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Jeffrey Goldberg: The Movie
Here is the video version of Jeffrey Goldberg’s punditry on the Middle East. End/ (Not Continued)
Panetta: Al-Qaeda Effectively Disrupted; Yemeni Killed in Drone Strike; Nearly 6,000 Pakistanis Killed in Terrorist Incidents since 9/11
CIA director Leon Panetta said Wednesday that US strikes against targets in northern Pakistan have left al-Qaeda in disarray and without the command and control […]
French Television Demonstrates Cheney Effect
AP reports on a French reality show where contestants proved willing to administer torture-level shocks to human beings, replicating the findings of the classic Milgram […]
Lord Curzon on Palestine as a Class A Mandate: League of Nations said ‘Homeland for Jews’ not a Legal Claim on Territory
I posted Tuesday on the legal implications of the League of Nations’ recognition of Palestine as a “Class A” Mandate, i.e. a former Ottoman territory […]
100 Wounded as Israelis Crack Down on Palestinian Protests in Jerusalem
Palestinian protesters in East Jerusalem were repressed by Israeli security forces on Tuesday, leaving over 100 persons wounded. Recent Israeli moves to claim sites in […]
Cpl. Jeffrey Goldberg, Guarding the Prison of the Nationalist Mind
As a Middle East expert who lived in the Muslim world for nearly 10 years, travels widely there, speaks the languages, writes history from archives […]
The Map: The Story of Palestinian Nationhood Thwarted After the League of Nations Recognized It
On March 10, I posted on the humiliation heaped on Vice President Joe Biden by the Israeli government of far-right Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu. Biden […]
Jacoby: US Withdrawal on Schedule; Al-Maliki’s party has strong showing in Basra; Al-Maliki said Convinced he can retain Prime Ministership
Al-Hayat [Life] is reporting in Arabic that Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby now says that the US military withdrawal from Iraq is on schedule and that […]
35 Killed, 56 Wounded in Qandahar Bombings
The Old Taliban of Mullah Omar hit Qandahar late Saturday with the largest coordinated bombing campaign since 2001, killing at least 35 persons and wounding […]