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Hot Jobs Segments in Middle East
March 10, 2011Middle east is generally located at the border of western Asia and north Africa. Christianity, Judaism, Baha’i Faith and Islam are some of the religions that were originated from middle east. This region of middle east are always on the top of world affairs since ancient time. Here you will find numbers of leading companies [...]
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When Arabs Are More Bibi Than Bibi Himself
December 6, 2010Raymond Bonner, writing for The Atlantic.com, on the sea-change that might be coming, thanks to the Wikileaks revelations:Sure, we knew that Middle East governments were concerned about Iran. But we didn’t know to what degree. The cumulative impact of these cables is profound. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the largest, wealthiest, and among the most [...]
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Advice to Bibi on Settlements: A Dissent
September 29, 2010This from Robert Satloff, the high priest of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy:Goldblog’s usual diplomatic prescience notwithstanding, I have to disagree with your advice to Bibi Netanyahu. There may very well come at time when, for the attraction of a real, lasting and secure peace agreement, Bibi would be wise to break apart [...]
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Video proves: Israeli guard lied about shooting that led to East Jerusalem riots
September 28, 2010New evidence embarrasses Jerusalem’s police, already under fire for having a heavy pro-settler bias New video, aired on Israeli channel 2, might indicate that the version of the Israeli security guard for the killing which led to Silwan (East Jerusalem) riots last weekend was false. The protest in East Jerusalem lasted three days and resulted [...]
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Not Since Rome Ruled Have They Destroyed Sukkah in Jerusalem; Palestinian Baby Suffocates on Tear Gas
September 25, 2010UPDATE: Maan reports (and 972 live-blogs the riots–can you even do such a thing?) that in ongoing clashes throughout East Jerusalem between Palestinian residents and 3,000 Israel police, a 14 month-old baby was smothered by tear gas shot into its home. Israel’s police PR flack had the chutzpah to say the following: Israeli police spokesman [...]
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Meet the Press + Goldblog = Sunday Morning Fun
August 22, 2010I’ll be on Meet the Press tomorrow morning, talking about the mosque controversy, Iran, renewed Middle East peace talks, and other worthy matters with a group of very worthy worthies. Please tune in. Iran – Middle East – Mosque – United States – Warfare and Conflict
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My Favorite Bit From Tom Friedman's Most Recent Column
August 11, 2010This is the last graf (and a short note that followed) of Tom Friedman’s column decrying efforts to delegitimize Israel:How about everybody take a deep breath, pop a copy of “Precious Life” into your DVD players, watch this documentary about the real Middle East, and if you still want to be a critic (as I [...]
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Sacked IDF Torturer to Direct Police Relations With East Jerusalem Arabs
July 28, 2010If anyone ever wants to know why relations between Israel and the Arabs are so incredibly messed up, you have but to examine the story I’m about to tell. It will show you that Israel’s police, military and political leader are clueless when it comes to really understanding their Arab neighbors. In fact, one could [...]
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Michael Totten Provides Pre-War Coverage of the Middle East
July 20, 2010Making predictions is a mug’s game in the Middle East (where no one agrees on the past, much less the future), as Totten himself points out, but I’m pretty sure I’m with him on this one:At the end of this week I’m heading back to the Middle East, this time to bring you pre-war coverage [...]
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When Geniuses Talk About the Middle East
June 12, 2010If you need your stomach churned (for some reason), listen to this. (h/t Goldblog reader Navid Kanani) Middle East – Warfare and Conflict – Israel – Business and Economy – Jews
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Michael Oren on America's Indispensable Ally
June 10, 2010Lee Smith’s Tablet column this week focuses on Michael Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., who argues interestingly that Turkey’s seeming abandonment of its alliance with the United States means that Israel is even more of an indispensable ally to Washington than it was before:Indeed, among other things, the Mavi Marmara incident revealed that [...]
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Russia Steps In
May 16, 2010President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev has urged the United States to actively work to achieve peace in the Middle East ‘
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NSC's Shapiro: Israel Does Not Endanger U.S. Troops
May 11, 2010Speaking before the Anti-Defamation League, the Obama Administration’s Dan Shapiro walks back a meme that has developed over the past month or so:“We do not believe that resolving this conflict will bring an end to all conflicts in the Middle East,” Dan Shapiro, the National Security Council’s senior director for the Middle East, told an [...]
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NSCs Shapiro: Israel Does Not Endanger U.S. Troops
May 5, 2010Speaking before the Anti-Defamation League, the Obama Administration’s Dan Shapiro walks back a meme that has developed over the past month or so:“We do not believe that resolving this conflict will bring an end to all conflicts in the Middle East,” Dan Shapiro, the National Security Council’s senior director for the Middle East, told an [...]
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Sheikh Jarrah is really happening
May 4, 2010One of the folks on the J Street mission said to me “if it isn’t in the New York Times, it didn’t happen.” Apparently, the Sheikh Jarrah protests are real, now. An exceprt from Kai Bird’s April 30 op-ed: Today East Jerusalem exudes the palpable feel of a city occupied by a foreign power. And [...]