Is The Old Middle East Back? -- Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy
On Sunday, for the first time since January 25, the Arab world's attention was riveted not on scenes of protesters castigating their own governments, but on much more familiar imagery: that of Palestinians resisting Israeli occupation.
For months, Palestinian and Arab activists had planned to mark May 15 -- Youm an-Nakba or "Day of the Catastrophe," which usually takes place the day after Israel's independence celebrations -- with a civilian march on the occupied territories. For Arabs, Nakba Day represents a day of mourning, a time to commemorate the expulsion during the 1948 war of Palestinians from their villages and homes, press for the right of refugees to return, and denounce the Jewish state.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Palestinian invasions get a yawn -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
The Israeli Border Protests Through the Lens of the Arab Spring -- Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Amid the Arab Spring, a U.S.-Saudi split -- Nawaf Obaid, Washington Post
Mainstream Media's Mea Culpa: Arab Spring or Nuclear Winter? -- Pamela Geller, American Thinker
Egypt: Another Revolution Betrayed -- Walter Laqueur, National Interest
Inside Iran’s Most Secretive Region -- Karlos Zurutuza, The Diplomat
The Great Asian Land Grab. How a World Bank program helped displace tens of thousands of urban poor. -- Mike Eckel, Foreign Policy
Dr. K’s Rx for China. The rising superpower is flexing its muscles. In his new book, Henry Kissinger explains how to avoid the ‘duel of the century.’ -- Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
Deficit Crisis: Plan B for Europe -- Washington post editorial
Moving back to America. The dwindling allure of building factories offshore -- The Economist
The Article Liberals Are Too Stupid to Write (and Republican
Egypt: Another Revolution Betrayed -- Walter Laqueur, National Interest
Inside Iran’s Most Secretive Region -- Karlos Zurutuza, The Diplomat
The Great Asian Land Grab. How a World Bank program helped displace tens of thousands of urban poor. -- Mike Eckel, Foreign Policy
Dr. K’s Rx for China. The rising superpower is flexing its muscles. In his new book, Henry Kissinger explains how to avoid the ‘duel of the century.’ -- Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
Deficit Crisis: Plan B for Europe -- Washington post editorial
Moving back to America. The dwindling allure of building factories offshore -- The Economist
The Article Liberals Are Too Stupid to Write (and Republicans too reluctant to read) -- Randall Hoven, American Thinker
International Institutions and Sex Crimes -- Max Boot, Commentary
The D.S.K. Affair -- Adam Gopnik, New Yorker
Strauss-Kahn: A teaching moment for the French? (UPDATED) -- Roger Simon, Pajamas Media
Inside Iran’s Most Secretive Region -- Karlos Zurutuza, The Diplomat
The Great Asian Land Grab. How a World Bank program helped displace tens of thousands of urban poor. -- Mike Eckel, Foreign Policy
Dr. K’s Rx for China. The rising superpower is flexing its muscles. In his new book, Henry Kissinger explains how to avoid the ‘duel of the century.’ -- Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
Deficit Crisis: Plan B for Europe -- Washington post editorial
Moving back to America. The dwindling allure of building factories offshore -- The Economist
The Article Liberals Are Too Stupid to Write (and Republicans too reluctant to read) -- Randall Hoven, American Thinker
International Institutions and Sex Crimes -- Max Boot, Commentary
The D.S.K. Affair -- Adam Gopnik, New Yorker
Strauss-Kahn: A teaching moment for the French? (UPDATED) -- Roger Simon, Pajamas Media