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Lamenting the Arab Revolutions

By Samah Sabawi ViolatedFromInside and outSeeking refugeAmongst masked menGuided byDisjointed wordsBreathing in Rhetoric devoid of meaningProcessingMeaning devoid of actionsExhalingActions…Random…Devoid of strategiesDeveloping strategiesThat fall on deaf earsWhispering FreedomIn a chorus of loud noiseViolatedFromInside and outThe enemy […]

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Afghan Screams Aren’t Heard

By Kathy Kelly Last weekend, in Kabul, Afghan Peace Volunteer friends huddled in the back room of their simple home. With a digital camera, glimpses and sounds of their experiences were captured, as warfare erupted […]

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PA: Lieberman Remarks ‘Misleading’

The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused Israel’s Foreign Minister of trying to mislead international public opinion. Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday told Cypriot President Demitris Christofias that President Mahmoud Abbas was not interested in […]

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AfPak: Mutiny on the Bounty

By Eric Walberg – Cairo Kabul was cast into chaos Sunday as the Taliban began their spring offensive with attacks on US, British, German and Russian embassies, NATO headquarters, Camp Eggers, a hotel, President Karzai’s […]

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Egypt’s Rough Ride towards Democracy

By Jamal Kanj The upcoming Egyptian presidential election has started with a wild ride. The poll contenders covering wide political spectrum ranging from the ultra conservatives to Leftists; from the anti-dictatorship to Mubarak’s subservient; from […]

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Erekat, PA Intel Chief Meet Netanyahu

PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat and Palestinian intelligence chief Majed Faraj met Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday and handed over a letter on the peace process. The letter from President Mahmoud Abbas included references […]

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Israel’s Real Easter Pilgrims

By Eric Walberg Ben Gurion Airport was thrown into chaos for the third annual Flytilla on Sunday. As starry-eyed tourists arrived to visit the Holy sites and beady-eyed new Israelis arrived to kick more Palestinians […]

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Free Speech vs. Israel

By Mahmoud El-Yousseph   On April 4, 2012, an 84-year-old German writer and Nobel literature prizewinner Gunter Grass published the poem: ‘What Must Be Said’ (‘Was gesagt werden muss’) in several European newspapers. In this […]