Browsing Tag Egypt

Israel and Egypt’s Unrest: Rounding Up the Reax

• Are Bibi/Fayyad economic policies insulating the West Bank from the Arab protests? Joel Mowbray sees a connection: The West Bank has among the quietest “streets” in the Arab world right now. No...

February 7, 2011 15:53 By : 1 Comment

Hari Spreads More Filth About Israel

Johann Hari, a writer for The Independent, should be a familiar name to HonestReporting subscribers. In his latest offering at the Huffington Post addressing the Egypt crisis, Hari once again demonstrates his visceral loathing of Israel.

February 6, 2011 16:58 By : 8 Comments

What Happened to 21st Century Statecraft?

Early in 2010, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made news when she formally embraced social media and Internet-based diplomacy in the battle for hearts and minds around the world. The informal policy,...

February 6, 2011 14:02 By : Leave a Comment

Israel Eyes Cyberwar in Egypt and Yemen

An “organization of international hackers which calls itself “Anonymous” is taking credit for shutting down some Egyptian government web sites. The NY Times writes: Anonymous, a loosely...

February 3, 2011 11:35 By : 1 Comment

Neocons Split With Israel Over Egypt, Part 2

The Washington Post notes that the Israeli government’s shifting its stance on Egypt after an initial divergence with US neocons: Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu likened...

February 3, 2011 10:59 By : 2 Comments

More Iranian Lies

Press TV, the government funded propaganda arm of the Iranian regime long ceased to be in any way a creditable media outlet. A case in point is its latest story on the Egyptian crisis: Reports say Israel...

February 3, 2011 10:53 By : 3 Comments

Israel and Egypt: Rounding Up the Reax

• Yossi Klein Halevi explains why the unrest matters to Israel. For Israel, then, peace with Egypt has been not only strategically but also psychologically essential. Israelis understand that the end...

February 2, 2011 17:54 By : 1 Comment

Neocons Split With Israel Over Egypt

No kidding. Neocons Split With Israel Over Egypt. Which camp are you in?

February 2, 2011 17:10 By : 2 Comments

Scapegoating Israel for the Arab World’s Problems

It was only a matter of time before Israel was blamed for the Arab world’s unrest. I’m not surprised that one mainstream paper gave a wonk a soapbox to argue just that. See HonestReporting...

February 2, 2011 12:32 By : Leave a Comment

Mideast Clarity ATF, After Tom Friedman

I agree with a lot of points Tom Friedman makes about Israeli concerns over Egypt. But he puzzles me with this comment: To put it bluntly, if Israelis tell themselves that Egypt’s unrest proves why...

February 2, 2011 12:14 By : 1 Comment