Misreading Arab public opinion on Iran’s nuclear program

Adapting to the sweeping changes of the Arab Spring requires a new paradigm about the Middle East, one that is cognizant and respectful of the democratic will of Arab public opinion.

Adapting to the sweeping changes of the Arab Spring requires a new paradigm about the Middle East, one that is cognizant and respectful of the democratic will of Arab public opinion.

Thus, what will history record of whom and what you are?

To some Julian Assange is a hero to others a spy, you can watch the show and judge for yourself below.

Abdulhadi is a heroic human rights activist. A previous article discussed him and his ordeal in detail.

US hypocrisy on human rights has worsened due to the extremist Zionist control of American mid-East policy – especially since the coup d’état of September 11th, 2011.

On the contrary, there is clear evidence that armed groups have targeted and killed security forces and civilians from within weeks of the first small protests in March 2011.

Google Bahrain and you will see how inexcusably the popular uprising in the Persian Gulf sheikhdom is being blacked out by the mainstream media and how discriminatingly the Western leaders ignore the vociferous demands of a nation for democracy and social justice.

Wrenching Away Our Sunni. There is something quite unique about the Middle East’s “Resistance Axis” which includes Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, Hamas and a smattering of smaller groups opposed to western imperialism and zionism.

For over a year, Saudi and Al-Khalifa monarchy security forces terrorized nonviolent protesters. Thousands braved tear gas, beatings, rubber bullets, live fire, arrests, torture and disappearances.

The feeling is one of approaching an abyss, particularly as it is not clear what the true objectives to some of these wars are.

I admit upfront that I know even less than you do (the reader), about the twisted and fragmented history of Israel and it’s interactions with Arab and non-Arab neighbors in the middle east.

The Arab League hypocritically suspended the membership of Syria amid the mounting pressures of NATO and the United States while bloodshed in Bahrain and Yemen continues.

The decision comes at a time when President Bashar al-Assad has accepted the reforms proposed by the Arab League.

On November 12, New York Times writer Neil MacFarquhaqar headlined, “Arab League Votes to Suspend Syria Over Crackdown,” saying “Syria’s formal suspension is to start in four days, offering what senior Arab League officials described as a last chance for Mr. Assad to carry out a peace agreement his government had accepted….to halt violence directed toward civilians (and) withdraw all security forces from civilian areas….”

US citizens are paying good tax dollars for this poor knowledge of strategic affairs, maybe it’s high time that organizations like the AEI are reviewed…

If we take a vote against Palestinian Independence in the UN, it is not only a serious strategic error but a tragic historical error.

Berkeley, CA’s Middle East Children’s Alliance broke the news that an exhibit of children’s art from Gaza, has been canceled. . . .the museum’s board folded under pressure organized by Jewish groups in the Bay area.

The current civil unrest in Britain has been carefully staged by the government and security services working in concert with news media, Israeli intelligence and the a parallel government, a Freemason organization now believed to have planned and executed the Norway killings with full complicity of police, courts and security apparatus.

On June 14, London Independent writer Robert Fisk headlined, “I saw these brave doctors trying to save lives – these charges are a pack of lies,” saying:

The Saudis have shown their frustration with Washington in a number of dramatic ways recently. What happens if the Saudis decide that the time really has come to exercise their immense economic power? Saudi Arabia’s power, is truly international and represents well founded, mass economic power.– By Dr. Lawrence Davidson

Turkey’s vibrant democracy is an inspiration to Arab countries throwing off their autocratic yoke and their Western patrons.

In April, 19 human rights organizations condemned Bahrain as one of the world’s leading terror states, the Al Khalifa monarchy having lost all legitimacy.

For months, courageous Bahrainis protested peacefully against the Al Khalifa monarchy's repressive brutality, corruption, and discrimination, as well as unemployment, poverty, and other unaddressed social justice issues.

Interview with British journalist Deepak Tripathi on the recent developments in the Middle East, the Libyan civil war, the Egyptian revolution and the uprising in Bahrain

For months, Bahraini and Saudi security forces targeted nonviolent protesters and activists wanting the repressive Al Khalifa monarchy replaced by constitutionally elected government, political freedom, and social justice, what Bahrainis never had and don’t now.

It is clear that the United States and its Western European allies were caught completely unprepared for the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Bahrain, as well as the upheavals throughout the Arab world.

An in-depth interview with Vijay Prashad, university professor and political commentator on the recent developments in the Middle East, Egyptian revolution, Libyan civil war and Bahrain uprising

Israel is not so much a small nation as a military giant. Obama knows that because it is the U.S. that has done the most to make Israel flagrantly oversized in this regard. In doing so Washington allowed Israel to become the bully that dominates the neighborhood.

US policy in the Middle East was, is and will remain driven by the powerful American Jewish leadership and community and it does not change with who resides in the White House.

Established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on July 1, 2002, it’s mandated to prosecute individuals for genocide and aggression, as well as crimes or war and against humanity.