Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 21:01 pm CET
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Obama’s Middle East Visit as a Case Study in Media Manipulation

Rubin explains how the Middle East and Obama’s policies are distorted by the ruling establishment and misunderstood by the opposition… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Media Bias • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 21:00 pm CET
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Note to President Obama: Don’t Back America’s and Israel’s Enemies

The enemy of myself is my friend… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 20:59 pm CET
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Israel’s New Government: Not What You May Think

On the issues about which the world is obsessed, Israel’s new government is basically a continuation of the old one… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Israel • Jewish Life • Politics • Security and Defense 
Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 20:59 pm CET
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Why President Obama’s Concept of the Middle East Will Fail

Obama believes that what the Arab public really wants is progress toward peace with Israel and that the United States sees the ball as being in Israel’s court… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Thu, February 28, 2013 at 22:00 pm CET
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Norwegian Government Finds Arab-Palestinian Anti-Semitism Acceptable

Incitement by the Palestinian Authority against Jewish people and the Jewish State is a reality, but acceptable as part of an ongoing political battle… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Jew-Hatred • Norway • Palestinian Authority • Rob Harris • The Media 
Posted on Sun, February 24, 2013 at 15:35 pm CET
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What the West is Doing Wrong While Facing Islamist Intimidation

Islamists will intimidate anyone who let them intimidate… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Westernism • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Islamofascism • Obamaism • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, February 22, 2013 at 17:21 pm CET
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Why the CIA Director is Wrong: Rethinking al-Qaida

It’s time, a dozen years after September 11 and following Islamist coups in the Middle East, to rethink completely our view of al-Qaida… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Muslim Brotherhood • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, February 22, 2013 at 00:04 am CET
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Kuwait Expels Thousands of Palestinians

Much has been made of the Palestinian exodus of 1948. Yet during their decades of dispersal, the Palestinians have experienced no less traumatic ordeals at the hands of their Arab brothers… Continue reading

Topics: History • Kuwait • Palestine Liberation Organization • Palestinian Arabs 
Posted on Fri, February 22, 2013 at 00:02 am CET
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Why It’s In Everyone’s Interests that the Hagel Nomination Be Defeated

The Hagel issue is the perfect symbol of the dilemmas faced by America today… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, February 21, 2013 at 01:06 am CET
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Iran Has to Prefer Syria to the Khuzestan Region

Should Iran give more importance to Syria than to the Khuzestan region… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • SouthWest Asia • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, February 21, 2013 at 01:02 am CET
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How Islamism Tainted France’s Presidential Election

The recent French presidential election offers insight into the way the Islamist factor may eventually play out in European politics… Continue reading

Topics: Eurabia • France • Global Islam • Islamism • Islamophobia • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Political Correctness • Politics 
Posted on Thu, February 21, 2013 at 01:00 am CET
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Cairo Conference in Support of Arab Minority in Khuzestan Provokes Anger from Iran

Cairo conference to support Arab minority in Khuzestan region stirs up Arab-Sunni and Persian-Shia animosity… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Egypt • Iran • Shi'ism • SouthWest Asia • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Wed, February 20, 2013 at 02:18 am CET
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Terrorism and Human Rights

How the European leftists, human rights and pro-Palestinian organizations work together with Palestinian terrorists in the anti-Israel campaign… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions • France • Human Rights • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jew-Hatred • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Palestinian Terrorism • Pro-Palestinianism 
Posted on Tue, February 19, 2013 at 19:44 pm CET
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Five Months After Benghazi Murders: Killers Frolic Untouched There

Is there any Middle Eastern Muslim-majority country where Islamism is being defeated?… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, February 19, 2013 at 00:35 am CET
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Turkey and Tehran: A Cold Peace

The Turkish-Iranian relationship is primed for problems due to differing geopolitical and sectarian interests… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Iraq • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, February 18, 2013 at 20:03 pm CET
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My Life’s Work: U.S. Foreign Policy Analysis

Part two of Barry Rubin’s life work…. Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Diplomacy • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, February 18, 2013 at 01:29 am CET
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Turkey’s Internal Power Struggle

Reining in the Gülenists can be seen as a welcome development, but it will also consolidate Erdoğan’s already alarming monopolization of power… Continue reading

Topics: Ergenekon • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Sun, February 17, 2013 at 16:03 pm CET
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The British Mandate for Palestine

The Mandate for Palestine was a legal commission for the administration of Palestine after the first World War… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Britain • Historical Documents • History • International Law • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, February 17, 2013 at 03:10 am CET
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Memorandum on Acts of Arab Aggression submitted to the UN Palestine Commission (1948)

A report on the alleged aggressions by the Arab states in the period just before the Israeli War of Independence… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Historical Documents • History • Israel • United Nations • War of Independence • Zionism 
Posted on Fri, February 15, 2013 at 22:15 pm CET
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How Arab Governments Manage the Israel Issue

Using the Israel issue is so attractive and useful because there is a lot of popular support for this attitude… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Culture • History • Israel • Jew-Hatred • Religion 
Posted on Thu, February 14, 2013 at 15:38 pm CET
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Obama Says: I’m Backing Democracy and Human Rights; Egyptian Human Rights’ Activist: Not True!

We are continually told that Obama’s policy has been supportive of democracy and human rights, but this is not true at all… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, February 14, 2013 at 14:47 pm CET
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Open letter to Obama: You’re not Backing Democracy and Human Rights

Open letter to President Obama by Bahieddin Hassan… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, February 13, 2013 at 22:33 pm CET
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State of the Union Address on Foreign Policy: Careful Phrasing Conceals Disasters

Think about the kind of mental construct that could produce this State of the Union address… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, February 12, 2013 at 01:19 am CET
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BDS and the Jewish Studies Trap

BDS movement demanding Israel’s extinction… Continue reading

Topics: Academic Bias • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Zionism • Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions • Pro-Palestinianism 
Posted on Mon, February 11, 2013 at 15:09 pm CET
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A Look Back at Forty Years of Middle East Analysis

My main goal of forty years of Middle East analysis has been trying to explain the Middle East as it actually exists, how its politics work, and how its history can be understood… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Culture • History • Islamic Countries • Israel • Palestinian Arabs • Politics • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy