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Why Saudi-Israel ‘peace’ will cement a violent future
Far from resolving conflicts, Saudi-Israel normalization will serve as a pillar of a repressive architecture that brings no justice for Palestinians or Arab peoples.
By
Dana El Kurd
August 8, 2023
The dwindling promise of popular uprisings in the Middle East
From Iran to Palestine, protest movements are fighting regimes that have grown stronger and smarter since the Arab Spring. Can this time be different?
By
Tariq Kenney-Shawa
November 16, 2022
Palestinians are a side note in the UAE-Israel political charade
With Arab regimes seeing Israel as an ally in their power struggles, Palestinians should counter normalization by finally cutting the cord on the Oslo process.
By
Dana El Kurd
August 27, 2020
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Between democracy and ISIS: Five years since the Arab Spring
Five years after they toppled the tyrants of the Arab world, the youth of the revolutions find themselves caught between the hammer of unemployment and the anvil of ISIS.
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Houda Mzioudet
February 16, 2016
Five years on: Why the Arab Spring is here to stay — and win
Despite highly destructive counter-revolutionary forces like a-Sisi in Egypt and ISIL in Iraq and Syria, there are grassroots movements across the region demanding governments that serve the people — all of the people. By Yoav Haifawi* On Friday, August 28, 2015, demonstrators in southern and central Iraq (those parts of the country not under “Islamic…
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September 16, 2015
Syria: The moral imperative to act
Some left-wing writers and spokespeople look to Syria and see Vietnam. They are terribly wrong. The moral and historic duty of any progressive person is to stand by the Syrian people’s struggle for freedom and help them topple the genocidal Assad regime. By Assaf Adiv (translated from Hebrew by Ann Lavi) The U.S.-Russian Geneva agreement on…
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September 21, 2013
The Cairo massacre and winner-takes-all politics
In one of the more insightful comments on the Egyptian military coup, The New Yorker’s George Packer wrote back in July on the political culture of “winner takes all” that dominates the country in the post-Mubarak era. Islamists and secular-minded Egyptians regard one another as obstacles to power, not as legitimate players in a complex…
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Noam Sheizaf
August 14, 2013
Between admiration and cynicism: Mixed opinions of the Egyptian revolution in Israel
While many Israeli media reports praise the crowds who led (to) the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi, conservative writers continue to view the Arab Spring with skepticism | The common view is that the regional turmoil relieves some of the pressure on Israel over the Palestinian issue. In the morning following the overthrow of Egypt’s Mohammed…
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Noam Sheizaf
July 4, 2013
‘In this room there is no Islam’: The Shah’s ‘special relationship’ with Iran’s Israeli community
A new documentary tells about the lives the Israeli community living in Iran during the 1960s and 1970s. But will the film be enough to challenge the dominant Israeli narrative regarding the root of animosity between the two countries? By Lior Sternfeld / Haokets It seems that the mechanisms of remembrance and forgetfulness worked perfectly in shaping…
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Haokets
June 8, 2013
Honoring my friend: A tortured Bahraini journalist taking on the courts
A female Bahraini officer has been acquitted by a court in Manama on charges of torturing a local journalist working for a French TV and radio station. As the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) notes, reporter Nazeeha Saeed claimed: …during her 13-hour detention, al-Moussa and the other officers blindfolded her, beat her repeatedly with a…
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Roee Ruttenberg
October 25, 2012
WATCH: Ukrainian Summer harvest, Arab Spring unrest
The Ukrainian government has warned that wheat growers might not be able to meet quotas for international contracts, sparking speculation over the prices of corn, a frequent substitute. KIEV, UKRAINE – The shortage has been blamed on dry weather in Southern Ukraine during the months of June and July, right before the start of harvesting season.…
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Roee Ruttenberg
October 24, 2012
Letter from Jerash, Jordan: A visit to the Gaza Refugee Camp
The writer shares snippets of life from the Palestinians living in the refugee camp in Jordan – from the longing for a home unknown, to reservations about the ‘Arab Spring’ reaching them. Dispatch from Jerash. By Munir Atalla Last month I worked at the Gaza Refugee Camp in Jerash, Jordan. The camp is home to about…
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July 16, 2012
‘100 Days in Syria’: An eyewitness account of a country imploding
By Yacov Ben Efrat In seeking the “truth” about Syria, I came across a book by Lebanese reporter Ghadi Francis, “My pen and pain: One hundred days in Syria” (Beirut: Saqi Books 2012), in Arabic. I did not find the “truth” but I did find many things which explain the outbreak of revolution in Syria, and especially its…
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June 21, 2012
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