Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki expressed his satisfaction over the defeat of the US, England, and France at the World Cup in South Africa. Referring to the failure of the… Continue reading
The French government is banning Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV for inciting hatred and encouraging terrorism. Hamas denounced the French government’s decision… Continue reading
There are other initiatives to organize aid flotillas and convoys to the Gaza Strip, some of which plan to transfer the goods through Egypt… Continue reading
Would mainstream media mavens be willing to discuss their practices and listen to critics? Will discussions like this change anything in terms of how stories about conflicts are framed and phrased… Continue reading
A Libyan charitable society headed by the son of Muammar Gaddafi organized an aid ship to the Gaza Strip. It set sail on July 10 and is expected to… Continue reading
During the four years since the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, Hezbollah has been rearming itself in direct violation of UN Resolution 1701… Continue reading
Fadlallah’s legacy sparks debate between reformists and conservatives following the top Lebanese Shi’ite cleric’s death… Continue reading
At home, the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, has promoted the Islamist mindset of “us Muslims” in conflict with “the bad others” through the media and also by spreading Hamas’ views throughout Turkey… Continue reading
The avoidance of the obvious continues the absurd and embarrassing refusal of the Obama administration to acknowledge who out there is trying to kill Americans and why… Continue reading
Slavery was taken for granted throughout Islamic history, as it was, of course, in the West as well up until relatively recent times. Yet while the European and American slave trade get stern treatment attention from historians, the Islamic slave trade, which actually lasted longer and brought suffering to a larger number of people, is virtually ignored… Continue reading
Following an Israeli Cabinet decision taken June 20, Israel has begun implementing a new policy of easing restrictions on the Gaza Strip… Continue reading
According to “Lebanese sources” international pressure is being exerted on the Lebanese government and the organizers of the flotilla to prevent the ships from setting sail… Continue reading
The violent nature of the flotilla and the events on board the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara would not have been a surprise if someone had connected the dots before the takeover… Continue reading
Deze cartoons zijn – zoals men al zou vermoeden – agressief anti-Israël. Bovendien zijn ze schaamteloos racistisch, vaak met behulp van beeltenissen gebaseerd op eeuwenoude antisemitische mythen… Continue reading
US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu exchanged affirmations of the strength of the US-Israel relationship during an Oval Office meeting Tuesday in…Continue reading
Choudhury is the editor of the Weekly Blitz, which he calls “the only anti-jihadist newspaper in the Muslim world…I believe that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, and as a Muslim, I believe that the only problem is political Islam and the hate speech…” Continue reading
One might suggest that the present line-up is that Western governments support the Palestinian Authority while the Western left supports Hamas. The attempt is now to turn the governments in that direction as well… Continue reading
During a press conference held this week by the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad specified Iran’s conditions for resuming the nuclear talks with the West… Continue reading
Israel will never apologize for defending its citizens. Of course, we regret the loss of life, but it was not the Israeli side that initiated the violence… Continue reading
A week after top Turkish and Israeli officials held a “secret meeting” over the flotilla crisis, Turkey has renewed its warning to Israel that ties between the once-allies would be cut if… Continue reading
Without their own players in South Africa, Israelis and Palestinians are embracing international squads with the sort of passion usually reserved for the home team… Continue reading
Evidence changes, dislikes stay the same. Radicals become moderate; moderates become radical. Israel-bashers know what they are against even if they don’t know why. Perhaps they don’t care why… Continue reading
Lebanon’s Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh one of Shiite Islam’s main religious figures, died Sunday after a long illness. He was not a voice of moderation at all… Continue reading
On April 1, 1941 Nazi sympathizer Rashid Ali al-Gaylani lead a pro-Nazi military coup in Iraq [known as the 1941 Iraqi coup d’état] together with four pro-Nazi Iraqi… Continue reading
I’m not sure what the sentence “It’s wrong” actually means. I can think of dozens of things in the Middle East, or in the world, that can said to be “wrong,” yet what… Continue reading
Top Artikel
Add to your Technorati favorites
Subscribe to RSS or by Email
Middle East News Website
Powered by WordPress
Latest Comments
Hello Mike, Thank you for your positive feedback to the article. I felt there wasn’t too much critical analysis of ...
Thanks for this considered and well constructed article. A follow up article on the manner in which the editorial contro...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF CLAIMING THAT OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES WERE A FAILURE CANNOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WHAT THE...
As long as Obama is the president of the usa do not trust the us government......
Thank you for an good read....