Full text of Obama’s speech to students in Jerusalem
“So long as there is a United States of America, ah-tem lo lah-vahd” Haaretz: The full text of U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to Israeli students in Jerusalem on March […]
Damascus mosque blast kills 42 including senior Syrian imam
Mar 21, 2013 – 22:17 REUTERS / SWISSINFO.CH BEIRUT (Reuters) – An explosion at a mosque in the Syrian capital on Thursday killed at least 42 people, including a senior […]
Documentary Exposes US Role in Iraq Sectarian Conflict
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay. Maggie O’Kane, Executive Producer, tells the story revealed by the Guardian documentary about the role of Col. James Steele in supporting torture, death squads and brutal sectarian conflict during the height of the Iraq war. Steel’s […]
An open letter to President Obama
By ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ The writer is a prominent professor of law at Harvard University and a well-known advocate for Israel. The Jerusalem Post: Israelis desperately want peace, normalization and […]
Haaretz analysts and contributors round up Obama’s first presidential visit to Israel
Haaretz: Chemi Shalev believes Obama may be more effective than thought in rekindling the peace process, Aluf Benn considers how as Israeli dependence on the U.S. will rise as it […]
Obama: It is not just when settler violence against Palestinians goes unpunished
The Times of Israel: The US president is delivering the main address of his Israel visit, to students in Jerusalem, before a state dinner at the President’s Residence. Earlier, in […]
The photos Saudi Arabia doesn’t want seen – and proof Islam’s most holy relics are being demolished in Mecca
The Independent: The authorities in Saudi Arabia have begun dismantling some of the oldest sections of Islam’s most important mosque as part of a highly controversial multi-billion pound expansion. Photographs obtained by The Independent reveal how workers with drills and mechanical diggers have started demolishing some Ottoman and Abbasid sections […]
World Focus: The eyes of the world are trained on Israel. But will there be anything to see?
by Robert Fisk, The Independent So will it be tragedy, farce or tourism? Obama’s a tourist, so says the Davy Crockett of the American journalistic frontier and philosopher king of The New York Times (aka T Friedman, Esq), but he’s wrong. The winner of the Nobel Prize for Public Speech-making […]
Letters: An appeal to Indonesian Muslims
Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 will be noted as a sad day in the history of Indonesia. On that day, a group of people on their way home from attending an Islamic New Year parade attacked the Santo Albertus church under construction in Bekasi. Fortunately, no one was injured in the […]
Al-Assaf: Fitch move boosts Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s global standing
Jeddah: ARAB NEWS Thursday 21 March 2013 Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf said that yesterday’s positive rating announced by Fitch Ratings, an international agency, would enhance confidence in the strength of Saudi economy and its continued growth. His remarks came after Fitch Ratings affirmed Saudi Arabia’s Long-Term foreign and local currency […]
Amid civil war, Syrian port prospers under Assad’s protection
Source: JORDAN TIMES TARTOUS — This once sleepy Syrian port now buzzes with shoppers milling about crowded marketplaces. Lines of cars wait patiently at traffic lights — a rare mark […]
The full text of Barack Obama’s arrival speech in Israel
‘We stand together because peace must come to the Holy Land’: ‘I see this visit as an opportunity to reaffirm the unbreakable bonds between our nations, to restate America’s unwavering […]
Opinion: ‘Assad Must Go’ Is the Wrong Solution
By Susanne Koelbl DER SPIEGEL The West insists that for any negotiations on an end to the Syrian civil war to happen, President Bashar Assad must first step down. The […]
Iraq’s Model City: Kirkuk Thrives in Sea of Corruption and Violence
It promises to be a quiet day. Only one guard is posted on the front line in the clay hills 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq. […]
Jordan’s King Finds Fault With Everyone Concerned
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: March 18, 2013 CAIRO — King Abdullah II of Jordan leads one of the smallest, poorest and most vulnerable Arab nations. […]
Rebels pick US citizen as Syrian prime minister
By BEN HUBBARD | Associated Press YAHOO NEWS ..ISTANBUL (AP) — The man chosen to head the Syrian opposition’s new interim government is a Syrian-born American citizen who has spent […]
‘Red-Dead project should be implemented away from politics’
by Gaelle Sundelin | Mar 18, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — With no funding secured yet for the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project, the scheme needs the cooperation […]
KSA goes tough on illegals
Saudi Arabia has announced new measures at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Crown Prince Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense. The Council of Ministers yesterday adopted a series of decisions to drive out illegal foreign workers who violate the Kingdom’s residency and labor regulations. The move also targets […]
Tenth Anniversary of Iraq Invasion: Lessons & Warnings for an Illegal War on Iran
by Muhammad Sahimi, March 18, 2013 March 19 is the tenth anniversary of invasion of Iraq by the United States, Britain and their allies. George W. Bush declared that the goals of the invasion were “to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, […]
Jordan downplays tensions with Damascus
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times AMMAN — Jordan downplayed reports of rising tensions with Damascus on Sunday, refuting accusations by Syrian officials of Jordanian support for rebel forces. Minister of […]