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Ethan Bronner is Jerusalem bureau chief for the The Times. Here he reviews a new collection of scholarly essays on how to resolve the ME’s various critical problems. The authors, who work in two ME think tanks deal in “nuance and realism, despite small lapses.” The two policy research groups also have close relations to [...]
Bombs were dropped today by Israeli forces in an air strike on the Gaza Strip that killed two unidentified Palestinians.
There was also confirmation that a group of Israeli policemen killed a Palestinian “terrorist” named Mohammed Abu Dhara in the West Bank. The Israelis reason that they needed to do so because he was part of [...]
The US Department of State has a useful statistics and information page, covering the geographical, economic, and historical aspects of Syria. This page gives good background and provides testimony to its people, culture, and religion.
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Bedouins in Sinai wounded an Egyptian policeman in a drive-by shooting on Thursday, security sources told Reuters, in the latest manifestation of explosive tensions between the two sides. A 22-year-old policeman was shot three times in the right leg and left foot, and is being treated in hospital in the North Sinai capital, El Arish, [...]
Iran claims to have successfully tested-fired a new missile that would greatly improve the accuracy of current Iranian defenses. These new missiles have been named “Sajjil” after a story in the Koran where God sends a flock of birds to defend Mecca from an enemy army. These “Sajjil” use the technology of solid fuel, which [...]
Earlier this fall, minorities in Iraq spoke out against a revision to a provincial election law that struck a clause guaranteeing Christians and other minorities political representation. In response to their pleas, members of Iraqi parliament voted to allocate 6 seats to religious and ethnic minorities – 6 out of 400.
This decision was met with [...]
Recently the Prime Minister of Turkey, has been lobbying in Van, an eastern region in Turkey. Van, being a city with prominent Kurdish population, has not greeted Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a hospitable manner. He was advised to wear a bullet proof vest and have a convoy of four cars, which is an unusual number [...]
The blog Soccer News Brief has reported that after 10 years of international eligibility, Palestine will play its first international match in Palestine. In the past, Palestine has played its home matches in Jordan and Qatar.
The new stadium, located in Gaza city, will host its first action against Jordan on the 26th of October. This [...]
During Friday night’s first U.S. presidential debate, Republican U.S. presidential candidate McCain shifted on his policy regarding negotiating with Iran. This represents an attempt to narrow the gap between his foreign policy and that of his rival presidential hopeful, Democratic candidate Barack Obama, and to widen that between himself and U.S. president George Bush, who [...]
Tzipi Livni has been invited by Ehud Olmert to form a new government. The request came after Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister and leader of the Kadima Party, asked to resign from office. It is claimed that he had been involved in several financial scandals. Livni is now the leader of the Kadima Party, the largest [...]
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