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Turkey’s Middle East Policy of Seeking To Gobble, Gobble Up the Middle East Makes Enemies of Everyone

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The Rise of Hamas-Gaza

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement which controls the Gaza… [more]

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Syrian Kurdish Dissident: Break Syria Into Pieces

Sherkoh Abbas, a veteran Syrian Kurdish dissident, called on… [more]

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The Obama Government Backs the Atrocity-Producing Forces So How Will it Stop Atrocities?

How can one write satire when the Obama Administration has created… [more]

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With Election Charade, Assad Bides Time

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MIddle East Media Sampler for May 17, 2012

By May 17, 2012

1) The man who swallowed Gaza is targeted AP reports Arafat's moneyman targeted in corruption probe: Anti-corruption campaigners lauded the case against the shadowy former aide, Mohammed Rashid, as a sign of the maturing of the Palestinian political system, although the probe also appeared to be tinged with political intrigue. Rashid, who has in the [...]

Turkey’s Middle East Policy of Seeking To Gobble, Gobble Up the Middle East Makes Enemies of Everyone

By May 16, 2012

“Countries may vary, but civilization is one, and for a nation to progress, it must take part in this one civilization. The decline of the Ottomans began when, proud of their triumphs over the West, they cut their ties with the European nations. This was a mistake which we will not repeat.”   –Kemal Ataturk, 1924 [...]

The Rise of Hamas-Gaza

By May 16, 2012

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, recently held internal elections. The polls were for the Gaza Political Bureau and Shura Council, often described as the movement’s parliament. Hamas holds its votes in secret, and tries to prevent the outside world from gaining knowledge of the movement’s internal political processes. However, it [...]

Syrian Kurdish Dissident: Break Syria Into Pieces

By May 16, 2012

Sherkoh Abbas, a veteran Syrian Kurdish dissident, called on Israel this week to support the break-up of Syria into a series of federal structures based on the country’s various ethnicities. Speaking from Washington, Abbas was also critical of US attempts to induce Syrian Kurds to join and work with the main opposition body, the Syrian [...]

Middle East Media Sampler for May 16, 2012

By May 16, 2012

1) Hungering for more information Both the New York Times and Washington Post reported on the recently ended prisoners strike. Both reports were pretty straightforward, but not without troubling omissions. Isabel Kershner reported Palestinians in Jails End Hunger Strike for the New York Times. Although only a minority of the hunger strikers were identified with [...]

Middle East Media Sampler for May 15, 2012

By May 15, 2012

1) Hungering for more information Both the New York Times and Washington Post reported on the recently ended prisoners strike. Both reports were pretty straightforward, but not without troubling omissions. Isabel Kershner reported Palestinians in Jails End Hunger Strike for the New York Times. Although only a minority of the hunger strikers were identified with [...]

Middle East Media Sampler for May 14, 2012

By May 14, 2012

1) Of liberals and Islamists An op-ed in the New York Times, Can Islamists be liberals? by Mustafa Akyol starts off promisingly. But there is another reason for concern: What if elected Islamist parties impose laws that curb individual freedoms — like banning alcohol or executing converts — all with popular support? What if democracy [...]

The Obama Government Backs the Atrocity-Producing Forces So How Will it Stop Atrocities?

By May 13, 2012

How can one write satire when the Obama Administration has created an Atrocities Prevention Board to prevent mass murder and genocide at the same time as it has been largely supporting the forces most likely to commit mass murder and genocide? We can almost call these regimes the Organization of Atrocity-Exporting States (OAES). With the [...]

With Election Charade, Assad Bides Time

By May 13, 2012

  Polling stations for the Syrian “Peoples’ Assembly” election opened at 7 a.m. on Monday. Information Minister Dr. Adnan Mahmoud said the elections would be held in “an atmosphere of democracy and pluralism,” according to the SANA state news agency. Opposition activists dispute the claim, saying that the current polls are the latest episode in [...]

Assad’s Russian Lifeline

By May 13, 2012

The port of Oktyabrsk is situated on the left bank of the Bug River, 58 km. north of the entry to the Black Sea. Close to the city of Nikolayev, this anonymous Ukrainian port could not seem further from the strife-torn Middle East. Yet in the last year, Oktyabrsk has played a key role in [...]