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Posted on Sat, July 9, 2011 at 21:24 pm CEST

Legal issues and the Flotilla: Further points in the argument over the blockade

The legality and morality of Israel’s blockade has been questioned extensively and is the supposed subject of sustained and extensive protest… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, July 2, 2011 at 01:24 am CEST

Unmasking A False Friend of the West: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

My continued investigation of the self-styled ‘Muslim Zionist,’ false friend of the West, shows that he has lied completely about his past… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, June 30, 2011 at 22:55 pm CEST

Another ticking bomb under Assad: Hariri “Special Tribunal for Lebanon” heads for Damascus

The Lebanese capital was not the only first stop for a delegation of the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011 at 23:44 pm CEST

Israel’s Strategic Standpoint: Mid-2011 and Mid-“Arab Spring”

There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, June 25, 2011 at 23:17 pm CEST

Israel’s Unilateral Withdrawals from Lebanon and the Gaza Strip

In the last decade, Israel unilaterally withdrew from two areas: the security zone in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, June 23, 2011 at 23:57 pm CEST

Three Russian designers of Iran’s nuclear plant die in plane crash

The three Russian nuclear scientists who planned, designed, built and put into operation Iran’s first nuclear reactor at Bushehr this year… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, June 22, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST

Look Who Wants to lead the Middle East!

In the absence of U.S. leadership, others want to direct the Middle East… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, June 19, 2011 at 11:05 am CEST

Syria: Dissidents Unite to Oust Assad

Twenty years ago, I was a school kid chanting with my peers, “Our leader forever, the father, Hafez Assad!” Back then, I could not have imagined… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, June 17, 2011 at 20:37 pm CEST

Western Failure to Support the Real Freedom Fighters in the Middle East Is A Disgrace

Anthony Shadid, the New York Times’ pro-Islamist correspondent, writes an article on the… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, June 17, 2011 at 18:52 pm CEST

Lebanon’s Radical pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian New Government

After five months of political stagnation, Lebanon has a new government… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, June 15, 2011 at 14:01 pm CEST

The Emptying of Yemen

For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, June 15, 2011 at 13:06 pm CEST

Egypt and Lebanon: Things Just Keep Getting Worse

Is there a pattern here? I guess I’m going to be writing a series of “things keep getting worse” articles for some time to come… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, June 13, 2011 at 15:17 pm CEST

Iranian Delegation shows solidarity with the “Marmara Shaheeds” and Freedom Flotilla 2 to Gaza

An Iranian delegation participated in events held by the IHH in Istanbul on the anniversary of the Marmara flotilla… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, June 12, 2011 at 22:27 pm CEST

Is the Battle of Jisr a-Shughour the tipping-point of the uprising against Bashar Assad?

It took Syrian president six days to send troops and tanks to punish the small northern town of Jisr a-Shughour near the Turkish border… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, June 9, 2011 at 01:00 am CEST

Whither Turkey-U.S. Arms Sales?

Turkey’s recent decision to spend billions of dollars buying U.S.-made helicopters underscores the continuing significance of… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, June 4, 2011 at 17:55 pm CEST

Egypt Is The New Iran

To put it simply, what has happened in Egypt is not just the undoing of the “Mubarak regime” but the undoing of the “Sadat regime,” that is… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, June 3, 2011 at 12:37 pm CEST

Iran: Enough Enriched Uranium for Four Nuclear Bombs

The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, American’s scientific watchdog on world nuclear weapons production, estimates that… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, June 3, 2011 at 01:27 am CEST

It’s Official: I Announce My Candidacy to be Middle East Czar for the U.S. Government

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 17:33 pm CEST

Western Media Insanity on the Middle East: The Silver Lining in Gaza!

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Egypt is losing control of the Sinai Penninsula where there are a lot of terrorists… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 16:39 pm CEST

Iran: “Traditional conservatives” vs. “deviant faction”

Last weekend Basij chief Mohammad-Reza Naqdi announced that, over the next several months, the public would be given new… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 00:10 am CEST

Iran Intensifies Fight against its Bahai Minority

At least 14 citizens belonging to the Bahai faith who took part in a higher education program for Bahai youth were arrested… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 20:35 pm CEST

Iran’s Media Steps Up Criticism of Azerbaijan

In recent weeks Iranian media have taken an increasingly critical stance towards Azerbaijan. Most of the criticism against… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 16:12 pm CEST

Iran: Reactions to President Obama’s Speech – “It’s all Words”

President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech was met with skepticism in Iran, and said to be an expression of… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 00:33 am CEST

The Key to Obama’s Foreign Policy: The World Turned Upside Down

I think I’ve made a breakthrough in understanding President Barack Obama’s foreign policy of punishing friends, rewarding enemies, and… Continue reading