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By Emily L. Hauser, on June 18th, 2013 Israel’s discrimination against its Palestinian citizens harms not just them, but also the Israeli economy, argues Emily Hauser.
Continue reading Discriminating Against Arabs Costs Israel Billions
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani said he will make the country’s nuclear programme more transparent as he seeks to ease tension with the US and reduce “brutal” sanctions that have crippled the economy. He ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN sanctions but said he hoped an early deal could be reached to allay the fears of major powers. The moderate cleric, who won outright victory in Friday’s presidential election on the hopes of millions for an end to the economic hardship caused by Western sanctions, pledged greater transparency in the talks. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 Zack Parker used to be a Kahanist who spat on Arab boys. Now he’s part of pro-peace J Street. Here’s how he went from one movement to the other.
Continue reading My Former Life As a Kahanist Posterboy
By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Pentagon confirmed on Saturday that F-16 fighter jets and Patriot missile interceptors will remain in Jordan after the end of a joint military exercise this month. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading US says fighter jets, missiles will stay in Jordan after joint exercises
By Lisa Goldman, on June 14th, 2013 Lisa Goldman and Mairav Zonszein on an Israeli writers’ justification for segregating Arabs and Jews at an Israeli amusement park.
Continue reading Justifying Segregation in the New York Times?
By Emily L. Hauser, on June 14th, 2013 Emily L. Hauser on how Israel’s elite haven’t prepared the population for peace.
Continue reading Israel and The Arab Peace Initiative: Top-down Ignorance
By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama has authorised sending US weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, a US official said on Thursday after the White House said it has proof that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against opposition forces fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading US to increase military support to Syria rebels
By , on June 13th, 2013 
Thousands of children have been killed in unrest in Syria since March 2011, according to a new UN report on children and armed conflict.
Continue reading UN condemns Syria children killings
By , on June 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that scaled one wall, like handouts for a class. Except that the students in this case were al-Qaeda fighters in Mali. And the manual was a detailed guide, with diagrams and photographs, on how to use a weapon that worries anti-terror agencies worldwide: a surface-to-air missile capable of downing a commercial airplane. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Papers found in Timbuktu suggest al-Qaeda has ground-to-air missiles
By , on June 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An Indonesian woman has died in a fire lit by angry workers outside her country’s consulate in western Saudi Arabia, where thousands converged seeking to resolve their immigration status, a consular source said. Some 8,000 Indonesians had gathered outside the consulate in Jeddah on Sunday trying to sort out their papers as illegal foreign workers in the kingdom face a deadline to regularise their position or leave. “Some of them lit a fire near the walls of the consulate seeking to enter by force, leading to the death of a woman,” the source said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Woman dies in fire outside Indonesian consulate in Jeddah
By , on June 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Militants attacked NATO supply trucks in northwest Pakistan with guns and mortars on Monday, setting vehicles ablaze and killing at least six people, officials said. The attack took place in Khyber district, one of seven tribal areas on the Afghan border that are a haven for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked insurgents. Up to 20 armed militants targeted at least three Afghanistan-bound vehicles loaded with military equipment, said senior administration official Jehangir Azam. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Six killed in militant attack on NATO convoy in Pakistan
By By BEN HUBBARD, on June 8th, 2013 As part of a broader trend in the region, the United Arab Emirates has moved aggressively to shut down a group that sought political change and a more Islamic government.
Continue reading Emirates Balk at Activism in Region Hit by Uprisings
By , on June 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Award-winning photographer Gail Turner believes pets are an extension of their families. They share many years with them, offer companionship and at times a friendly ear. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Hongkongers now including pets in their family portraits
By Scott BrownJesse Green, on June 7th, 2013 
Every Tony season it’s a perennial temptation to frame the race as an apocalyptic battle for the soul of a perpetually embattled art form. Which is exactly what our theater critics (who’ll also co-live-blog CBS’s Tonycast at 8 p.m. EST this Sunday here at Vulture) are prepared to do again … More »
Continue reading Our Critics on the Tonys’ Eight Most Telling Races
By , on June 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s First Lady has delighted Mexico by appearing at a children’s hospital and a production site for the country’s popular television dramas - of which she is reportedly an ardent fan. Mexican media has already called her “China’s Michelle Obama” and the “mother and general of all of China” prior to her appearances on Wednesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Peng Liyuan charms Mexico with her fondness for local soap operas
By Elisheva Goldberg, on June 5th, 2013 Elisheva Goldberg explains why, despite a credulous Reuters headline, we shouldn’t believe that Netanyahu is actually ready to consider the Arab Peace Initiative.
Continue reading Why Bibi Won’t Really ‘Give Peace A Chance’
By Orly Halpern, on June 5th, 2013 Orly Halpern rounds up the news from Israel.
Continue reading Arab-Israelis Denied Nightclub Entrance
By , on June 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Syria’s army has overrun the strategic town of Qusayr, state media said on Wednesday, after a blistering offensive spearheaded by thousands of fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement. Such a major battlefield success for President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, if confirmed, would come as officials from Russia, the US and the UN gathered in Geneva to work on a peace conference amid fresh allegations that the Damascus regime has used chemical weapons. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Syrian army in full control of Qusayr region, says state TV
By , on June 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Twelve Russians go on trial in Moscow on Thursday accused of crowd violence at a mass protest against President Vladimir Putin last year in what critics say is a political show trial aimed at destroying the nascent opposition movement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Russia braces for trial of violent anti-Putin protesters
By Orly Halpern, on June 4th, 2013 "I have no anger or resentment towards Superland, it is a symbol of what is happening in the country." –Jalal Toche, Arab school principal from Jaffa, who revealed the segregation of Jewish and Arab youth at Superland amusement park.
Continue reading Arab Taxi Driver Attacked By Jewish Teens
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Iran’s Hassan Rowhani vows nuclear transparency to ease tension with US
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani said he will make the country’s nuclear programme more transparent as he seeks to ease tension with the US and reduce “brutal” sanctions that have crippled the economy. He ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN sanctions but said he hoped an early deal could be reached to allay the fears of major powers. The moderate cleric, who won outright victory in Friday’s presidential election on the hopes of millions for an end to the economic hardship caused by Western sanctions, pledged greater transparency in the talks. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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