Clearly the Only Language the Palestinians Know is Violence

Oh, but wait: The Palestinian Authority has ordered its security forces to prevent demonstrations planned for September from escalating into violent confrontations with Israel, especially in potential friction points like the roadblocks and settlements. Senior Palestinian Authority figures issued the orders to the Palestinian security forces in recent weeks out of concern that there may […]

The Role of Saudi Arabia in Bahrain’s Brutal Crackdown

While the Obama administration has been busy telling us that the difference between Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Iran, Tunisia and Egypt is “a one-size fit all approach doesn’t work” in the Middle East, the glaring inconsistency has been duly noted in the Arab world. Most pragmatists realize that there are differences between different Middle Eastern countries […]

US Media Buys Into Israeli Spin About Events of Naksa Day

Check out Alex Kane’s post about how the U.S. mainstream media basically co-opted the Israeli government’s spin on how Syria alone was responsible for the deaths of unarmed protesters and refugees at Israel’s illegal occupation border in the Golan. The U.S. government and MSM are doing everything they can to deny Palestinians the right to […]

Is Israel Rethinking Its Quiet Support of the Assad Regime in Syria?

As the media continues to cover the atrocities in Syria, nowhere in the conversation will you hear an honest discussion of why the U.S. continues to tolerate the bloodbath despite our rather quick military intervention in Libya on humanitarian grounds. I don’t believe in dumbing-down the discussion and claiming that the U.S. should or would […]

Amina, Gay Girl in Damascus is a Hoax *updated*

note: updated below Whoever perpetrated this fraud should be ashamed but somehow, I doubt they are not. For the past two weeks glbt activists, pro-democracy activists, Syrian/Egyptian/etc. human rights activists and the rest of us have been tweeting about the fate of Amina, believing that she had been dragged from her home by the Syrian […]