Iraqi artist depicts life under ISIL
Source: Aljazeera Mostafa Taei’s paintings became a record of gruesome atrocities: beheadings, injured children and hangings. When ISIL captured his town, Taei hid his artworks but continued to paint in […]
Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack
Source: BBC Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others, officials say. The bus was travelling to the […]
Jerusalem Day Celebration Underscores Israeli-Palestinian Divide
Source: The New York Times By IAN FISHER From left, Zion Karasenti, Yitzhak Yifat and Chaim Oshri as Israeli paratroopers at the Western Wall in 1967, left, and earlier this […]
MAHMOUD ABBAS, DONALD TRUMP, AND THE POLITICS OF PEACE
Source: The New Yorker By Bernard Avishai Donald Trump met Mahmoud Abbas, in Bethlehem today, a twofer for a President intent, as the national-security adviser, H. R. McMaster, put it […]
Trump Changed His Tone on Islam—Will He Change Strategy?
Source: The Atlantic BY MICHAEL LEITER To say that candidate Donald Trump adopted a sharply critical and un-nuanced tone on Islam would be the grossest of understatements. Campaigner-in-Chief Trump proclaimed the […]
Trump administration wavers on location of Western Wall
Source: Associated Press By VIVIAN SALAMA and JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — As President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the hallowed Western Wall on Monday, […]
In Israel, Trump urges new Middle East harmony but faces old suspicions
Source: The Washington Post By Karen DeYoung, Philip Rucker and William Booth May 22 JERUSALEM — President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sketched the broad outlines of a […]
Donald Trump is approaching peace between Israelis and Palestinians like a business deal – and it isn’t working
His brash language is toned down, and the rictus grin of the shiny reality TV star replaced with a sort of cock-eyed mask of sympathy. But the tactics he’s using […]
In the Middle East, Trump Turns Back the Clock
Source: Stratfor After four months in office, U.S. President Donald Trump is beginning to hone his policy on the Middle East. As the weeks have worn on, his priorities for the region have started to emerge, and for the most part they seem to be focused on matters of security. […]
Donald Trump is trying to stick to the script – but he’s about to really mess up in the Middle East
There he was talking of the ‘ultimate deal’ between Israel and the Palestinians – as if peace was just a commodity to be bought or sold Robert Fisk @indyvoices 9 hours […]
Trump tells Israel Iran will never have nuclear weapons
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has told Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Iran will never have nuclear weapons. He suggested the Iranians thought they could “do what they […]
Turkey crowd taunts coup suspects at mass trial near Ankara
Source: BBC Turkey has marched dozens of coup suspects past a hostile crowd at the start of their trial near Ankara. Most of the 221 suspects are high-ranking military officers, […]
Trump urges Muslim leaders to lead fight against radicalisation
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has urged Muslim countries to take the lead in combating radicalisation in a major speech in Saudi Arabia. “Drive them out of this earth,” […]
U.S. and Saudi Arabia Impose Terror Sanctions on Hezbollah Leader Hashem Safieddine
Source: Time (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration imposed its first terrorism sanctions jointly with Saudi Arabia on Friday as President Donald Trump travels to the kingdom on his first overseas […]
Melania and Ivanka Trump’s Outfits in Saudi Arabia Contradict President Trump’s Old Tweet
Source: Time BY Aric Jenkins The women who accompanied President Trump on his trip to Saudi Arabia appeared to insult the host country — according to one of Trump’s old tweets. […]
Trump in Saudi Arabia: First foreign trip starts as home troubles mount
Source: BBC The US has signed its largest ever arms deal with Saudi Arabia as US President Donald Trump’s first foreign trip begins in Riyadh. Mr Trump and his wife […]
Iran election: Hassan Rouhani says voters rejected extremism
Source: BBC Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his re-election shows voters reject extremism and want more links with the outside world. After avoiding a run-off with a 57% […]
Violent Attacks on Health Care Facilities Increased in 2016, Report Finds
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. In a 48-hour period in November, warplanes bombed five hospitals in Syria, leaving Aleppo’s rebel-controlled section without a functioning […]
Nakba, Abbas, Trump and the region
May 17,2017 -JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen While the 69th anniversary of Israel’s conquest of 78 per cent of Palestine was marked on May 15 by sporadic clashes in the West […]
Middle East fantasies and failures
May 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri My last week in the United States following the run-up to US President Donald Trump’s visit later this week to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican has only confirmed that the erratic, impulsive nature of Trump’s domestic policymaking also seems to apply […]