Israel, Not Iran, Feels Isolated
As a result of the diplomatic momentum geared to disarm international suspicions over the explosive issue of Iran's nuclear programme, the one country not directly party to the two-track negotiation...
View ArticleU.S. Hard Line in Failed Iran Talks Driven by Israel
Negotiations between Iran and the United States and other members of the P5+1 group in Baghdad ended in fundamental disagreement Thursday over the position of the P5+1 offering no relief from...
View ArticleA Sort of President Awaits Egypt
Candidates competing in Egypt's first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted are vying for a prestigious position whose job description – oddly enough – has not yet been written. An...
View ArticleIsrael Takes Up an Olympian Fight
A financial crisis, clashes between coaches, a case of shoplifting – forget all the problems. Last month, Israel's judokas won four medals at the European Championship. They now have their eyes set on...
View ArticleFate Unites, Israel Separates
Hundreds of thousands of families - from Palestinians to Southeast Asian migrant workers to African refugees - struggle under Israeli policies that seek to limit the number of non-Jews within Israel...
View ArticleWomen Look for a Place in New Egypt
"It was so frustrating but so exciting at the same time," recalls 15-year-old Mariam Assam, a year-10 student in Cairo. Assam was recalling the days she tried to join protestors during the Egyptian...
View ArticleBrotherhood Marches On Towards Presidency
Results of the first post-Mubarak presidential election last week have left most Egyptians stunned, with Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi coming in first and Ahmed Shafiq - ousted president...
View ArticleIsrael Fans a Virtual Flame Against Iran
A new super-weapon has entered the Mideast cyber arena. First detected on Monday by a Moscow-based security company, ‘Worm.Win32.Flame' – just call it ‘Flame' – might be "the most sophisticated cyber...
View ArticleEgyptians Protest Choice Between Right and Right
Like the delayed after-effects of an earthquake below the ocean before the subsequent tsunami hits adjacent coastlines, Egyptian anger finally exploded this week after several days of stunned silence...
View ArticleVerdict Revives Egyptian Anger
If the life sentences for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and one of his key allies were meant to placate Egyptians, they have had the opposite effect.
View ArticleRefugees Crowd Behind Five-Star Checks
A group of Palestinian Jerusalemites steps down from a crowded bus to let two Israeli soldiers climb aboard to check identity cards, below the aluminum roof of this newly operational checkpoint...
View ArticleTahrir Square: Round Two
The long-awaited verdict in Egypt's 'trial of the century' - a life sentence for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and acquittals for most other defendants - has brought the people back to Cairo's Tahrir...
View ArticleAttacking Iran Likely Counter-Productive, Think Tank Warns
While a nuclear-armed Iran would pose significant new challenges to the United States and Israel, a military attack by either country to prevent Tehran from developing a weapon could well prove...
View ArticleBeyond Beirut, Islamists Advance
Cities in the North and South of Lebanon have witnessed a rise in the number of attacks targeting bars and alcohol vendors, a relatively new phenomenon in a country famous for its vibrant club scene.
View ArticleAt Home, Israelis Attack Africans
It's Saturday night in south Tel Aviv. Amine Zegata, a 36-year-old refugee from Eritrea is reopening the small bar he owns in the HaTikva neighbourhood. The pub was closed after Jewish Israelis...
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