Israel/Palestine
Israel’s Bombing of Syria: It’s Domestic Politics, Baby
Yazan al-Saadi* | 18 Mar 2013
A sign showing the distances to Damascus and a cut out of a soldier are seen at an army post from the 1967 war at Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights, overlooking Syria. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) On January 30, 2013, an Israeli strike inside Syria reportedly hit a convoy of anti-aircraft weapons heading to Lebanon according to Israeli and western news...“Politics Pulls at Me:” The Palestinian Youth Movement and Jil Oslo
Sunaina Maira* | 14 Mar 2013
The establishment of Bab Al Shams is a direct action against Israel’s settlement enterprise. (Photo credit: Issam Rimawi / APA images) On January 11, 2013, Palestinians erected a village named Bab al-Shams (Gate to the Sun), on land that had been confiscated (read: stolen) by Israel to build illegal Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank. As proposed, 4,000...Solving Unemployment in Palestine: Souktel’s Mohammad Al-Kilany
Ashoka Arab World* | 6 Mar 2013
As they say, if you believe it, then it can be real. Mohammad al-Kilany has always believed technology can be a tool for solving the many problems facing his country, Palestine. For Kilany, unemployment represents the most pressing of these problems. It is also one he has experienced first-hand. Like so many other Palestinians, after the 1990 Gulf War, Kilany...Who Decides?: Western Knowledge and Arab Revolutions
Magid Shihade* | 19 Feb 2013
Celebrations in Libya. [Image via Diario El Tiempo, All Rights Reserved]Much of this piece was written more than a year ago, when debates and discussions focused on two questions: 1. the proper term to describe events in the Arab world – were they revolutions, uprisings, or a “spring?;” and 2. whether events in the region were genuine and indigenous,...Turkish Foreign Policy under Erdogan & Support for the Palestinian Cause
Zeynep Kosereisoglu* | 2 Jan 2013
Turkish Prime Minister Recey Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas It all started with “one minute”. “One minute” said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, repeating the phrase as he tapped the moderator at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2009. As he continued to speak, Erdogan criticized Israeli President...Weathering the Regional Storm? Israel and the Syrian Conflict
Benedetta Berti* | 15 Mar 2013
(Photo credit: Getty images) With considerable anxiety, Israel watched the eruption of the Arab Awakening on the streets of Tunis and Cairo. Fearing increased regional volatility and instability at its borders,...The One State Condition – a Book Review
Eli Ungar-Sargon* | 13 Mar 2013
For serious students of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the contested nature of everything about the conflict, including its very language, can often feel like searching for a signal in a sea of white noise....The Virtual Dinner Guest Project: Peace-Building One Dinner at a Time
Catriona Knapman* | 21 Feb 2013
Diners at a Virtual Dinner Guest event While we are constantly reminded of the interconnected nature of the world, this interconnectedness has not extended to our responsibilities as citizens. The Virtual Dinner...The Cultural & Religious Debates on HIV/AIDS in the Muslim World
Dominic Bocci* | 15 Jan 2013
(Photo credit: Andy McCarthy UK on Flickr, under Creative Commons) On December 8, 2012, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) hosted a Red Gala Dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in Cairo, Egypt to raise...Wired Magazine’s Weird Propaganda on Iran
Nima Shirazi* | 28 Dec 2012
Source:WideasleepinAmerica.com The wizards of Wired‘s Danger Room blog have posted a year-end click-bait listicle identifying who they – Spencer Ackerman, David Axe, Noah Shachtman, and Robert...
