BackSpin Editor

At Solomonia, Prof. Richard Landes of Boston University describes his new web project — ’21st

* Media reports cited Boston Globe coverage of a US federal judge freezing the Palestinian

With summer being a popular time for traveling, many students choose to spend their break

Solomonia highlights the hiring of Mariam Sobh by Chicago Public Radio, an affiliate of NPR.

Describing a recent video by Muhammed Deif (pictured), The Guardian reports that the Hamas bomb

* An Arab columnist published in the Washington Post calls on Mahmoud Abbas to fight

The NY Times reveals that Mahmoud Abbas caved in to gunmen to obtain the release

It turns out that Henry Siegman (pictured), a frequent critic of Israel in the pages

A NY Times staff editorial praised Ariel Sharon.

The wire service Knight Ridder, through a recent report, covered the history of the West

In the Gilroy Dispatch (Calif.), Marty Cheeks compares Palestinian refugees to displaced Native Americans. You

In today’s editorial, The Christian Science Monitor, in reference to upcoming elections in Israel and

In the New Yorker, David Remnick wonders about Israel’s biblical claims to the West Bank:

Today’s bungled headline award goes to AP: Palestinian Injured in West Bank Town You have

YNet reports that an Italian parliamentarian is proposing a Nobel peace prize for Ariel Sharon.

In South Africa, Its Almost Supernatural blog challenges the logic that Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is boycotting Al-Arabiya after the network yanked an Israeli official

In “Settlers believe evacuation betrays God’s will”, Martin Fletcher of NBC News makes errors, jumps