Social media sites are a force to reckon with in the Palestinian territories, says former PA communications minister, adding that if a new uprising erupts, that is where it will begin to brew. WASHINGTON – Although his father…
In cities that have fallen to the rebels, such as Benghazi, the beleaguered leader is the subject of taunts and derision, the visual outpouring of pent-up hatred End of his reign? Muammar Gaddafi depicted as a blood-soaked dictator.…
IRIN Middle East | ISRAEL-SYRIA: Golan’s Druze community divided over protests | Israel | Syria | Conflict | Gender Issues | Human Rights | Security | Urban Risk. GOLAN, 17 May 2011 (IRIN) – When thousands of Palestinian refugees gathered…
Israel’s Nakba Law: Is it time for civil disobedience?. The discourse around the Nakba law–which tries to stop public institutions from marking the Palestinian disaster, through funding cuts–feeds Israel’s persecution complex. Trying to legislate history out of existence means losing…
Hundreds of workers walked off the job in protest, which rocked the headquarters of Southern Oil Company in Bab al-Zubayr in the southern city of Basra. The workers have come from oil fields in Basra; from North and South Rumaila,…