Browsing Tag Bashar Assad

4 Snippets You Might Have Missed

Khaled Abu Toameh on Hamas vs. Fatah: In the eyes of Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas and Salaam Fayyad are also “traitors” because they have agreed — at least in English and in public — to...

May 11, 2011 13:00 By : 1 Comment

Does Israel Really Prefer Assad?

The problem: You’re an Israeli government official watching the Syrian uprising. Bashar Assad, the devil you know next door, is in big, big, trouble. And as Syria burns,  reporters from the Associated...

March 30, 2011 16:16 By : 2 Comments

March 27 Blogging

• Time meets some Gaza protest leaders who went underground in fear of Hamas. Think these Facebook savvy youth like Israel? But if both factions accept the terms youth organizers have laid out, Abu Yazan...

March 27, 2011 22:30 By : 1 Comment

Vogue Defends Syrian Glow Job

Max Fisher fisks Vogue’s glow job profile of the Desert Rose Syrian first lady Asma Assad. The article’s fawning treatment of the Assad family and its portrayal of the regime as tolerant and...

February 28, 2011 19:21 By : 4 Comments

February 1 Morning Links

• Of all the articles I’ve read about the Israeli take on Egypt, Benjamin Kerstein resonates the most. Otherwise, Reuters describes what’s at stake with just the facts. • Is Roger Cohen...

February 1, 2011 10:51 By : 1 Comment

Dishonest Reporter Award 2007

Our seventh annual recognition of the most skewed and biased coverage of the Mideast conflict.

December 18, 2007 22:00 By : 3 Comments

Special Report: Syria

This major hub of world terrorism openly supports Hamas and brazenly denies Lebanese sovereignty.

September 7, 2004 12:00 By : Leave a Comment

Diversion Tactic

As Washington targets terror and dictatorship, Syria and Jordan target Israel. Will the media buy it?

April 28, 2003 12:00 By : Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal

Consistent. Logical. Incisive. That defines The Wall Street Journal's editorial policy on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

July 20, 2001 12:00 By : Leave a Comment