Mar 14 2011

Gone or transformed

The Arab spring is brighter than ever

By Brian Whitaker, Monday 14 March 2011 12.09 GMT … “The Arab world’s much-heralded collective push toward democracy is now in jeopardy,” an article for McClatchy newspapers in the US informed its…  [more]

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Mar 13 2011

Price tag for blood

You can put a mask on the Palestinian wild beast, such as a speaker who speaks fluent English. You can put it in a three-piece suit and a silk tie. But once in a while – when the moon is…  [more]

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Mar 12 2011

Patriotism is hard work

Eye of the Newt

By Gail Collins, March 11, 2011 … The presidential race is barely under way, but already we have had our first Big Thought. I am speaking, of course, of Newt Gingrich’s suggestion that he was driven…  [more]

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Mar 12 2011

Fount of all terror

Palestinians understand Gaddafi better than we do

By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 12 March 2011 … To Beirut. Storms. Heavy rain. Seas sweeping over the little port by my home.  A meeting with a close friend of a son of Gaddafi.…  [more]

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Mar 12 2011

Audacity is the last thing

Against American interventionism

By Clancy Sigal, Friday 11 March 2011 22.00 GMT I believe in adequate defence at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we’ll fight. The trouble with America is…  [more]

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Mar 11 2011

The hallows of Hebron



The IDF’s masquerade in Hebron

By Alon Idan, 01:57 10.03.11 … A walk through Hebron sends you into deep despair. Near the Cave of the Patriarchs, at the end of the plaza surrounded by a low fence, you see…  [more]

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Mar 11 2011

ME women

My top 10 Arab women

By Nesrine Malik, Friday 11 March 2011 13.11 GMT … Arabian Business recently published a list of the 100 most powerful Arab women, which was topped by Sheikha Lubna of the UAE. A…  [more]

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