BackSpin Editor

Which assessment of the unity government makes more sense? In this corner, we have BBC:

Brian Sewell, an art critic for the Evening Standard got himself in hot water with

Dry Bones hits the nail on the head on the new PA government:

Palestinian kids are actively choosing to do time in Israeli prison because it’s better than

PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh still calls for “resistance.” Yet the wire services are already

AP has a lineup of the new PA cabinet. Among the newcomers is Mustafa Barghouti,

See the NY Times, where Professor Frank Stewart slams BBC plans for an Arab-language TV

Tom Gross picks up on Palestinian and BBC acknowledgment of Alan Johnston’s biased coverage: Impartial

The Johannesburg Star reports that Dr. Snuki Zikalala got away with a “verbal warning” for

On Monday, we blogged an extraordinary NY Times report on the lost generation of Palestinian

If you’ve been waiting with baited breath, UNESCO just released it’s official report (pdf format)

Turns out that last year’s Peace Now report that generated wide-spread media coverage was based

Some headline writers are having fun at the expense of Israel’s disgraced ambassador to El

What’s with the LA Times? When we flagged Professor Saree Makdisi’s recent commentary, the original

YNet News obtained a copy of a UNESCO report which finds that the Mughrabi Gate

If Hamas says the Johnston kidnapping will be resolved soon, it can only mean things

The BBC’s Alan Johnston is abducted by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza. See HonestReporting-UK’s latest communique:

The BBC’s Alan Johnston is the only Western reporter based in Gaza, which makes him