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Israel, US Bent on Brewing Iran Crisis

By Ismail Salami – Tehran A report published on Sunday in Ha’aretz reveals that US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has presented Washington’s contingency plans for a possible attack on Iran to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]

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Hypocrisy over Hezbollah Arms

By Franklin Lamb – Beirut From this observers experience in Lebanon there is only one cosmic like event that is nearly as predicable from Ramlet al Baida beach in Beirut, near Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, […]

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Syria

Reviewed by Thomas D’Evelyn (Syria – A Decade of Lost Chances: Repression and Revolution from Damascus Spring to Arab Spring By Carsten Wieland. Cune Press: 335 pages.) Even professional news gatherers have a hard time […]

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Israeli Voters in US Election

By Jamal Kanj With the conclusion of the presidential primaries in the 50 US states, a new election campaign is shaping itself in the unofficial 51st state, otherwise known as Israel. A parade of US […]

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The Sky as it Falls

By Kathy Kelly – Kabul For the Afghan Peace Volunteers, living in a working class area of Kabul’s ‘Karte Seh’ district, daily problem-solving requires a triage process. Last week, upon arrival, I looked at the sagging […]

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Divide et Impera

By Uri Avnery Whatever is happening to the Israeli social protest movement? Good question. It is not only being asked abroad, but in Israel, too. Last year the movement reached its peak in a giant […]

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Colour Revolutions

By Jim Miles (The Colour Revolutions. Lincoln A. Mitchell. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. 2012.) This proved an interesting book to review for two main reasons. First it discusses a region that I do not have […]

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Damascene Triptych

By Pina Piccolo I. The planets blaring symphonicallyAt the rhythm and rage of crickets You better listen to the dispatches sent As they scour their delicate limbsIn this summer of orbs and fires running wild […]

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Was Arafat Murdered?

By Jamal Kanj Most Palestinians, whether they supported their late leader Yasser Arafat or not, were in agreement that he did not die of natural causes. They believed he was murdered by Israel or its […]

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Syria: It’s All Anybody’s Guess

By Jaya Ramachandran – London Covert support for anti-regime fighters in Syria is likely to increase as disillusionment with current diplomatic efforts grows, according to knowledgeable sources. Although Saudi Arabia and Qatar have officially denied […]