Middle East Monitor

January 28, 2014

Cultural bias in the US media

Edward Said's scholarly work on Western media coverage of Muslim and Arab countries showed that it has been shaped by discreet cultural biases or political motives. This fact couldn't...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas
January 28, 2014 Saeed Eraikat

Israel is a threat to US democracy

The US State Department is circulating a confidential letter urging European Union (EU) members and other "friendly" countries to help block Palestinian attempts to secure non-member Observer State status...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas
January 28, 2014 Middle East Monitor

The Tories, Israel and Britain's General Election

By Omar RadwanIn the run-up to the British General Election...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia
January 25, 2014 | Ibrahim Hewitt

Israel has lost touch with reality

We will probably never really know if, as Israel's Prime Minister claimed, Iran and Syria orchestrated the Nakba demonstrations which led to the deaths of at least 12 Palestinians...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 24, 2014 Middle East Monitor

Israel and Little Britain

By Abdel Bari Atwan The British government is currently working on the introduction of new legislation that will take away from the British judiciary system its power to issue...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 24, 2014 | Ibrahim Hewitt

As negotiations get nowhere, the seeds of change must be sown in the West

Negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians are, we are told, getting nowhere. It's taken some people 20+ years to understand that simple fact, but there you go. Ever since...

Published in: Article, Middle East