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ActivitesHuman Rights December 2, 2008

Can Hillary be an Honest Broker in the Middle East?

Eli Lake at the New Republic writes on the prospect of conflict between likely appointees Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Advisor Jim Jones over issues in the
ActivitesHuman Rights December 2, 2008

POMED: This Week’s Events

Monday, December 1, 2008 10:00am NAF: Public Diplomacy 2.0 Tuesday, December 2, 2008 11:00am AEI: Iran’s Nuclear
ActivitesHuman Rights December 2, 2008

The Authoritarian Mindset

The LA Times has an interesting profile of prominent Egyptian poet Iman Bakry. Her writing of late has skewered the Mubarak regime, as well as critiqued and lamented “an Egypt
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine December 2, 2008

Kuwaiti charitable society dispatches aid consignment to Gaza

The Kuwaiti social reform society on Monday initiated the second phase of its campaign "Save Gaza" and announced in a press conference that it would send a relief shipment to
Parliament News December 2, 2008

Muslim Brotherhood MPs Condemn Secret U.S. Visit to Egypt Borders

Muslim Brotherhood MP Dr. Hazem Farooq strongly condemned “a visit by high profile U.S. delegation” to the Egyptian-Palestinian borders and the Rafah crossing border amid complete secrecy and accompanied by
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine December 2, 2008

European campaign appeals to Libyan ship to insist on reaching Gaza

The European campaign to lift the siege on Gaza has condemned the Israeli obstruction of the Libyan ship and preventing it from reaching the Gaza Strip to unload its shipment
ActivitesHuman Rights December 2, 2008

Foreign Policy and “First-Order” Questions

I’m a bit worried that some people mistook my post on the “inappropriateness of a left-right spectrum on foreign policy” last week. In some ways I did, as Dan Lehr
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine December 2, 2008

The Palestinian Question in Jordanian Politics

Last month, I wrote on the apparent rapprochement between three key Jordanian actors, the Islamic Action Front (the largest opposition party), the regime, as well as Hamas, which continues to
Palestine December 1, 2008

Israeli gunboats intercept Libyan vessel, force it to return

GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli naval gunboats on Monday intercepted a Libyan boat that was loaded with food and medicine to the besieged Gaza Strip and forced it to return to the
Palestine December 1, 2008

Hamas welcomes release of prisoners, warns of trading their cause

GAZA, (PIC)-- The Hamas Movement on Sunday welcomed the liberation of any Palestinian prisoner from Israeli jails, warning at the same time of trading the issue of prisoners with the