By Iuri Dantas and Fabiola Moura Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is responsible for the crisis in the Middle East and shouldn’t be coordinating peace talks for the region, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said. Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians ought to be managed by the United Nations, Lula said in an interview today with two local radio stations
Middle East coastline faces devastation if climate warms by a single degreeBy Patrick Galey Daily Star staffSaturday, November 21, 2009- Powered byBEIRUT: Lebanon may see parts of its coastline vanish if climate change continues unabated, according to a landmark report on the evolving environment of the Arab world. The Impact of Climate Change on Arab Countries – a document assembled by the Arab...
“Apartheid” is a word bomb akin to “lynching” or “untouchables.” It explodes upon the page, ripping the scabs off the wounds of state-enforced segregation in South Africa, a system that ended only in... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...
As South America continues to head South, David Bor writes me with this deeply disturbing update from Brazil. David writes: Yesterday,Friday (11-20) while receiving Mahmoud Abbas in Bahia one of the Brazilian States (the governor is a Jew),leftist president Lula da Silva said that Israel has to stop building in the "palestinian capital" meaning of course Jerusalem, and that Israel is the...
India is giving millions of dollars to UNRWA for a Palestinian embassy in India.. India's representative to the Palestinian Authority delivered a check for 1 million US dollars to UNRWA director Karen Abu Zayd in Jerusalem on Friday. The ambassador said the aid package came within India's pledge to donate 10 million US dollars for building a Palestinian embassy and residence for diplomats in New Delhi....
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: "Saudis and Yemenis versus jihadists: A bloody border; Trouble on the frontier between Saudi Arabia and Yemen is getting out of hand," The Economist, 7 November 2009. Saudi Arabia's AQ branch announced earlier this year...
Eric Holder's Baffling KSM Decision -- Wall Street Journal Opinion The attorney general's Senate testimony this week did nothing to reassure the families of 9/11's victims. On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to question Attorney GeneralEric Holder about his decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in criminal courts rather than military tribunals. As the father of...
A humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, has worsened in recent weeks as the civil war between the government and Shiite rebels spilled across the border into Saudi Arabia. The turmoil is adding to the stress on a country already beset by multiple emergencies, including calls for secession in the south and a growing al-Qaeda threat. The crisis, coupled with high unemployment...
by Michael J. Totten Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah recently announced that he could hit any and every place in Israel with long-range missiles. That would mean that, unlike in 2006, Hezbollah could strike not only the northern cities of Kiryat Shmona and Haifa but also Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ben-Gurion International Airport, and the Dimona nuclear-power plant. I dismissed his claim as...
Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva said Friday after meeting the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas that peace in Middle East depends on establishing a Palestinian state. "Fair and lasting peace in the region depends on establishing a prosperous, cohesive and unfettered Palestinian state," Lula emphasized. Both leaders held a work meeting at noon Friday...
A MAP OF ARCHAEOLOGY SITES has won an award at the ASOR meetings, which are taking place here in New Orleans alongside of SBL: Archaeologists publish first map of contested sites in Middle East New online map reveals archaeological activity on Holy Land sites in the West Bank and East Jerusalem By UCLA Newsroom November 20, 2009 Category: Research A team of archaeologists from UCLA, USC, Israel and...
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday sought to boost ties between the Roman Catholic Church and the art world as he met with dozens of artists in the Vatican's illustrious Sistine Chapel. The pope urged non-believers to "enter into dialogue with believers, with those who, like yourselves, consider that they are pilgrims in this world and in history towards infinite beauty." He added: "Faith...
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