Thursday, March 4th, 2010
WRITTEN BY Keith Johnson
The fingerprints of Israel’s meddling are all over the place in Yemen. And you better believe that we’ll be hearing a lot more about Yemeni connections to all manner of atrocities committed in the name of “Allah” against the United States. Israel will make darn sure of ...
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
From The Nation – WRITTEN BY FAWAZ A GERGES
Something is stirring within the Hamas body politic, a moderating trend that, if nourished and engaged, could transform Palestinian politics and the Arab-Israeli peace process. There are unmistakable signs that the religiously based radical movement has subtly changed its uncompromising posture on ...
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
WRITTEN BY: Mozhgan Savabieasfahani
The coup d'etat government of Iran must step down and the constitution must be rewritten according to the wishes of the people. That is what the people of Iran are demanding on the 31st anniversary of their 1979 revolution.
For the eighth straight month, hundreds and thousands of ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Yossi Peled
The Israeli military may be much less effective in winning wars than it was in the past, thanks to the stiffness of Arab resistance. But its military strategists are as shrewd and unpredictable as ever. The recent rhetoric that has escalated from Israel suggests that a future war in ...
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya on Friday called for having a new Arab strategy based on the rehabilitation of the historic axis of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria in order to create a kind of power of balance in the face of Israel.
During the weekly Friday khutba (sermon), Haneyya ...
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
WRITTEN BY: Grupo Antimilitarista Tortuga (Alicante, Spain)
Translated by Ana Atienza, Revised by David Brookbank (Tlaxcala)
If we paid attention to the terminology used by the mass media to refer to certain issues, perhaps we would learn more than a few lessons about the interests behind those media and the subterfuges they ...
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
WRITTEN BY Mozhgan Savabieasfahani
What a charade!
I learned the word "charade " from my Texan English teacher in Teheran long ago. I later found out she was the wife of a U.S. military advisor for the Shah's puppet regime. I still remember my teacher's meticulous attention to English pronunciation and her glittering diamonds. ...
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
In a press conference conducted earlier this evening, the Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced some threats, warnings, surprises as well as some good news. The press conference that aired on Egyptian official TV a few hours ago was boiling with Aboul Gheit's very firm and angry answers to ...
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
WRITTEN BY BRENDA HEARD On 14 December 2009 Lebanese President Michel Suleiman met with US President Barack Obama in Washington. The photo above gives an idea of the underlying tension. You can read the full transcript of their public meeting here and watch it on video here.
Obama gets the conversation ...
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
The Council on Foreign Relations is always near the top of the Left's list of bogeymen that stand accused of pulling the strings of US foreign policy. It is right up there with the Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral Commission, right? Wrong. If that was the case, those arguing that US support for Israel ...
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