Will Be There

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Haaretz, Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, Politics, Goldstone Report, Richard Goldstone, Bradley Burston, Israel, Hamas, Mideast, Un, World News
Bradley Burston

Richard Goldstone has given us is an example of someone who is willing, despite everything, to acknowledge when mistaken and to come forward and own up.

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Time Got It Wrong: Natural Gas Is No Panacea for Our Energy Crisis

Steve Hallett and John Wright | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Energy, Japan Nuclear Meltdown, Mideast, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Fracking, Shale Gas, Green News
Steve Hallett and John Wright

We all hope for an easy fix, but there is none. We want scientists to perform miracles so we don't have to give up the conveniences of modern life provided by oil.

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Who Should We Attack Next?

Tom McNichol | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War in Afganistan, Iraq War, Libya, Democracy, Mummar Gaddafi, Mideast, Gadaffi, Comedy News
Tom McNichol

The United States is now fighting three wars simultaneously. But why stop at three when we have the world's largest and most expensive military?

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Oil Prices Above $100 Threaten Recovery, Stock Market

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Silver, Gold, Libya, Paulson, Soros, Larry Fink, Mideast, Dollar, Business News
Robert Lenzner

Higher oil prices trumped the lower unemployment figures today. Violence in Libya trumps signs of economic recovery; 8.9% unemployment and a 3.1% gain in factory orders.

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Clinton: Mideast Religious Minorities Under Threat

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Islam, Middle East Protests, Judaism, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Christianity, Muslims, Christians, Hillary Clinton, Mideast, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning that Christians and other religious minorities are being targeted across the M...

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In Israel, the revolution has already begun

Bradley Burston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Egypt Protests, Jerusalem, West Bank, Haaretz, Bradley Burston, Settlements, United States, Barack Obama, Sheikh Jarrah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Egypt, Revolution, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Mideast, Judaism, World News
Bradley Burston

People often ask why, at a time when revolutionary fervor has seized nation after nation here in the Middle East, no revolt has yet begun in my countr...

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The Inner Virgin Comes Out In Revolution

Susan J. Cobb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Vaclev Havel, Tawakkol Karman, Rebozo, Hajib, Virgin of Guadalupe, Mideast, Middle East Protests, Yemen Protests, Religion News
Susan J. Cobb

The original meaning of the Greek word translated "virgin," had nothing to do with a physiological condition.

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Why Egypt's Nonviolent Victory Is a Win for Us All

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Mass Nonviolent Action, Media Criticism, Tibet, Violence, Media, Uprising, Peace, Iran, South Africa, Gandhi, Belarus, Egypt Revolution, Middle East, Revolution, Peacemaking, Jordan, Civil Resistance, Yemen, Repression, Mideast, Tunisia, Chile, Palestine, Democracy, Egypt Uprising, Mainstream Media, Nonviolence, Burma, Nonviolent Action, Mubarak, Israel, World News
Cynthia Boaz

The movement in Egypt had been planned carefully and had been effective in conveying the need for both sustained pressure on the regime and strict nonviolent discipline.

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Uncle Sam and the Shrink: A "Palestine Papers" Drama, in One Act

Sandy Tolan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Negotiations, Two State Solution, West Bank, Occupation, Middle East, Mideast, " Palestinians, "Palestine Papers, Al-Jazeera, Uncle Sam, Israel, American Foreign Policy, World News
Sandy Tolan

Earlier this week, Al Jazeera released a decade's worth of memos, emails, maps and minutes from high-level negotiations between the United States, Isr...

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The International Movement That Would Bring Peace to the Mideast

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank, The Guardian, Gaza Flotilla, Palestinians, Nobel Peace Prize, Peace, Wikileaks, Arabs, Human Rights, Mideast Peace Process, Goldstone Report, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mideast, Israel, Al Jazeera, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
David A. Love

Palestinians hope to build upon the wave of nations recognizing a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders. There is a strong and ever-growing peace movement that is joined from within Israeli society and the international community.

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Think Israel's a Lost Cause? Ten Reasons to Think Again

Bradley Burston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Knesset, Politics, Gaza, Haaretz, Mideast, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel-Palestine, Ehud Barak, Israel, Racism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Post, Barack Obama, Thomasfriedman, Democracy, World News
Bradley Burston

The next Israel -- the Israel which will decide whether a truly democratic Jewish state can exist in this world -- is just beginning.

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Israel's Government as a Settlement, Lieberman as the New Sharon

Bradley Burston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Politics, Haaretz, Mideast Peace Process, World, Muslims, Mideast, Bradley Burston, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United States, Israelis Palestinians, World News
Bradley Burston

Keen to avoid elections at literally all costs, Benjamin Netanyahu's actions in recent weeks mean that his government now meets the five essential criteria of a settlement.

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U.S. Pressing Israel To Halt West Bank Construction

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: West Bank Construction, West Bank, Israel, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mideast, Benjamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians dug in ahead of a crucial meeting Thursday with Washington's Mideast envoy, saying they can't be expected...

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