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Human RightsPalestine January 17, 2008

Mousa calls on Arabs to break Gaza siege

Amr Mousa, the secretary-general of the Arab League, has called for an urgent Arab stand to break the siege on the Gaza Strip and to provide its people with what
Lebanon January 17, 2008

EGYPT: Helpless Before the Lebanon Crisis

With another bombing in Beirut this week, the political standoff in Lebanon appears far from resolution. Egypt’s role in the crisis, meanwhile, remains limited to making broad appeals for national
Other Opinions January 17, 2008

’War of ideas’ claims neo-con casualty

Neo-conservative hawks lamented the latest casualty in the "war on terror" last Friday, as the ax fell on Stephen Coughlin’s job. The Pentagon decided not to renew the contract of
Human RightsPalestine January 17, 2008

Abbas reaches Zahhar over phone, extends condolences

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, the Hamas prominent political leader, has received a barrage of condolence calls on the death of his son Hussam, 22, in the IOF bloody incursion on Tuesday
Activites January 17, 2008

Egyptian President Backs Mideast Accord

President Bush’s fast-track plan for a Mideast peace agreement got a welcome endorsement Wednesday from a nation long seen as a key Arab mediator. Bush responded by pulling his punches
Human Rights January 17, 2008

Democracy Activists Disappointed in Bush

President Bush on Wednesday ended a Middle East tour that political activists saw as lacking the strong calls for democratization made earlier in his administration, disappointing those once encouraged by
Human Rights January 17, 2008

Bush gets silent treatment in Egypt on ’freedom agenda’

Promoting what he calls his "freedom agenda" at the end of a six-nation, eight-day tour of the Middle East, President Bush gently prodded Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday to
Human RightsPalestine January 17, 2008

Na’im: Wounded Palestinians are dying in Gaza hospitals

Dr. Basim Na’im, the PA health minister, said on Wednesday that scores of Palestinian citizens wounded in the IOF attacks on Gaza Strip were dying in local hospitals because of
Human RightsIraq January 17, 2008

We Are Trained Killers

US in Iraq: Are We Humane?
Iraq January 17, 2008

The Iraqis Don’t Really Want Us

Did you miss this? It should have been the lead story in every newspaper and radio and TV program in America. In the Washington Post it was on page 14.