Category: The Middle East

One in four

Christian Zionism: The New Heresy that Undermines Middle East Peace By Revd Dr Stephen Sizer, Thursday, 01 August 2013 08:00   At least one in four American Christians surveyed recently by Christianity Today magazine said that they believe it is their biblical responsibility to support the nation of Israel. This view is known as Christian …

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There are two things that will change the world

The Betrayal of Helen Thomas By Barbara Lubin and Danny Muller, July 23, 2013   When the news spread through Washington this weekend that the unwavering, pioneering journalist Helen Thomas had died, there must have been a collective sigh of relief throughout the halls of Washington. News articles and obituaries are obligatorily mentioning her retirement …

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Modern ideologies masquerading

The myth of the 1,400 year Sunni-Shia war By Murtaza Hussain, 09 Jul 2013 11:14   During the period of European rule over Rwanda, the Belgian colonial administrators of the territory accomplished an extraordinary feat in their subjugation of the local population – the deliberate manufacture of new ethnic divisions. By formulating ethnic categorisations based …

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Repellent

Wall Street Journal says Egypt needs a Pinochet – can it get away with that? By Martin Pengelly, Saturday 6 July 2013 09.09 EDT   On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial entitled “After the Coup in Cairo”. Its final paragraph contained these words: Egyptians would be lucky if their new ruling generals …

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Tools of resistance

For Palestine By Susan Abulhawa, 26 Jun 2013 17:32   For once, we won! Mohammad Assaf, that brilliant, joyful, beautiful young man with a voice from heaven sang. And we all hung onto every note, every lyric, every smile and gesture he made on the stage of the Arab Idol contest over the past few …

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Dismal journey from defeat and humiliation

The three things that always accompany occupation By Robert Fisk, Sunday 23 June 2013   On 20th November 2001, in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, the Taliban stamped into my passport their very last visa, number 001518, valid only for Kandahar and printed on a paper of varying shades of green. At the top were …

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Before the war

Above is a tinted, enhanced version of the low-contrast photo below, taken while prowling the back streets of Beirut sometime around 1973 or 1974…

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