January 26th

Good News From the Middle East (Really) In Print by Hussein Ibish - The New York Times (Editorial) - January 25, 2011 - 1:00am IT has lately become the accepted wisdom that the Middle East peace process is dead, finished, kaput. This belief has been reinforced by Al Jazeera’s release this week of some 1,600 documents that are said to describe the inside workings of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in 2008. » Read more

January 10th

Honesty and hypocrisy in facing terrorism In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post (Blog) - January 3, 2011 - 1:00am The murderous bomb attacks against Christian communities in Egypt and Iraq have been roundly condemned by most political and religious leaders, commentators and public opinion in the Arab world. They have also been met with an outpouring of passionate condemnation by ordinary people who have taken to the streets to express anger and demand justice. People have sensed the danger to their whole society inherent in such atrocities. » Read more