November 5, 2009 – Page 2

Democracy Development Human Rights Reform Issues November 5, 2009

In Egypt, it’s who you know

It isn't really about whether Gamal Mubarak, the younger son of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, would be a good leader. That is not the point. It is partly about him

Human Rights November 5, 2009

Deal or No Deal in Palestine

Washington D.C. The Middle East has a new game to play. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, plagued by internal and external pressure, issued a peace call for the ages during

Democracy Human Rights Palestine November 5, 2009

Robert Bernstein: Human Shield for Criticism of Israel

Earlier this week the New York Times published an op-ed article, Rights Watchdog, ‘Lost in the Mideast’ written by Robert L. Bernstein, the founding chairman emeritus of Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Palestine November 5, 2009

Taking Flight: Memories of Diaspora

[The following is an excerpt from Ramzy Baroud’s forthcoming book: My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story. The events are situated in Baroud’s historic home of Beit Daras,

Lebanon November 5, 2009

A Rare Victory for Lebanon’s Palestinians

Known simply as the 'General' Michel Naim Aoun was born in a peaceful mixed Christian-Shia area of Haret Hreik, now a core Hezbollah area. He rose from poverty to become

Democracy Eye on IOF Human Rights November 5, 2009

‘Where Have All the Friendships Gone…’

According a Chinese saying, if someone in the street tells you that you are drunk, you can laugh. If a second person tells you that you are drunk, start to

Uncategorized November 5, 2009

Tariq Mehanna: Obama’s Latest Muslim Target

Post-9/11, Muslims have been victimized, vilified, and persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, prominence, activism, and charity. They've been targeted, hunted down, rounded up, held in detention, kept in isolation, denied

Democracy Other Issues Palestine November 5, 2009

Israel’s European Lobby

In their 2006 article 'The Israel Lobby,' John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt famously assert, "Other special-interest groups have managed to skew foreign policy, but no lobby has managed to divert

Eye on IOF Human Rights Palestine November 5, 2009

‘Nuke Gaza’

Israeli officials are right to worry. Gazans too. Yet Americans should worry even more.

Palestine November 5, 2009

Preview of Ramzy Baroud’s ‘My Father was a Freedom Fighter’

Ramzy Baroud is a veteran Palestinian-American journalist and former Al-Jazeera producer. He also taught Mass Communication at Australia's Curtin University of Technology, is a frequent speaker, a regular media guest,

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