Obama must make it abundantly clear that his focus on the settlements is not arbitrary, but represents a critical point of departure if Israel is to ever to seek peace with the Palestinians.
Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World
Abraham Foxman, Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), gives an account of his meeting this week with President Barack Obama and other Jewish g...
James Zogby | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics
It is clear that the Obama Administration is making a real effort to press Israel to suspend all settlement construction -- using, at times, language not heard since the time of President Carter.
AP | MARJORIE OLSTER | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
CAIRO — Muslim shopkeepers, students and even radical groups such as Hamas praised President Barack Obama's address Thursday as a positive shift...
Huffington Post Contributor | Noha Khattab | Posted 07.04.2009 | World
It's Wednesday afternoon, and I'm stuck in traffic on my way to an event at the American University in Cairo (AUC). While the drive from Zamalek to AU...
Huffington Post Contributors | Ayman Nour and Wael Nawara | Posted 07.02.2009 | World
By Huffington Post contributors Ayman Nour and Wael Nawara. Ayman Nour is Leader of El Ghad Liberal Party of Egypt and former member of the Parliame...
Jerusalem Post | BRENDA GAZZAR | Posted 06.25.2009 | World
Just over half of the Arab respondents from six countries say they are "somewhat hopeful" or "very hopeful" regarding the Middle East policy of US Pre...
GlobalPost.com | Caryle Murphy | Posted 02.22.2009 | World
RIYADH -- A Saudi friend recently asked me a difficult question. Norah Al Hassawi was lamenting the horrible televised scenes of bloodshed and huma...
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 01.09.2009 | World
MINA, Saudi Arabia — After pelting a symbol of the devil with stones, the Iraqi pilgrim knelt and prayed that one day soon all sorts of devils w...
New York Times | HELENE COOPER | Posted 01.04.2009 | World
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama's aides say he is considering making a major foreign policy speech from an Islamic capital during his first...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
John McCain's campaign is making what appears to be a final, full-throated effort to paint Barack Obama as a sympathizer with the Muslim world. In the...
Jillian York | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home
One second Obama is Arab, the next he's Muslim. These words are thrown around and serve as an insult. So basically, in the United States, instead of telling someone his mama is a whore, telling him that his mama is an Arab will now suffice.
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 09.24.2009 | World