Tunisian president flees military coup. Foreboding in Cairo and Amman (DEBKAfile)

Spanish government sponsors PA TV ad calling for boycott of all Israeli products (PMW) 
Spanish government denies funding of PA TV ad (PMW)

The Economist's Indecent Proposal - Dore Gold (Jerusalem Post)

Israel was the focus of a recent cover story in The Economist, the prestigious British newsweekly. The magazine's main editorial puts forward the thesis that unless Obama takes bold diplomatic moves in the peace process, there is a real risk of war. The Economist then concludes that Obama, along with the rest of the world, must impose a solution on the parties. Most fundamentally, it confuses the main source of potential escalation and war, Iran, with the diplomatic target of the peace initiative it recommends, the Palestinians. Historically, relations with the Palestinians and tensions with Iran's proxies, Hizbullah and Hamas, have been on two completely separate tracks. In April 1996, while Prime Minister Shimon Peres was negotiating with the Palestinians, the Israeli-Lebanese border deteriorated and Israel was forced to launch Operation Grapes of Wrath against Hizbullah. Again in 2008, when Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was in advanced negotiations with both Abbas and the Syrians (through the Turks), there was a massive escalation of rocket fire by Hamas that resulted in Operation Cast Lead. There was simply no correlation between Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy and the military escalation with organizations supported by Iran.
The writer is president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and a former ambassador to the UN.
The Economist Magazine Sullies Reputation for Independent Thought with Anti-Israeli Rant - Robin Shepherd (Robin Shepherd-UK) 

  

Time Magazine Takes Israel Hatred to a New Level - Alana Goodman (Commentary)

 

"Travel Palestine" Ad in National Geographic Blots Out Israel - Jonny Paul (Jerusalem Post) http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=202965
 

Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Oil Policy - Simon Henderson (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
Iran has been chosen by OPEC members for the cartel's 2011 presidency. 

Europe Needs a Parliamentary Inquiry on NGO Funding - Gerald M. Steinberg (Jerusalem Post)
Israel Blacklists Foreign Charities for Supporting Terrorism - Chaim Levinson (Ha'aretz)
  

Video: Gaza 2011 - Your Next Travel Destination (YouTube)

Refugees from Reality - Ingo Way (Cicero-Germany-ElderofZiyon)

Arab Donor Registry for Bone Marrow and Stem Cells Established in Israel - Marlene R. Eckstein (Poughkeepsie Journal)
The first and only registry for unrelated Arab donors of bone marrow or stem cells has been developed at Israel's Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem. 

Supreme leader's tweets trigger Iranians' controversy (Alarabiay)
Khamenei's Twitter infuriates Iran bloggers

Last week I relayed the report from Everyone Group about 250 African men, women and children being held in shipping containers and being raped, tortured, and killed by human traffickers for over 2 months in Egypt. Some of the group have been released, but others are still being held at the present time. The latest I could find is this article here. Apparently there are Facebook pages about this as well.