Middle East
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Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: 6 May 2011: Brussels: French Lawyer Charges NATO With War Crimes
6 May 2011 — Stop NATO Perfectly Acceptable For U.S. And NATO To Kill Children Clinton: NATO Bombardment Of Libya To Continue Brussels: French Lawyer Charges NATO With War Crimes Russia, China: North Africa, Middle East Crisis Fraught With Most Serious Global Danger Russia, China United In Opposing NATO Ground Operation In Libya Foreign Minister: Continue reading
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The Colonel, the Rebels and the Heavenly Arbiter By Nicolas Pelham
To the average American, the NATO intervention in Libya may look like another Iraq: another US-led adventure aiming to dislodge a would-be totalitarian Middle Eastern state with lots of oil and sand. The topography of the two countries is similar: The land is flat and parched, and the architecture dun and unloved. Even the terminology… Continue reading
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Of Principle and Peril By the Editors of MERIP
Given the multiple crises occurring on the planet at any given time, intervention is a political choice rather than a purely moral one. The hortatory sentences that start off, ‘We should,’ ought in all honesty to begin, ‘We can.’ Continue reading
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Will Gaddafi stay or go? Expats offer their opinions — RT
Expats in Moscow discuss possible ways to tackle the broader set of Middle East issues, and give their perspective on Libya’s controversial leader. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 4 March, 2011: Israel To Sue Bedouin Villagers For Cost Of Demolition
4 March, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Non-violent anti-Wall protests held in four West Bank villages on Friday IMEMC – Saturday March 05, 2011 – 04:22, On Friday afternoon, anti-Wall protests were organized in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and an-Nabi Saleh, in the central West Bank, as well as al-Ma’sara Continue reading
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Middle East / North Africa Newslinks for 28 February, 2011
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Libya Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 28 February, 2011 Egypt Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 28 February, 2011 Yemen Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 28 February, 2011 Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 28 February, 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 28 February, 2011 Oman Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks Continue reading
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Middle East / North Africa Newslinks 22 February, 2011
22 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Egypt Independent Media Newslinks 21-22 February, 2011 Libya independent newslinks for 21-22 February, 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 22 February, 2011 Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 22 February, 2011 Yemen Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 22 February, 2011 Egypt Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 22 February, 2011 Continue reading
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Middle East Media Links for 19 February 2011
20 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Egypt Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Yemen Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Bradley Manning Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Wikileaks Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Continue reading
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US concern for Mideast public not genuine – Egypt specialist — RT
The US is defending its own interests in the region and that is impossible without pretending to support the democratic process prevailing in the region, says Middle East expert Barah Mikhail from Islamabad. Continue reading
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Middle East Report Online: Red-White-and-Black Valentine | From the Editors
There are moments in world affairs that call for the suspension of disbelief. At these junctures, caution ought to be suppressed and cynicism forgotten to let joy and wonderment resound. Across the globe, everyone, at least everyone with a heart, knows that the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is such a time. Continue reading
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Pax Americana
With all its allies crumbling one after another, what will the US do to maintain its influence in the region? And what can be expected of Israel, the country’s closest ally in the region? Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 February, 2011: What does the Egyptian Revolution mean for Palestine?
11 February, 2011 – VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Attacks Palestinian Protesters In East Jerusalem IMEMC – Saturday February 12, 2011 – 00:34, Israeli soldiers and policemen attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters in Silwan, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, after the residents conducted Friday prayers at the Continue reading
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The Egyptian revolt is coming home By John Pilger
The uprising in Egypt is our theatre of the possible. It is what people across the world have struggled for and their thought controllers have feared. Western commentators invariably misuse the words ‘we’ and ‘us’ to speak on behalf of those with power who see the rest of humanity as useful or expendable. The ‘we’… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Captive Nation – Egypt And The West
What an extraordinary spectacle it is – a dictatorship behaving as though an entire people were its personal property. Henchmen aside, the people have spoken, almost as one, and their demands are very clear. The blunt government response, in effect: We react as we want. If we don’t want to, we don’t have to. Why?… Continue reading
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U.S. Chickens Come Home to Roost in Egypt By Prof Marjorie Cohn
Barack Obama, like his predecessors, has supported Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the tune of $1.3 billion annually, mostly in military aid. In return, Egypt minds U.S. interests in the Middle East, notably providing a buffer between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. Egypt collaborates with Israel to isolate Gaza with a punishing… Continue reading
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Egyptian Uprising and the Middle East
29 January, 2011 — The Real News Network Amjad Atallah: Egyptian people shaking the foundations of US policy in the Middle East Egyptian Uprising and the Middle East Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Tunisia’s Wall Has Fallen by Nadia Marzouki
For the first time in decades, Tunisia is free of one-man rule. The extraordinary events of December 2010 and January 2011 have been nothing less than a political revolution: The consistent pressure of popular fury forced President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali first to make an unprecedented promise to relinquish power; then pushed him to… Continue reading
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Guest Media Lens Alert – Tilting Towards Israel By Jonathan Cook
Towards the end of last year, we sent out two media alerts – Put The Palestinians On A Diet and Too Toxic To Handle? – about the corporate media’s failure to report the release of documents detailing Israel’s deliberate policy of near-starvation for Gaza. “The idea”, explained a senior Israeli official, “is to put the… Continue reading
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Palestinians call for state recognition without peace deal — RT
‘If the European Union would indicate to the government of Israel that the association agreement with Europe will be frozen until such time as there is a complete settlement freeze on part of the Israeli government and serious consideration of the rights of the Palestinian 1948 refugees to return and to recover their property rights… Continue reading
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Media Lens: “Put the Palestinians on a Diet”
Israel has been forced to reveal what Palestinians and other observers on the ground have known for a long time: that the blockade of Gaza is state policy intended to inflict collective punishment, not to bolster Israeli “security”. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 