EGYPT: U.N. Slams Abuse of Emergency Law By William FisherNEW YORK - Despite diplomatic maneuvering designed to block any review of its human rights record, a United Nations special rapporteur has told the U.N. Human Rights Council that proposed changes in Egypt's constitution "would create a permanent legal state of emergency". MORE >>
MIDEAST: Iran, Israel Spoiling for a Fight? Analysis by Mel FrykbergRAMALLAH - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals. MORE >>
RIGHTS: Middle East Women Ahead But Not Home By Sanjay Suri*- IPS/TerraVivaUNITED NATIONS - Male leaders fail to break the Mideast impasse. Enter women from Israel and the Palestinian territories working together. And… it would have been nice to say they succeeded where the men failed. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Israeli Left Emerges From Coma Amid Atrocities By Mel FrykbergSHEIKH JARRAH, Occupied East Jerusalem - Amid the wave of violence that swept through the occupied Palestinian West Bank, including East Jerusalem, over the last few days, there are signs that the Israeli left may be emerging from its collective coma. MORE >>
IRAQ: Elections Bring Joy and Uncertainty By Mohammed A. SalihWASHINGTON - The holding of Iraq's third parliamentary elections on Sunday has generated a sense of satisfaction in Washington, but there is a feeling of anxiety about how the post-election negotiation process to form a new government might proceed. MORE >>
Q&A: 'Israeli Siege Causing De-development of Gaza' By David Cronin interviews MAHMOUD ABU RAHMA, Gazan human rights workerBRUSSELS - For the first time since September 2006, Mahmoud Abu Rahma, a leading figure in the Palestinian human rights group Al Mezan, has been granted permission to travel outside Gaza. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Palestinians Preparing for Statehood Anyhow Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre KlochendlerJERUSALEM - Was it Yasser Arafat's biggest political error? A decade ago, the deadline for the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel as envisaged in the 1993 Oslo peace accords thrust itself into the fruitless Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. MORE >>
IRAQ: Secular Candidates Have Their Best Chance By Mohammed A. SalihWASHINGTON - As Iraqis go to the polls on Sunday, a key question in the minds of many in Iraq and Washington is whether secular candidates can continue their recent rise and possibly come out as winners. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Palestinian Homes on 'David's Garden' Spared for Now By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre KlochendlerSILWAN, Occupied East Jerusalem - Outside the Bedouin-style protest tent in the heart of this Palestinian neighbourhood, the anger is palpable, but controlled. MORE >>
RIGHTS: Arab Women Caught Between Extremes By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS - The status of women in a predominantly male-chauvinistic Arab world continues to fluctuate from one extreme to another. MORE >>
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