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Gaza’s Siege Intensifies: The Plan to ‘Moderate’ Hamas, Control Gaza

Gaza’s Siege Intensifies: The Plan to ‘Moderate’ Hamas, Control Gaza

When Israel imposed a siege on Gaza following Hamas’ election victory in 2006, it mattered little that Egypt and Gaza had a shared border. …

The Second Anniversary of Tahrir Square Rising

The Second Anniversary of Tahrir Square Rising

The rising in Tahrir Square two years ago electrified the world and achieved the impossible: forcing the departure of Hosni Mubarak, the harsh and corrupt dictator of Egypt for the…

Egypt: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

I have had the opportunity to be in Cairo three times for brief visits in the last 20 months, the first a few weeks after the departure of Hosni Mubarak…

Another Gaza War

It is important to dismiss some fallacies surrounding the recent Gaza war.…

The Gaza Ceasefire: An Early Assessment

The Gaza Ceasefire, unlike a similar ceasefire achieved after Operation Cast Lead four years ago, is an event that has a likely significance far beyond ending the violence after eight…

Reality Check: Muslim Protests Have Nothing To Do With A Youtube Video?

Ben Swann Reality Check takes a look at the U.N. call for banning blasphemy and whether it is based on a false narrative.…

What’s Behind the “Innocence of Muslims”?

What motivated an Egyptian-born Coptic Christian, “Sam Bacile,” (real name Nakoula Basseley Nakoula) to make a film that was guaranteed to inflame Muslims across the world?…

Flames & Fury: Anti-US rage sweeps Muslim world ‘like wildfire’

Furious crowds attacking American embassies across the Islamic world are refusing to scale down the protests, which continue to claim lives. In Egypt, demonstrators angry over a U.S.-made film mocking…

‘Embassy attacks a policy wake-up call for US elite’

Investigative journalist Gareth Porter talks to RT. He says the series of attacks on US embassies across Arab world should be a wake-up call -- a red light flashing -…

Escobar: US could drone Libya to death

Washington's hopes of dealing with the situation caused by a controversial film that's sparked outrage in Muslim world are paralyzed by the looming presidential election, Pepe Escobar, Asia Times correspondent,…

The Media Narrative on Morsi and How the U.S. Promotes Democracy in Egypt

The Media Narrative on Morsi and How the U.S. Promotes Democracy in Egypt

The emerging media narrative is that the power of the civilian government in Egypt must be “balanced” or “moderated” by the power of the military establishment long supported by Washington.…

The Ignorant American: Matt Johnson on Ron Paul and U.S. Foreign Policy

The Ignorant American: Matt Johnson on Ron Paul and U.S. Foreign Policy

Matt Johnson continues to make clear that Ron Paul’s true sin is that he isn’t an obedient practitioner of the state religion across a broad range of foreign policy issues.…

Shifting Truths in Sinai: Who Stands to Gain from the Carnage?

Before embarking on a wild goose chase in Sinai, urgent questions must be asked and answered. …

The Way It ‘Spozed to Be: the Sanitized Version of U.S. History

The Way It ‘Spozed to Be: the Sanitized Version of U.S. History

If one wishes to have the sanitized version, this is the work for you. Otherwise, this work adds nothing to a critical examination of U.S. foreign policy, or defense policy.…

Time to Talk Camp David: Will New Egypt Meet Old Expectations?

Time to Talk Camp David: Will New Egypt Meet Old Expectations?

Israel is interested in maintaining the status quo with Egypt, which would help it to carry on with its colonial military schemes in Palestine and its aggressive policies in Lebanon…

A Post ‘Arab Spring’ Palestine

A Post ‘Arab Spring’ Palestine

Palestinians simply want real solidarity. They want to see Palestinian communities treated with respect and a complete end to Arab normalization with Israel.…

Off the Agenda: The Unresolved Question of Egypt’s Economy

A new Egypt demands a new constitution and president. Many pressing questions also need to be addressed, including the religious-secular divide, the value of Sharia in the making of law,…

What Is Going on in the Middle East? A Pragmatic Point of View

What Is Going on in the Middle East? A Pragmatic Point of View

What consequences may sociopolitical explosions in North Africa and the Middle East have in regional and global terms?…

Egypt’s election results: Palestinian Victory and Zionist Defeat?

The official results of the first round of the historic Egyptian presidential elections, the first ever in Mother Egypt where the results were not known in advance, present an encouraging…

Redefining the ‘Arab Spring’: Is Chaos Overtaking Revolution?

Redefining the ‘Arab Spring’: Is Chaos Overtaking Revolution?

The problem is that every day is churning out new events which cannot fit into a simplified concept like the ‘Arab Spring’.…

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