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Middle East and North Africa Protest Tracker #3

As folks know, pro-democracy protests are breaking out across the Middle East and North Africa.  There are so many different countries and changing situations that it is very difficult to understand...

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Adalah:  Israel in a changing Middle East

About the series: Adalah ("justice" in Arabic) is a diary series about the Middle East, with special (but not exclusive) emphasis on the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors of this series believe in...

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Who's next: Middle East and North Africa Protest Tracker

As folks know, pro-democracy protests are breaking out across the Middle East and North Africa.  There are so many different countries and changing situations that it is very difficult to understand...

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News Clips from a Turbulent Middle East

Some of today's news clips from the Middle East. Major stories to watch: Massive and violent protests are shaking the governments of Yemen and Bahrain. Algeria as well is shaky. Major protests are...

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Middle East News Clips

Some of today's news clips from the Middle East. Major protests in Bahrain, where protesters continue to hold Pearl Square in spite of violent police repression that has already left at least two...

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Protests in Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, and Djibouti

A quick news roundup from the Middle East.

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The Obama Doctrine v. the AIPAC Doctrine

The AIPAC Doctrine trumped the Obama Doctrine today, and the US is the loser in the exchange.  

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Middle East Liveblog #116: Libyan regime comes apart

After a week of major protests and violent repression, in which hundreds have been killed, the Libyan regime appears to be coming apart at the seams.

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Middle East Liveblog #121: protest news roundup

Some of today's news clippings from across the Middle East.  Major protests continuing in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen.  Other news in Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Iraq, and others. This diary is now...

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Libya News Clips - Many reports, little clarity

Some news clips from Libya are summarized below.  The news is that there is frankly little clear news.  More and more reports filter in of regime figures leaving and towns falling to the protesters,...

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Adalah: Middle East Daily News Clips

Another day of protests across the Middle East.  The Libyan regime continues its slow but brutal dissolution.  Major protests in Palestine.  Bahraini protests expand.  Yemeni protest continue in the...

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Middle East daily news clips

Bloody fighting continues in Libya with neither side gaining the edge.  Major protests in Iraq, Bahrain, and Yemen.  Protests begin to break out in Saudi Arabia.  Protests in Israel and Palestine by...

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Palestinians under fire: 13 wounded by settlers and soldiers

Israeli settlers, protected by Israeli soldiers, have mounted at least two bloody attacks today against Palestinian civilians, injuring at least 13.

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Palestinians rally for unity, Israeli paramilitaries attack across the West Bank

At least 20,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza protested today for an end to violent split between Fatah and Hamas that has greatly weakened the Palestinian people.  Meanwhile, Israeli...

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Yemen leader seizes emergency powers

As his government collapses, President Saleh of Yemen takes "emergency powers": A legislature full of his supporters granted President Ali Abdullah Saleh's request for a 30-day state of emergency,...

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Right wing incitement gets people killled

Inevitably, right-wing anti-Muslim bias triggers violence.

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The ground shifts again: Hamas and Fatah sign reconciliation deal

In an unexpected move, Fatah and Hamas, the two factions each ruling half of Palestine, has signed a deal to create a unity government.

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The Collapse of Israel’s Strategic Position

I have long argued that Israel’s strategic position in the Middle East is fundamentally untenable.  Its national policy of maintaining a tiny empire in Palestine evoked hostility among the populace in...

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Bibi at Eurodisney

Bibi Netanyahu, PM of Israel, is finishing up his tour of Europe to rally support against a Palestinian unity government (there is nothing more hateful than Palestinians who don’t fight each other)...

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Pre-Nakba Day protests in Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel

May 15 is the day when Palestinians commemorate the Nakba, or Catastrophe, when 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes.  They and their descendants, now numbering over 4 million, remain...

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