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April 2005 |
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| April 30 |
| Iraq: A turbulent
beginning -
Leader, Guardian |
| What the papers said
about the new government - Guardian |
| Charles Moore: For any reason you mention, Blair
should go. Except Iraq |
| Women
are losing the right to be adored -
Sarah Sands, Telegraph |
| Rami Khouri: Arab society will be democracy's
crucible |
| An
independent judiciary will ensure the success of any future Iraqi gov't |
| The
pen can break the executioner's sword - Ali Jaafar, Dstar |
| 'No'
to settlers remaining on liberated Palestinian land - Ali Jaafar, Dstar |
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| April 29 |
| Mitchell Reiss: A long way to a free Middle East |
| Peter Zeihan: China: The Communist
Government's Crisis of Legitimacy |
| Don't take us for
granted -
Anas Altikriti, Guardian |
| Deceived into voting
for invasion - William Goodhart, Guardian |
| This
time it's personal: justice Chechen-style - Simon Tisdall, Guardian |
| The end of a
generation - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz |
| The parable of
Putin's visit - Doron Rosenblum,
Haaretz |
| Malicious, this
academic attack on Israel - Motti
Golani, Haaretz |
| Outsourcing the occupation - Niv Gordon, Haaretz |
| An
Islamist Syria is not very probable - Michael Jacobson, Dstar |
| Despite
the spat, Turkey and the U.S. need each other - Michael Jacobson |
| Israeli-Palestinian
peace will be illusory without popular support - Jason Erb |
| Editorial:
Arab NGOs must move from noble aims to historic achievements |
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| April 28 |
| Shelomo Alfassa: What about the Jews of Iran? |
| Michael Freund: A wall of faith around
Gaza |
| Now there's no
chance of moving on - Jonathan Freedland, Guardian |
| Withdrawal from
occupied territory - Editorial,
Haaretz |
| Ze'ev Schiff: What they did not agree on |
| Shunning Putin
- Lily Galili, Haaretz |
| The
disengagement deal - Meron
Rapoport, Haaretz |
| Assad
can no longer pretend status quo will suffice - Editorial, Dstar |
| David Ignatius: An amazing denouement, but also a triumph for 'soft
power' |
| Analysis:
Russia seeks Mid-East role - Nick
Childs, BBC |
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| April 27 |
| Daniel Pipes: Travelers, terrorists and open borders |
| This
is our Guernica - Jonathan Steele
and Dahr Jamail, Guardian |
| An ugly face of
ecology -
George Monbiot, Guardian |
| Weizman's
example - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz |
| Back from
Armenia - Yossi Sarid, Haaretz |
| Sheer contempt
- Israel Harel, Haaretz |
| Don't
expect harried Iran to ride to Syria's rescue - Iason Athanasiadis, DStar |
| Why the long delay in forming a new Iraqi
government? - Musab Al-Khateeb |
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| April 26 |
| Rebellion in
the backyard puts paranoid Moscow on the defensive - Guardian |
| Is
Gaza truly part of the Land of Israel? - Bradley Burston, Haaretz |
| The prime minister
is a war criminal - Richard Gott, Guardian |
| Still Labour,
despite Iraq - Richard Gott, Guardian |
| A heartless God
- Avirama Golan, Haaretz |
| Sharon's vision
- Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| Turkey
must repudiate its policy of denial - Charles Tannock, Daily Star |
| Mubarak
the detainee, has stifled Egypt's dreams - Maria Golia, Daily Star |
| Without
third-party aid, Israel's pullouts may lead to trouble - Jarat Chopra |
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| April 25 |
| Michael McGough: The
Pope and a Rabbi Walk Into a Bar ... |
| Jennifer Loven: Bush
Seeks Relief From Record Oil Prices |
| Jackson Diehl: Battle
for Egypt's Future |
| China-Japan: The apology should not be taken lightly - Press Review, Guardian |
| Children of the media revolution - Mark Lawson, Guardian |
| Putin's Visit:
Amending past wrongs - Editorial,
Haaretz |
| Abu Mazen's test
- Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| In the name of
God - Israel Segal, Haaretz |
| Can
the U.S. like the democratic Arabia it has planned? - David Hirst, Daily Star |
| Statues
of Liberty - Nahla Atiyah, Daily Star |
| Between
America and Turkey, the sticking point is just Iraq - Ersin Kalaycioglu |
| Reform
in Egypt is always 'tomorrow' - Mona Makram Ebeid, Daily Star |
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| April 24 |
| Jim Hoagland: A Shifting Focus on Terrorism |
| A
German pope indeed - Russel
Berman, Newsday |
| Why Israel will
always be vilified - David
Aaronovitch, Observer |
| Vietnam:
How America was humbled - Colin
Smith, Observer |
| Judgment day at
last on Iraq - Menzies
Campbell, Observer |
| And
now, an apology from China? -
Michael Trend, Telegraph |
| Achieving
long-term political change in the Middle East - Dov Zakheim, Al-Hayat |
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| April 24 |
| Forgotten holocaust
- Leader, Guardian |
| Martin Jacques: Japan's failure to own up to its past threatens
its future |
| Holier than thou
- Mark Lawson, Guardian |
| The
munchkin, not Bolton, had it right -
David Ignatius, Daily Star |
| Turning
the corner in Iraq, or entering a blind alley? - Charles Pena, Daily Star |
| Beyond
the bomb, all Iran wants is a little bit of respect - M. Kamrava, D Star |
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| April 22 |
| Patrick Seale: How Serious is the U.S.-Israeli Crisis? |
| Academic
boycott: Bashing Israel - Abraham
H. Foxman, IHT |
| Assessing
Israel's Release of Jordanian Prisoners - WI |
| From Crawford
to Gaza: Countdown to Disengagement - WI |
| Vietnam
and Iraq - H.D.S. Greenway, Boston
Globe |
| A Coup in Ecuador - Carlos Aguilera, Startfor |
| Blair made a pledge to the Iraqis once - Haifa Zangana, Guardian |
| Jonathan Steele: If Kosovo is left in limbo, it will be a victory
for Milosevic |
| Non-Christian
countries wonder whether the Pope will be friend or foe |
| Time for Zionism
to grow up -
Tom Segev, Haaretz |
| After 350 years,
still a lot to do - Abraham Foxman, Haaretz |
| Nothing less will do: - Ibrahim Nafie on
Egyptian presidential candidacy |
| The Catholic Church and the world - Immanuel Wallerstein, Ahram |
| Votes that rebound - Ibrahim Nafie on democratization |
| Terrorism and the computer - Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, Ahram |
| The Arab scene - Mustafa El-Feki, Ahram |
| If
the settlers want to stay, let them - Yossi Alpher, Daily Star |
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| April 21 |
| Richard Cohen: A Pope for Better or Perhaps Worse |
| Itlay: Stumbling
cavalier - Leader, Guardian |
| Time for the U.S. to step up - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| If all else
fails -
Avraham Tal, Haaretz |
| From freedom to
slavery -
Avraham Tal, Haaretz |
| Why they want to
destroy us -
Avi Beker, Haaretz |
| David Ignatius: When it comes to nationalism,
everybody's doing it nowadays |
| Editorial:
Engage Benedict XVI on basis of universal values, common interests |
| Here's
what the U.S. must do to earn Turkish liking - Soner Cagaptay, Dstar |
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| April 20 |
| Derrick Z. Jackson: The Catholic Church steps backwards |
| In John Paul's
footsteps - The Economist |
| Dangerous democracy
- David Hirst, Guardian |
| Habemus
papam: the new Pope needs our prayers - Leader, Telegraph |
| The last pope from
Europe - Andrew Brown, Guardian |
| Unbending thinker will guard against change - Stephen Bates, Guardian |
| Why
Russia is putting Stalin back on to his pedestal - Nick Allen, Telegraph |
| Eurosceptics may bless
French left - Simon Tisdall,
Guardian |
| Israelis
and Palestinians recognize the failure of violence - M. Daraghmeh |
| Sharon's
professed love of sand - Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz |
| A
new conflict simmers in Sudan - Julie Flint, Dstar |
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| April 19 |
| David Phillips: Hopeful signs for
Turkey, Armenia |
| Marc Gopin: Winds of Change in Syria |
| Simon Tisdall: Japan emerges as America's deputy sheriff in the
Pacific |
| Unnecessary
humiliation -
Yoel Marcus, Haaretz |
| The disturbing
aspect of Arab democracy - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz |
| Beating the
system -
Yoel Marcus, Haaretz |
| Bush's
warning to Turkey was stupid -
Philip Robins, Dstar |
| Syria
loves Ankara but will the relationship last? - Omer Taspinar, Dstar |
| Time
to think in a new way about Israeli-Palestinian conflict - M. J. Rosenberg |
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| April 18 |
| Terrorism Tempers Shift to Openness - C. Whitlock & S. Coll, Wasington Post |
| Geza Vermes: Let's hope Vatican politics do not
hinder the Holy Spirit |
| There's no
partner -
Akiva Eldar, Haaretz |
| What Bush
doesn't understand - Ron Breiman,
Haaretz |
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| April 17 |
| When
the first shot is fired - Naomi
Klein, Guardian |
| Allure
of the blank slate - Naomi Klein,
Guardian |
| Licensed
to kill? -Nick Paton Walsh,
Guardian |
| Alasdair
Palmer: Police might not be allowed to arrest the next ricin terrorist |
| Kevin
Myers: Terrorists fought the law?and the law lost |
| What are
Sharon's intentions? - Uzi
Benziman, Haaretz |
| What are
Sharon's intentions? - Uzi
Benziman, Haaretz |
| Too modest a map
- Nazir Majali,
Haaretz |
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| April 16 |
| Elahé Sharifpour-Hicks: What the West
Owes the Iranian People |
| Israel in the Territories: From Disengagement to
Settlements |
| James Phillips: Slow But Steady Progress
in Iraq |
| Ze'ev Schiff:
The preachers |
| Amid
renovation, America's spooks are utterly clueless - David Ignatius, Dstar |
| Jordan
falls from grace in Washington - Maggie Mitchell-Salem, Dstar |
| The
present U.S.-Turkish turbulence is transitory - Henri Barkey, Dstar |
| The settlement
tic - Doron Rosenblum, Haaretz |
| Presumption of guilt
- Shami
Chakrabarti, Guardian |
| Reviled as outsiders - Jonathan Freedland, Guardian |
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| April 15 |
| H.D.S. Greenway: The roots of Muslim
unrest |
| Dennis Ross: An Elusive Opportunity |
| The
tiger in China - Leader, Telegraph |
| The politics of
poison -
Polly Toynbee, Guardian |
| Britain ups
the heat on Cyprus - Simon Tisdall, Guardian |
| Editorial: US can achieve its goal by focusing on 5
pillars of MidEast stability |
| Close
the loophole that lets states define terrorism - Richard Haass, Dstar |
| Europe
and reform: Stick to Barcelona now more than ever - A. Vasconcelos |
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| April 14 |
| Rob Sobhani: An anomaly in the Mideast |
| Straight Talk in Texas - Editorial, Latimes |
| Does
Israel want Arab democracy? - Jeff
Jacoby, Boston Globe |
| Philip
Johnston: The chaos that allows a failed asylum seeker to stay and kill |
| The ricin ring that
never was -
Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian |
| For
a Pax Europeana - Timothy Garton
Ash, Guardian |
| The stench of
panic - Uzi
Benziman, Haaretz |
| The dangerous
spin-meisters - Israel Harel, Haaretz |
| Assad's
view of Sezar's visit is a measure of Syria's isolation - Editorial, Dstar |
| The
American-Islamic debate shifts slowly, positively - Rami Khouri, Dstar |
| Thomas Friedman: The Calm Before the Storm? |
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| April 13 |
| Don't be fooled by
the spin on Iraq - Jonathan
Steele, Guardian |
| Democracy
seems to be creeping forward in Iraq, the Arab world - Guardian |
| Who
has the time to hear of hunger in the Gaza Strip? - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz |
| A most dangerous
message - Richard Norton-Taylor,
Guardian |
| Bush is from
Mars, Sharon is from Venus - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| What Sharon
forgot to tell the Jews - Nathan Guttman, Haaretz |
| The return of
God - Yair
Sheleg, Haaretz |
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| April 12 |
| Abid Ullah Jan: Virtual people's virtual
Islam |
| Abid Ullah Jan: Unkowungly the US is
fighting a war for Islam |
| Euro-ruled
Britain won't need a king - Mark
Steyn, Telegraph |
| Ehud Barak: Trust is
built on realities - Guardian |
| Let them eat bombs
- Terry Jones, Guardian |
| Bush and Sharon:
Giving ground - Leader, Guardian |
| Instead of friendship -
disagreements at Texas meeting -
Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| Sharon deserves
a poet laureate - Yossi Sarid,
Haaretz |
| The earth is
moving under our feet - Moshe
Arens, Haaretz |
| The
direction of peace and its challenges - Hazem Saghieh, Daily Star |
| Traveling the democratic road - Editorial, Daily Star |
| Future
uncertain for alliance between Syria and Iran - Karim Sadjadpour, DStar |
| The
U.S. can't afford to let Negroponte fail - Michael Jacobson, DStar |
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| April 11 |
| Jeff Halper: A Palestinian prison-state? |
| Neoconservatives
and their blueprint for US power |
| The
fire that's smouldering under Bush - Peter Preston, Guardian |
| President
Katsav runs to tell the boys - Uzi
Benziman, Haaretz |
| Analysis: Another chapter of
tiresome bickering - Aluf Benn,
Haaretz |
| Why talk to the
Israelis? - Danny Rubinstein,
Haaretz |
| Carrying a torch
for Azzam - Danny Rubinstein,
Haaretz |
| Forget
about the gestures, let's see some substance - Editorial, Daily Star |
| Beyond
the democracy debate: a time for decisions -Abdul Aziz Said, Daily Star |
| Syria
and Iran's last option is to create an anti-U.S. alliance - Nizar Abdel-Kader |
| Bruce Ticker: Criticize Israel? Why not? |
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| April 10 |
| Analysis: The Vatican handshake:
Meaningful, but now what? |
| Ze'ev
Schiff: Danger of a spark |
| Let
Fathers Be Fathers - Nicholas
Kristof, Nytimes |
| Two,
four, six, eight: time to transubstantiate - Kevin Myers, Telegraph |
| A papal
morality tale for a moral age -
David Aaronovitch, Telegraph |
| A literary love story - Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Guardian |
| Patricia Johnson: Through the lens, a clearer
picture of the Middle East |
| Ze'ev
Schiff: Temple Mount rally by far-rightists could end calm |
| President Katsav runs to tell the
boys - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz |
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| April 9 |
| Christianity
in a Godless age - Leader,
Telegraph |
| Pole of Poles - Leader, Guardian |
| Editorial:
Egypt's judges add their voices to growing demands for reform |
| Cleaning
up Jordan's musty politics -
Rana Sabbagh-Gargour, DStar |
| Cosmetic
change does not a revolution make -
Michael Collins Dunn, DStar |
| Hamas
in Palestinian politics: Inclusion at what price? - Ghassan Khatib, DStar |
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| April 8 |
| A Summit for History? - Marla Dial, Stratfor |
| The empire shifts
- Randeep
Ramesh, Guardian |
| Jonathan Steele: We are rewriting
the history of communism's collapse |
| High alert on
the Temple Mount - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Ze'ev Schiff:
Two states, one nation |
| Down at the
ranch - Yoel
Marcus, Haaretz |
| The Italian
lives by his faith - Meron Rapoport, Haaretz |
| Editorial:
Why a bus ride in Kashmir is the latest clarion call of people power |
| Walk softly and carry a big checkbook - William Fisher, DStar |
| Fateh
and Hamas: a coalition in the making? - Mahdi Abdul Hadi, DStar |
| The East-West 'clash of ignorance' - Sheikh Nahayan Al-Nahayan, DStar |
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| April 7 |
| Iran in Iraq: How much influence? - ICG |
| Steven Spiegel: What U.S. needs to do to move Arab-Israeli peace forward |
| Politics in red robes - Sidney Blumenthal, Guardian |
| Leader: Stumbling
forward - Guardian |
| Trauma-free
evacuation -
Avraham Tal, Haaretz |
| Racism by any
other name -
Yitzhak Laor, Haaretz |
| Get out of the
religious ghetto -
Israel Harel, Haaretz |
| Editorial:
Talabani's election can send strong signal of democracy to the region |
| Michael
Young: Improve the lot of refugees and level with them |
| Farouk El-Baz; Winds of change must reach all
levels of the Arab world |
| The
Pope and Hypocrisy - Nicholas
Kristof, Nytimes |
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| April 6 |
| Beyond
the pale - Leader, Guardian |
| Ze'ev Schiff: Irresponsible intelligence |
| Parameters
for protest - Uzi
Benziman, Haaretz |
| In the
footsteps of India and Pakistan - Reuven Pedatzur, Haaretz |
| Arab
leaders are just not getting the message on reform - Editorial, Daily Star |
| The
Iraq war has only set back Middle East reform -Shibley Telhami, DStar |
| Intellectuals
should acknowledge the ills of their nations - Daoud Kuttab, DStar |
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| April 5 |
| Marina Ottaway: Listen
To Arab Voices |
| Mark
Steyn: Why progressive Westerners never understood John Paul II |
| I'm with Wolfowitz
- George
Monbiot, Guardian |
| It's
as if the Reformation had never happened - Martin Kettle, Guardian |
| The end of the world
as we know it - Jeffrey Sachs, Guardian |
| A Zionist
ruling par excellence - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| A shake-up
in the Jewish lobby - Avi Beker, Haaretz |
| The
elections are already here - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| Cranking
up the debate on Arab women's equality - Mira Baz, Daily Star |
| The
freedom bell is not ringing as loudly as Bush thinks - Caise Hassan, DStar |
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| April 4 |
| Anne Applebaum: How the Pope 'Defeated Communism' |
| David Ignatius:
Peace in the Pipeline? |
| Daniel Pipes: Worse than Oslo |
| Uri Avnery:
Arab Democracy: Djinn in the Box |
| Jim Hoagland: Keeping Covenant With Iraq |
| The Pope has blood on
his hands -
Terry Eagleton, Guardian |
| An
inspiring journey out of the heart of darkness - Charles Moore, Telegrpah |
| The first world leader - Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian |
| Radical authoritarian
- Leader,
Guardian |
| What next for the
Vatican? -
Press Revies, Guardian |
| Steps to strengthen Abu Mazen -
Editorial, Haaretz |
| Hamas is the big winner these days
- Danny
Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| The blindness of the peace-seekers
- Akiva
Eldar, Haaretz |
| Headstrong,
slow, and no intelligence at all - David Ignatius, Daily Star |
| The
limitations of a dialogue of civilizations - Sarah Eltantawi, Daily Star |
| Laurie Mylroie: The gap between freedom objective
and its implementation |
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| April 3 |
| The
meaning of suffering - Leader,
Telegraph |
| Clifford Longley: How does the Catholic Church
follow John Paul? It doesn't |
| The man in
white who changed the world -
Cristina Odone, Observer |
| The Pope
they loved but could not obey -
Malachi O'Doherty, Observer |
| Focus: Pope John Paul II was the real hero in reconciling Christians, Jews
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| Don't
be surprised by the UN's corruption - Anne Applebaum, Telegraph |
| How
many more must die before Kofi quits? - Kenneth Cain, Observer |
| We
must learn a lesson from Terri Schiavo - Kevin Myers, Telegraph |
| Historic decision for religious
Zionism - Yair Sheleg, Haaretz |
| Pro-democracy and anti-U.S. - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
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| April 2 |
| The secret cold war partnership between Pope John Paul II and White House |
| The best and worst
of times in John Paul II's reign -
Clifford Longley, Guardian |
| Chronology of a papacy |
| We need a
post-Zionist leap of faith - John
Rose, Guardian |
| World Bank: Bush's
elbow, not his ear - Leader,
Guardian |
| Analysis: After Gaza withdrawal - Nick Thorpe, BBC |
| The
new pan-Arabism thrives on negativity - Turi Munthe, Dstar |
| Mubarak
may be scheming but the taboos are falling - Issandr El Amrani, Dstar |
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| April 1 |
| Don’t
Stop Now - Victor Hansenm,
National Review |
| Andrew Teekell: Media Report on 'Stryker' Misleading |
| Jawad al-Khalisi: The gates of hell are open in Iraq |
| Alfred H. Moses: One Middle East policy, for all |
| Ze'ev Schiff: What Dichter said to
Abu Mazen |
| The
Guardian profile: Paul Wolfowitz |
| Why American neocons
are out for Kofi Annan's blood -
Robin Cook, Guardian |
| The mythology of
people power - John Laughland,
Guardian |
| The PA lady vanishes - Doron Rosenblum, Haaretz |
| Why arrest peace activists now?
- Daniel Gavron, Haaretz |
| David
Ignatius: A new chairman of the Joint Chiefs must stand up to Rumsfeld |
| The
U.S. is straight-jacketed in attacking Iran - N. Janardhan, Dstar |
| Was
Algiers a dictators' graveyard? -
Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, Dstar |
