http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/news/index.asp news/politics/middle-east (c) 2007 Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center en-us Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:53:05 GMT editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 21 22 23 tsadok.blok@gloriacenter.org (Tsadok Moshe Blok) FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com http://www.gloriacenter.org/img/submenus/news/gloria-logo-for-rss.jpg http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/news/index.asp Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center 144 51 Hizb ut-Tahrir (the "party of liberation") is indeed growing in strength and visibility in the West Bank, especially in the areas of Jerusalem and Hebron... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/spyer/10_09.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/spyer/10_09.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:22:55 GMT GLORIA Center Several Fatah security force officers assigned to protect Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he went to meet with Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/10_28.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/10_28.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israel Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:20:07 GMT Gloria Center One of the dubious rewards of spending too much time reading newspapers on the Middle East are the laughs derived from those wonderful little phrases that seem logical but are so profoundly bizarre... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_01.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_01.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:16:40 GMT GLORIA Center If you want to understand the Middle East's path over the last decade and why the area is stagnating at best or entering an era of radical Islamist upheaval at worst, consider the tale of Egypt's Kifaya movement... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_03.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_03.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sat, 3 Nov 2007 04:37:10 GMT The possible emergence of a nuclear-armed, Islamist Iran committed to the destruction of the Jewish state is the key security issue currently occupying the attention of Israel's political and security... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/spyer/11_09.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/spyer/11_09.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Iran Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:16:00 GMT GLORIA Center The Iranian nuclear issue is too important and dangerous to be miscomprehended. So here are some life-and-death factors to keep in mind about it: First, Iran is not about to obtain nuclear weapons... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_11.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_11.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Iran Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT The idea that poverty, relative backwardness, violence, and instability must be caused by external circumstances is engrained in much of the Western intelligentsia. It encourages a tendency to apologize... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_19.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_19.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:40:00 GMT That pretty much describes the U.S. framework for dealing with the Middle East nowadays. The Annapolis conference is not going to contribute to these goals. The most likely outcome is either failure... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_25.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_25.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:11:00 GMT Oh, and then there's the Annapolis summit conference on the Middle East, an area where most of the regimes are based on army commanders who didn't resign and rode home but who rather marched into the... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_29.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/11_29.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:34:00 GMT Before the Annapolis meeting, some said the operation would save the patient; others that it would kill the patient. In fact, the patient is exactly the same but the doctors had a hell of a big... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_03.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_03.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:37:00 GMT For Israelis the United Nations is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they are fully aware of the anti-Israel sentiment that the United Nations perpetuates, but on the other hand they want... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/spyer/12_03.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/spyer/12_03.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Europe and the Middle East Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:57:00 GMT GLORIA Center Last week's demonstrations across the West Bank in protest of the Annapolis conference showcased the entry into the public eye of a new force in Palestinian politics - the pan-Islamic... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/spyer/12_08.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/spyer/12_08.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:13:22 GMT GLORIA Center My favorite sentence of the week is this one: "Asking for record $5.8 billion in aid through 2010, Palestinians promise fiscal reform." Karen Laub wrote on this subject for the AP... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_09.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_09.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:10:00 GMT A strange malady has apparently descended on part of Israel's, much of America's, and most of Europe's elite. Let's call it Syriantoxication, the belief that there is a real chance to... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_13.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_13.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Syria Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:04:00 GMT One day--it is at least possible and gives us hope thereby--people might wake up and realize how ridiculously they have acted in reporting, analyzing, discussing, and acting regarding... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_14.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_14.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:48:40 GMT Let's say you rule an Arab state in the Persian Gulf--Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, or the United Arab Emirates. How does the world look to you right now? Remember, of... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_17.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_17.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Saudi Arabia and Gulf Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:14:22 GMT While 2007 didn't greatly change the Middle East compared to some of its predecessors, here are some of its significant trends which will continue to dominate the year to come. Hamas... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_23.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_23.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:25:58 GMT Aren't wire services, and the media in general, supposed to be somewhat balanced? They ask an open question, collect viewpoints, and let the reader conclude what the factors are, or... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_26.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_26.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:06:35 GMT Much will be said about Benazir Bhutto's assassination; little will be understood about what it truly means. I'm not speaking here about Pakistan, of course, as important as is that country... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_30.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2007/rubin/12_30.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:26:16 GMT Sen. Arlen Specter has fallen into a trap that makes him look silly and damages U.S. interests as well as the cause of peace and democracy in the Middle East. Mr. Specter may have been... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_4.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_4.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Syria Sat, 5 Jan 2008 13:33:51 GMT What should President George W. Bush, currently visiting the Middle East, expect to achieve during his last year in office, even as the American people begin to choose his successor?... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_7.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_7.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Mon, 7 Jan 2008 04:16:37 GMT The ongoing impasse over the appointment of the next Lebanese president, after Emil Lahoud stepped down on November 24, is the product of Syrian machinations and interference in Lebanese... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/1_7.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/1_7.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Syria Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:02:21 GMT What if a major news story is completely made up? What if it is basically Hamas propaganda without any basis in truth? And what if this story is repeated around the world? Of course, nowaday... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_12.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_12.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:48:31 GMT Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of articles have been written on President George Bush's visit to the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian issue. And not a single one that I've seen has... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_14.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_14.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:53:41 GMT In a sense, no country has tried harder to get out of the Middle East than Turkey--by way of achieving membership in the European Union--yet Turkey does have an important role to play in the... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_20.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_20.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Turkey Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:12:17 GMT In the case of the peace process and all the great ideas for fixing everything in Arab-Israel relations, the Shadow has been Palestinian leaders' unwillingness--and now also inability... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_21.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_21.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:09:29 GMT We'll wage war on our stronger neighbor, Israel, and lose; destroy our economy; make our people suffer; ensure international sanctions continue against us, and alienate almost all Arab... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_27.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_27.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:44:40 GMT The response of Israeli officials to the latest events in Gaza may in essence be divided into two halves. The initial response was one of frustration at Egyptian unwillingness to restore ... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/1_31.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/1_31.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:12:46 GMT The New York Times coverage of the Middle East, especially Steven Erlanger (who will soon be leaving) has been terrible. Naturally, the Times and Mr. Erlanger will dispute this, but they... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_31.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/1_31.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:24:54 GMT The recent killing of Captain Wissam Eid of the Lebanese Internal Security Force, and the shooting deaths of eight Shi'ite rioters - including four Hizbullah supporters - at the Mar Mikhael ... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/2_3.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/2_3.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Lebanon Sun, 3 Feb 2008 04:58:58 GMT The Arab-Israeli conflict definitely holds the record for the most bizarrely treated issue in modern history. It is easy to forget just how strange this situation is and the extent to which ... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_5.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_5.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:45:06 GMT The day of giants--though some of them were ogres--is certainly over among Middle East leaders. In fact, what is most remarkable fact is how unremarkable the current rulers are.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_6.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_6.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:14:58 GMT After studying and living with the After studying and living with the Middle East for a few decades one sees certain patterns endlessly repeated, though always with a new set of details.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_10.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_10.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:19:11 GMT There's a fascinating interview in the February 10, Jerusalem Post with former British prime minister and now Quartet peace envoy Tony Blair. On one hand, it gets things wrong but on... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_11.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_11.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:04:03 GMT The ancient city of Damascus received another mark of recognition last week. Following in the wake of Liverpool - which was recognized as the European Capital of Culture, and Stavanger in... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/2_13.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/2_13.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Syria Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:41:06 GMT The Middle East is a region where so many things seem to happen, so little appears to change, and far too much is said about it all. Partly this is due to the area's turbulence; partly to... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_17.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_17.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:44:05 GMT Rather than unite in the face of the Hamas challenge and the task of gaining support from the West Bank's people, Fatah seems to be collapsing. Or perhaps the feuds are not only over power ... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_18.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_18.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:31:03 GMT The assassination of Imad Mugniyah, arguably the world's second most dangerous terrorist after Usama bin Ladin, has riveted world attention on the story. But few are aware of the dramatic... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_18a.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_18a.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Lebanon Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:42:51 GMT In the course of Hizballah's threats against Israel, following the assassination of that group's international terrorism director, Imad Mugniyah, there was an extremely important point that ... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_19.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_19.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:14:42 GMT Following up on our GLORIA dispatch, "Who Owns the Palestine Card"--in which a high-ranking Iranian official claims the battle against Israel as a Shia and non-Palestinian monopoly--comes... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_20.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_20.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:33:43 GMT Ironic, isn't it, that radical forces threaten a wide range of violence, sanctions, and other behaviors against democratic states while insisting--along with their Western apologists--that... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_25.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_25.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:44:36 GMT In a speech last week broadcast at the Sayed al-Shohada Mosque in south Beirut, Hizbullah General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah promised his supporters that Israel's disappearance was an... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/2_27.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/2_27.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Lebanon Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:55:58 GMT A funny thing happened at the funeral of Imad Mugniyah. Those who had for years been denying any connection with him and his international terrorist activities--Iran, Syria, and Hizballah... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_28.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/2_28.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:58:19 GMT One of the things least understood by people in the West is the framework--or should I say straitjacket?--of the dominant ideology in the Arabic-speaking world in shaping thought, speech... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_1.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_1.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sat, 1 Mar 2008 08:41:53 GMT Keep repeating to yourself what the media institution's spokespeople tell us: Coverage is fair, coverage is fair, coverage is fair. But as you do so be sure not to look at the actual article... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_3.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_3.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Mon, 3 Mar 2008 00:45:00 GMT All these points go double and more for the Middle East, an area too dangerous and important to deal with lightly. Yet since these debates are so highly partisan there has been a huge amount... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_4.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_4.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:05:30 GMT There's a war on the Israel-Gaza Strip border and it's vital to understand why. First, the fact that it is a war must be understood. The Gaza Strip is technically not a state, yet is... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_7.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_7.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:02:45 GMT Radical forces in the Middle East have rewritten the international rulebook in a way designed so "they can't lose." That is, there's no easy response to their behavior and strategies.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_10.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_10.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:03:03 GMT Let's talk about the Nazis. There should have already been more than enough discussion about this in the more than half-century since Adolf Hitler's bunker fell in 1945. There have been ... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_14.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_14.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israel Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:09:39 GMT Current policy. Israel absorbs damage and casualties in Sderot and some other places. Few are affected; almost all the country functions normally. International pressure and casualties are l... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_17.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_17.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:49:16 GMT A recent Washington Post column, entitled, "Let's Help the Good Guys in the West Bank," provided what it thought of as good news: "Fortunately, there is a smart and honest leader of these... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_23.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/3_23.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:19:12 GMT The Middle East is currently divided between an alliance of radical Islamist and associated states and organizations, which take support and inspiration from Iran, on the one hand, and a ... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/3_25.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/3_25.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:18:00 GMT Many years after September 11, despite more than 10,000 terrorist attacks by radical Islamist groups alone, there is still an amazing amount of confusion and falsehood over what should be ... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_1.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_1.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:20:35 GMT It's hard to satirize a lot of media coverage about Israel and the Arab-Israeli or Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. The truly dreadful stuff is in the details, the small stories and big... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_4.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_4.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:04:08 GMT After Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent visit. Rice herself told reporters her goal was to further Israel-Palestinian Authority (PA) talks by getting Israeli concessions to... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_7.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_7.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:24:56 GMT On April 9, Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip attacked the Nahal Oz fuel terminal in Israel near the border. Two Israeli workers were killed. Shortly before, a shipment of diesel... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_10.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_10.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:33:30 GMT The Middle East today is driven by five big conflicts: Among states for power; the Iran-Syria alliance’s war on everyone else; the struggle between Arab nationalists and Islamists to... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_14.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_14.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:36:59 GMT Let's face it, after almost 2000 years in exile and only 60 years of Israel as a sovereign nation, it still feels funny for Jews, especially those outside Israel, to have a state.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_23.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_23.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israel Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:16:13 GMT Egyptian President Husni Mubarak is 80. After over a quarter-century in office he is ready for more. But how much longer will his rule--or regime--continue? And under him, Egypt has not done... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_25.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_25.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Egypt Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:30:19 GMT If history works out in the end at least the high price paid in blood and suffering can be justified as having produced some good result. But what happens when it doesn't?... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_29.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/4_29.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:45:29 GMT Whatever the Israelis offer, Syria won't give up its alliance with Iran, which allows it to punch above its weight in the region. With attention in the Middle East focusing on the... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/4_30.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/4_30.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Understanding the Middle East Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:38:41 GMT This is the modern equivalent of the blood libel, which held that Jews murdered Christian children to use their blood for the Passover matzoh. But if that myth is too exotic for people ... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_4.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_4.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Sat, 3 May 2008 20:44:49 GMT Israel-European relations are at their highest point in a very long time. The strong anti-Israel forces that are often so loudly heard in elite and media circles should not drown out that... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_5.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_5.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Europe and the Middle East Mon, 5 May 2008 20:14:12 GMT Uh-oh! It's Israel's sixtieth birthday and that means articles on Israel in the news media and, in turn, that may often mean something between inaccuracy and slander.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_5a.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_5a.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Mon, 5 May 2008 20:39:43 GMT On the surface, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) seems a humanitarian group helping Palestinian refugees. In reality, it actually helps destroy the chance of Arab-Israeli.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_8.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_8.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Thu, 8 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT I'm sitting in Israel's Independence Hall, a 10-minute walk from my home, a small, relatively bare room that was Tel Aviv's first city hall. Sixty years ago today, it was the place where... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_9.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_9.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israel Sat, 10 May 2008 00:08:19 GMT The recent events in Beirut pose a simple, fundamental question: Who rules in Lebanon. The answer proposed by Hizbullah last week is that the government of Fuad Saniora and Saad Hariri is to... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/5_11.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/5_11.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Lebanon Sun, 11 May 2008 11:09:57 GMT While America's secretary of state devotes her time to doomed Israel-Palestinian talks and America goes ga-ga over a candidate whose main foreign policy strategy is to talk to dictators... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_12.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_12.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Lebanon Mon, 12 May 2008 00:04:20 GMT Released: Volume 2 Issue 1 of Covenant presents a fascinating mix of articles on interfaith issues, Francophone Jewish literature, and writing by ‘Arab Jews’ in English and French... http://covenant.idc.ac.il/ http://covenant.idc.ac.il covenant@idc.ac.il (Prof. Barry Rubin) Quarterly Issue Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:23 GMT Amin al-Husaini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, remains a controversial figure. The Palestinian leader, who was born in 1895 and died in 1974, first sparked controversy during his lifetime... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/schwanitz/5_13.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/schwanitz/5_13.asp wgs130@juno.com (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz) Israel Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT After seeing how Western leaders are handling Lebanon, said an Israeli official privately, "Hizballah could only laugh. We have to take it into consideration that nobody will ever help... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_15.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_15.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Lebanon Thu, 15 May 2008 15:10:59 GMT Exaggerations of Israel's demise are greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain. The question is: why is this suddenly happening now and--even more important--what is the impact of this... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_18.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_18.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Sun, 18 May 2008 20:36:28 GMT It's become fashionable to match celebration of Israel's founding (though part of the media can't even admit Israelis are celebrating) with Palestinian marking of their 1948 "nakba"... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_19.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_19.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Mon, 19 May 2008 10:19:19 GMT May 21, 2008, is a date--like December 7 (1941) and September 11 (2001)--that should now live in infamy. Yet who will notice, mourn, or act the wiser for it? On that day, the Beirut spring... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_24.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_24.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Lebanon Sat, 24 May 2008 17:28:41 GMT Why is Israel negotiating with Syria and what happened in Lebanon? One of these events may be the Middle East's most important development for 2008. Hint: it isn't the first of... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_27.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_27.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Syria Sun, 25 May 2008 10:51:53 GMT The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) was created under the jurisdiction of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the unique responsibility of solely aiding the... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/5_28.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/5_28.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Wed, 28 May 2008 11:56:32 GMT At this past Sunday's cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued a public statement relating to the revived negotiations with Syria. The talks, the prime minister wished to assure... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/5_30.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/5_30.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Understanding the Middle East Fri, 30 May 2008 13:23:58 GMT Engagement doesn't always produce marriage. In the U.S.-Iran case, diplomatic engagements have been repeatedly disastrous. Yet many think the idea of engagement was just invented and never... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_2.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_2.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:38:47 GMT Clearly, the conduct of negotiations by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government with Syria, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas, has an Israeli political dimension. Yet it is easy to... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_3.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_3.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israel Tue, 3 Jun 2008 07:47:59 GMT Forget all the wimpy claptrap about Israel disappearing. Anyone who believes such nonsense has obviously never been to an Israeli soccer game. One thing for sure: with Israelis so tough and... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_6.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_6.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israel Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:21:16 GMT Suppose that debate over the world's most obsessive issue is based on nonsense. Consider if the policy options of governments, discourse of universities, and rivers of word in the media on... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_9.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_9.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:22:33 GMT Golda Meir once said that a bad press was better than a good epitaph. In other words, pragmatic considerations must take precedence over public relations.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_16.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_16.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:00:01 GMT Israel's announcement of a willingness for peace talks with Lebanon is one of the early fruits of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent visit to the region and her unexpected visit... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/6_22.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/6_22.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Lebanon Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:05:46 GMT On Thursday, June 19, at 6 am, following a furious final burst of activity from Qassam rocket teams against the residents of the towns of the Western Negev, and by Israel's Air force against... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/6_23.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/6_23.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:19:17 GMT Hamas celebrated its first anniversary of power in the Gaza Strip amidst massive misinterpretations regarding the situation there. Ironically, Hamas's victory and survival has less to do... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_24.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/6_24.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:29:14 GMT Here's the most important thing I can tell you about the Middle East. For more than a half-century, the region's politics revolved around Arab nationalism. Individual states sought to have... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_2.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_2.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:56:46 GMT Each day we're told that radical Islamists, terrorists, and assorted extremists are going to moderate, so why not negotiate with them, appease them, defuse their grievances, have dialogue... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_4.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_4.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:33:30 GMT We all know--though the Western media often doesn't--that radical Arab nationalists, Islamists, and terrorists lie all the time. They then slander and threaten those who point out the truth... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_5.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_5.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Fri, 4 Jul 2008 23:05:16 GMT Since the agreement on the tahadiyeh (lull) was reached between Hamas and Israel on June 19, the border crossings between Israel and Gaza have already been closed six times in response... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_4.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_4.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Sat, 5 Jul 2008 00:03:13 GMT The Israeli prisoner exchange with Hizballah is a psychological victory for both sides. Nevertheless, I don't like the decision, I understand both ends of the debate over it, and my job is... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_9.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_9.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:54:51 GMT An interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared in the Sunday Times this week. The interview took place in Jerusalem's American Colony Hotel. It was concerned with Blair... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_11.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_11.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Media Coverage of the Middle East Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:21:24 GMT The deal for the return of convicted terrorist Samir Kuntar, four Hizbullah men captured in the 2006 Second Lebanon War and a number of corpses in return for the remains of kidnapped... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_12.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_12.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Lebanon Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:31:52 GMT Here's what Israel thinks: Since Iran's regime is thoroughly radical and deeply committed to its destruction, Israel can't accept Tehran having nuclear weapons. Unless sanctions and pressure... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_15.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_15.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Iran Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:37:59 GMT Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak this week called the Iranian nuclear issue "a challenge not just for Israel but for the entire world." He added that "Israel is the strongest... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_15.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_15.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Media Coverage of the Middle East Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:53:30 GMT Barack Obama says regarding his thoughts after 9/11: "The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_16.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_16.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:23:15 GMT The number-one mistake people make trying to understand the Middle East is refusing to believe folks here think differently from themselves. Virtually every development in the Middle East... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_22.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_22.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:47:45 GMT The release of Samir Kuntar and his four colleagues, and the national jubilation that greeted their return to Lebanon, bring to a close a week of achievement for the regional bloc of which... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_29.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_29.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Lebanon Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:02:38 GMT Over the last two months, Israeli security forces have arrested six young Arab men suspected of seeking to form an extreme Islamist cell for the purpose of carrying out high-profile terror... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_30.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_30.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Israeli-Palestinian Issues Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:10:54 GMT The AP falsely reported that Israel is building a new settlement on the West Bank and linked this to a wrong-headed spin on an important national leader visiting Israel.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_28.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_28.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:20:14 GMT Barack Obama has been to the Middle East. He said he supported Israel and wanted peace. So I guess everything's ok, right? Well, if he's elected president and follows through on these words... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_29.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/7_29.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:34:33 GMT Strike One. September 6, 2007. Israel bombs and destroys Syrian nuclear facility. Syria is powerless to retaliate. Strike Two: February 12, 2008. Hizballah operations' chief and terrorist... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_3.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_3.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Syria Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:49:24 GMT A nineteen-year-old man is to be beheaded for a bad joke interpreted as blasphemy. A father is accused of killing his son because he converted to another religion. They are not Muslims but... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_5.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_5.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Wed, 6 Aug 2008 23:15:47 GMT A fourth round of indirect talks between Syrian and Israeli representatives was concluded in Istanbul this week and as the Turkish mediators kept themselves in shape conveying messages... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_31.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/7_31.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Syria Wed, 6 Aug 2008 23:23:41 GMT Lebanese President Michel Suleiman is to visit Syria next week, to discuss the opening of diplomatic relations between the countries, a Lebanese official told reporters this week... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/8_7.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/8_7.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Dr. Jonathan Spyer) Lebanon Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:20:30 GMT For those who don't know, "Fifty First Dates" is a comedy film undistinguished except by its brilliant premise. It describes the dilemma of a man in love with a woman who has... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_7.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_7.asp editor@gloriacenter.org (Prof. Barry Rubin) United States Policy on the Middle East Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:25:11 GMT The great battle of our younger years was between Communism and democratic liberalism. Its contemporary equivalent is Arab nationalism versus Islamism. That implies some extremely important... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_26_10-07.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_26_10-07.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:07:54 GMT President Bashar Assad of Syria began a trip to Russia this week. Russian news agency RIA Novosti has quoted the Syrian Information Ministry as confirming that the trip will last two days... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/8_26_10-46.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/8_26_10-46.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Jonathan Spyer) Syria Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:46:20 GMT The current indirect talks between Israel and Syria are highly unlikely to result in a peace agreement. The talks, far from playing any positive role for Israel, are mistaken both in terms... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer1/8_26_11-07.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer1/8_26_11-07.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Uzi Dayan and Jonathan Spyer) Syria Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:07:29 GMT The Italian government, it has just come to light, let Palestinian terrorist groups operate freely in its country from the 1970s onward as long as they promised not to attack Italians.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_26_11-52.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_26_11-52.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Palestinians Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:52:24 GMT A lot of this week's coverage is about the absolutely absurd efforts by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to broker an Israeli-Palestinian deal. No coverage of this effort should be made... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_31_11-51.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/8_31_11-51.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:51:01 GMT In recent weeks, a number of prominent Fatah figures have suggested that their movement might abandon its commitment to a "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and return... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/9_1_12-20.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/9_1_12-20.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Jonathan Spyer) Palestinians Mon, 1 Sep 2008 00:20:53 GMT Almost exactly 20 years ago I was getting into a taxi around 2am at the Algerian airport. I had agreed to share the cab with two Angolan radio journalists exhausted after their long,... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_1_12-31.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_1_12-31.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Mon, 1 Sep 2008 00:31:55 GMT A series of recent developments point to Hamas's increasingly solid position in the Palestinian and broader Arab political constellations. This process is of significance both for Arab... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/9_4_11-37.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/9_4_11-37.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Jonathan Spyer) Understanding the Middle East Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:37:12 GMT In the olden days, when night watchmen patrolled the streets of towns, they had a standard chant: "Ten o'clock and all is well!" Sleep soundly; nothing's wrong... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_5_12-53.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_5_12-53.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:53:41 GMT If I had to nominate the funniest cartoon I've ever seen, it was a very simple one showing a driver in a car at a "T" junction. He was staring desperately at three signs that read... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_7_11-08.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_7_11-08.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 7 Sep 2008 11:08:44 GMT MEMRI has released report Number 1847 on September 8, 2008, entitled, "Egyptian Researcher Muhammad Al-Said Idris: The American Response to 9/11 Proves that the Official Version of Event... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_10_10-56.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_10_10-56.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:56:49 GMT Seven years after September 11, 2001, al-Qaida as an organization is seen by many analysts to be in some disarray. One prominent observer of the network depicts it as having been reduced to... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/9_13_08-06.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/spyer/9_13_08-06.asp jspyer@idc.ac.il (Jonathan Spyer) Radical Movements Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:06:11 GMT One evening you're walking down a street. A robber jumps on you to steal your wallet. You fight back and after a protracted battle you injure him enough so that he flees the scene... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_15_09-04.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_15_09-04.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:04:52 GMT Russia is becoming once again a great power in the Middle East. Will Putin's ambition lead him into confrontations there?... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_23_11-59.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_23_11-59.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Russia Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:59:19 GMT So sang the Rolling Stones. But which side has time working in its favor? That's one of the Middle East's most intriguing and controversial questions... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_28_08-28.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/9_28_08-28.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Israel-Palestinian Issues Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:28:05 GMT In response to a casual question, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates dropped a historical bombshell, an offhand remark telling more about how the Middle East works than 100 books.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/10_8_09-35.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/10_8_09-35.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Unites States Policy on the Middle East Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:35:37 GMT MEWorld stands for Middle East world. It is a realm with its own ideas where the scientific laws of the rest of the world might stand but the political and intellectual standards applied... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/11_16_09-37.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/11_16_09-37.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Media Coverage of the Middle East Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:37:46 GMT "Remember," says the reporter as we walk down a busy, beautiful street in Vienna, "this is the city of both Herzl and Hitler."... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_01-41.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_01-41.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Europe Sat, 6 Dec 2008 13:41:47 GMT More than sixty years after World War Two ended and almost twenty years after the Iron Curtain fell, Israel and the Jewish people must complete another peace process, one with far more... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_02-14.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_02-14.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Russia Sat, 6 Dec 2008 14:14:26 GMT They say that you prefer the name Barry and so it pleases me no end that another Barry is finally president of the United States. In addition, I once worked as a community organizer so we... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_02-29.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_02-29.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Unites States Policy on the Middle East Sat, 6 Dec 2008 14:29:20 GMT In explaining why he was too fearful to vote in Jerusalem's mayoral election, an east Jerusalem Palestinian shopkeeper, Issam Abu Rmaileh, said, "I would have liked to vote because it's... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_04-36.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_04-36.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:36:49 GMT For years, India has been subjected to periodic terrorist attacks throughout the country. But what happened in Mumbai is something new and different: a full-scale terrorist war.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_04-44.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_04-44.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:44:12 GMT India's government faces difficult choices and no one should interfere in that hard process. Still, it is worth describing the alternatives New Delhi must ponder and what it might ask the... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_05-12.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_6_05-12.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sat, 6 Dec 2008 17:12:46 GMT The full horror of contemporary Middle East politics and debate is comprehended by few in the West, largely because they aren't informed by their political leaders, intellectuals, and media... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_16_04-20.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_16_04-20.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:20:16 GMT Israel isn't going to be the center of the world for the Obama administration and that's a good, if ego-disappointing, thing. Both the pro-Israeli right's paranoia and the wishful thinking... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_16_06-40.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_16_06-40.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Unites States Policy on the Middle East Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:40:58 GMT If you can understand why Hamas is ending its ceasefire with Israel, you can comprehend Middle East politics. And if you can't, you can't... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_21_03-53.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_21_03-53.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Israel-Palestinian Issues Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:53:23 GMT Nothing is clearer than Hamas's strategy. It gives Israel the choice between rockets and media, and Hamas thinks it is a situation of, "We win or you lose... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_29_10-49.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_29_10-49.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Israel-Palestinian Issues Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:49:05 GMT But why, more than one reporter from highly reputable publications has asked me, is Israel attacking Gaza now? At first, I was astonished: because Hamas cancelled the ceasefire and started... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_31_12-39.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/12_31_12-39.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Israel-Palestinian Issues Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:39:03 GMT A major problem in debating about international issues nowadays is that it is so often hard or even impossible to respect our adversaries. It is quite possible to disagree with someone but... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_4_10-13.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_4_10-13.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 4 Jan 2009 10:13:27 GMT Israel didn't want to attack the Gaza Strip from the ground or from the air. Hamas, which had long broken the ceasefire, canceled it altogether. Then it began large-scale attacks on Israel.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_4_10-54.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_4_10-54.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Israel-Palestinian Issues Sun, 4 Jan 2009 10:54:35 GMT It's easy to be misled by elements of Western media and academia that seem to prefer terrorists and radical Islamists to Israel. A diplomatic balance sheet from Israel's standpoint is quite... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_11_12-47.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_11_12-47.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:47:28 GMT In decades to come, when the Middle East's history for this era is written, the current war in Gaza will be deemed a skirmish in the great Arab-Persian; Sunni-Shia; Arab nationalist-Islamist... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_11_12-55.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_11_12-55.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Understanding the Middle East Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:55:54 GMT Last December, Hamas unilaterally ended its ceasefire with Israel and escalated the kind of cross-border attacks continually attempted even during the ceasefire.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_11_01-12.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_11_01-12.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Israel-Palestinian Issues Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:12:38 GMT Let's say that you love the Palestinians, are sympathetic to Arabs, and are indifferent to Israel. Presumably, you would favor an immediate ceasefire to stop Palestinian suffering.... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_11_01-37.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_11_01-37.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Israel-Palestinian Issues Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:37:50 GMT Whatever became of reality, at least in analyzing the Middle East? Consider the following: "With every image of the dead in Gaza inflaming people across the Arab world, Egyptian and Jordania... http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_12_02-28.asp http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2009/rubin/1_12_02-28.asp profbarryrubin@yahoo.com (Barry Rubin) Peace Process Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:28:35 GMT