Hamas arrests by Israeli security forces would seem to indicate a severe setback for Hamas’s influence in the Occupied Territories.
100 Members of Hamas Arrested Just Before UN Vote for Palestinian Statehood
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Middle East & North Africa
Saudis: “We’re Killing Too Many Civilians in Yemen? Then Give Us Drones”
The Islamist specter in Yemen is driving cooperation between the U.S. and the Saudi government with its questionable human rights record.
To Whatever Extent Libya Is a Victory, It’s a Defeat for Nuclear Nonproliferation
States that may be developing nuclear weapons as well as those that aspire to may draw the wrong conclusions from the U.S.-NATO Libya campaign.
Christian and Muslim Extremists: Power-Mad Brothers Under the Skin
About the only difference between the Islamist far-right and the Christian (and Jewish) far-right is the tone.
Libyan Rebel Forces Continue to Detain Sub-Saharans and Black Libyans
NATO allies working to outmaneuver one another to secure oil contracts in Libya have overshadowed their “responsibility to protect.”
Western Multinationals Enabled Qaddafi’s Suppression of Libyans
Multinationals and their products have been involved in suppressing the Arab Spring and have made hefty profits from providing surveillance capacity, security contracting and arms sales to repressive regimes.
“War Follows Child Abuse as Night Day”
Contrary to what international relations types may think, leaders seldom do a rigorous cost-benefit analysis of the results before waging war.
The Upcoming Palestinian Uprising
If conditions do not change quickly by the time of the U.S.-promised veto of Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly on September 20, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict could explode into a new uprising with hundreds of deaths. The recent attack of Palestinian extremists on a bus in the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat and the eager over-reaction of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu is a harbinger of what is to come.
Libya Must Shape its Own Future
After 42 years of Muammar el-Qaddafi, it is now long overdue for the Libyan people to determine their own destiny.
Robbing Peter to Pay Israel
Nearly 20 percent of the constituents of Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) live under the poverty line, and nearly 15 percent are unemployed. During this August congressional recess, Rep. Jackson, Jr. should be at home, meeting with constituents and proposing to them how he will help them cope with their difficult circumstances. Instead, the politician is proudly gallivanting around Israel, in one of three separate congressional delegations heading there this month on all-expense-paid junkets organized by the American Israel Education Foundation.