The demonstrators in Algeria have been modest in number, but they are the first signs of deep unrest in a major oil- and natural gas-producing country in the region.
Where the Demonstrators Wave Black Flags: Algeria, Part 1
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Human Rights
Washington Draws a Line in the Sand on Settlements — With Palestine
The United States is applying pressure regarding the settlements — not on Israel, but on Palestine to withdraw the Security Council resolution calling them illegal.
Is There Any Upside to Middle-East Protests for al-Qaeda?
Is the conventional thinking which holds that al-Qaeda has been marginalized by the Middle-East protests mistaken?
Interview with Phyllis Bennis
In our special focus on Islamophobia, FPIF talks with Phyllis Bennis: activist, analyst, and writer on Middle East and UN issues for many years.
New U.S. Rebuke of Settlements a Product of Egypt Protests?
The U.S. is supporting a U.N. Security Council statement condemning Israeli settlements.
Last Thing Washington Needs Is to Share Blame if Egypt Becomes Another Pakistan
Washington’s optimal position may be as a concerned bystander to developments in post-revolutionary Egypt.
What Would End-Timers Do Without the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation?
Nuclear war makes Armageddon even more dramatic than, say, an asteroid colliding with the earth.
Washington Voices Impatience with Regime
Amid the continuing stand-off between protestors and the Egyptian government, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama appeared Wednesday to be losing patience with both President Hosni Mubarak and his new vice president, Gen. Omar Suleiman.
A Middle East Deja Vu
Hundreds of thousands of protestors took to the streets, fueled by poverty, hunger, and anger at their repressive government. Egypt? No, Iran, 1951, before the election of Prime Minister Mossadeq.
Revolution is an Export Tunisia Can Be Proud of
“Tunisia is known for exporting olive oil and deglet nour dates but is pleased to add revolution as one of its principal items of export.” Revolution will be Tunisia’s only around-the-clock and never-out-of-stock, free-of-charge export item. It is its only Marshall Plan for fostering homegrown democracy across the Arab world. Let it be so.