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President Obama's Speech

See the Sunday, May 22, The New York Times article, "Promise of Arab Uprisings is Threatened by Divisions." Through the first 10 paragraphs, it discusses the revolutions and revolts to the Arab world, specifically siting religion, fundamentalism, clans, sects, and ethnicities as obstacles to peace in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Bahrain, and Libya - not Israel nor Palestine.

Ya'alon: Israel Has No Partner for Two States for Two Peoples - Mazal Mualem (Ha'aretz) "There is no doubt that there is a political and diplomatic earthquake taking place in the Arab states and perhaps also Iran, and what is clear is that it is not tied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Obama's speech is negative in this context because it brings back the claim that there is a connection." 

Maps, Land and History: Why 1967 Still Matters - Tim Lister (CNN)

Israel v. Palestine Is Not a Border Dispute - David Frum (National Post-Canada)

Canada

Sports hijab lets Islamic women throw some punches - Geraldine Woessner (AFP)

Iranian-born Canadian designer Elham Seyed Javad came up with an solution to allow young girls and women to take part in physical activities while also adhering to strict Islamic rules.

PA/Hamas

PA Creates Fictitous History, Denies Jews have History in Israel - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) ...claimed a fictitious 9000 year-old Palestinian history

Mahmoud Abbas and the Persistence of Palestinian Mythology - Matthew Brodsky (Guardian-UK)
Weekly Commentary: PA adopting Hamas terror already - Shalit to remain hostage - Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Hamas & Fatah praise Russia's role - (Al-Qassam)

Jordan's king boycotts Abbas. Moscow: Hamas must recognize Israel - DEBKAfile

Israel

Bibi Coverage: One Speech, Multiple Stories - Simon Plosker (HonestReporting)

Iran
Iranian, Egyptian Top Diplomats Meet in Bali (Fars News Agency)
High-Ranking Russian Officials to Attend Bushehr N. Power Plant Inauguration Ceremony (Fars News Agency)
Beijing Eager to Promote All-Out Ties with Iran (Fars News Agency)

Pakistan 

Please take a look at Asia Society's Pakistan 2020 report.

 

Spring Not New to Arab Women - Simba Russeau (IPS) Women have been taking leading roles in the Arab uprisings of Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, Morocco and Bahrain - shattering many decades old Western myths that Arab women are powerless and enslaved.

Egypt
Islamists Target Egypt's Christians - (IPT News)
Sub-Saharan Migrants in the Sinai, latest news -(Everyone Group)

Turkey ditches Assad, calls off participation in Gaza flotilla  - (DEBKAfile)

 

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USA
Obama’s Failed Middle East Speech - Daniel Pipes (National Review)

 Obama's abandonment of America - Caroline Glick (CarolineGlick.com)
SPME to CUNY on Kushner's Honor: 'reverse this deeply uninformed decision' - Phyllis Chesler (NewsRealBlog) 

Documentary Targets Islamist Radicalization in Nashville - (IPT News) 

Michael Widlanski slams Thomas Friedman for being out of touch with reality, Bibi, Barack and Tom -Michael Widlanski (American Thinker)

Mexico
Terrorist Group Setting Up Operations Near Border (in Mexico) - Hezbollah Considered To Be More Advanced Than Al-Qaida (10News.com)

PA/Hamas
Fatah Agrees with Hamas: Palestinian State Will Be at War with Israel - Noah Pollak (Commentary)
PA to pay salaries to all terrorists in Israeli prisons - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Song on PA TV: Jaffa, Acre, Haifa and Nazareth are Palestinian - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Hamas MP: The Jews Were Brought to Palestine for the "Great Massacre"  (MEMRI)

PA unveils "Tree of Freedom" decorated with pictures of terrorists serving life sentences -Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Plus district governor of Bethlehem also visited families of 7 terrorists serving life sentences. He gave them boxes of sweets with pictures of the prisoners.  One of the terrorists is serving life for stabbing two children.  Yet the official PA daily reported that: "The district governor emphasized that the Palestinian people supports the sacrifice of the prisoners... they represent the purest and most noble cause in Palestinian society..."

Abbas - Rewriting Middle East History: Response to Abbas editorial at The NY Times, May 17, 2011 - Eli E. Hertz (MythsandFacts.org)

Israel

Jerusalem: The Media Myth of Two Cities (HonestReporting) - video
UN Peacekeepers Fail to Stop Nakba Day Border Incursions - Lenny Ben-David (I*Consult)
Israel Can Only Make Peace with Those Who Want to Make Peace - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister's Office)
Prime Minister Netanyahu Responds to Events on Borders   (Prime Minister's Office-IMRA) "It is important to note that events are taking place on the day that marks the establishment of the State of Israel. As the leaders of these violent demonstrations themselves profess, their struggle is not about the '67 lines but to challenge the very existence of Israel, that they term a 'disaster' that should be corrected. It is important that we face reality with our eyes wide open and know with whom we are dealing and what we are facing." 
Gay Rights Offends Time Magazine’s Image of Israel - Simon Plosker (HonestReporting)

India

India mothers accused in honour killing of two brides (The Telegraph)
Two Muslim mothers in a northern Indian town have been arrested on accusations they killed their daughters for dishonouring the family by eloping with Hindu men, police said on Sunday.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Training Arab Agents in Venezuela (Arab Times-Kuwait)
Iranian Abducted in Paris (CAMERA and ProtectOurHeritagePAC)

Hamas Leader: The Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation - A Step Towards Restoring the Land, Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa (MEMRI)
Cairo to move Meshaal's Hamas base to Gaza. Assad threatens Israel with war (DEBKAfile)
Fatah-Hamas accord – by-product of secret Israel-Turkish talks, Syrian crisis (DEBKAfile)

Arab campaign presenting female terrorist as role model for women - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
One of the women promoted in the clip as role models for Arab women today is Dalal Mughrabi, famous for her terrorist attack that killed dozens of Israelis, and another, Al Khansa, who is famous for celebrating the Martyrdom deaths of her children. The clip is part of  "The White Hands Campaign, For a Media Geared towards Women, which was planned and designed to be one of the best grand efforts to influence making women roles more active and equal to better the future of our societies." by the Arab Producers Union for TV (APUTV).

Rallies Support Palestinians Amid Calls for a Third Intifada - (IPT News)

Why was key source on bin Laden's courier freed? - Thomas Joscelyn (LongWarJournal)
Peter Bergen Envisions the World After Osama - video (Asia Society)
Veteran newsman assesses what's next for Al Qaeda, US war. Bergen argued that the 2011 "Arab spring" had already rendered Al Qaeda irrelevant to nearly the same extent bin Laden's death did. In contrast to the despairing tone that marked much of the week's coverage of US relations with Pakistan, Bergen emphasized that for all its problems Pakistan is an indispensable partner to the US at this time. Drawing on personal experience, he also noted that Pakistan is a notably freer environment than during the 1980s. Overall, Bergen seemed to view the death of bin Laden as a wholly positive event.
Bin Laden's Posthumous Fans - Barry Rubin (PajamasMedia)
Regarding Pakistan, it has been an open secret—even published in the mass media—that the Pakistani government has sponsored terrorism and collaborated with al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Yet the U.S. government continued to pour money into the country. Consider the murderous attack on Mumbai, India. The group that conducted it operates from Pakistan with the knowledge of the authorities there. We're now supposed to be surprised that bin Laden was sheltering there? In an official press release, the Pakistani army simultaneously claims credit for killing UBL and criticizes the United States for doing so. And, once again, let me point out that al-Qaeda is a terrorist threat but not a strategic threat. The real problem is with revolutionary Islamists: Hamas, Hizballah, Iran, Syria, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Bin Laden's One Mistake - Shmuel Sackett (Israpundit.com)

TN Bill Calls Two Or More Observant Muslims A ‘Sharia Organization’ - Ali Gharib (ThinkProgress.org)
Gary Johnson Breaks With Fellow 2012 Candidates By Arguing That Sharia Is Not ‘A Problem Anywhere’ -Scott Keyes (ThinkProgress.org)

Europeans Threaten to Recognize Palestinian State Unless Israel Negotiates With Terrorist Group - Soeren Kern (Hudson New York)

Where Are the Human Rights Groups? Where Are the Media? - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson New York)
Assaults on writers and journalists in the Arab world are not uncommon, but the case of the Yemeni poet who just had his tongue cut out appears to be one of the most horrifying crimes against those who dare to express their views in public.

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Israel builds up border forces against Syrian refugee exodus (DEBKAfile)
Other large groups were turned away by Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, which closed their borders against refugees last month. They too are now heading for the Israel border in search of temporary shelter.

Islamic Jihad Not Joining Palestinian Unity Government - Mohammed Mar'i (Arab News-Saudi Arabia)
Take the Palestinian Reconciliation Quiz - Pesach Benson (HonestReporting)

Majority in Egypt want peace treaty with Israel scrapped - Michael Krebs (DigitalJournal.com) Renewed ties between Egypt and Iran are emerging as a new regional shift....

The Mourners of Bin Laden - Jackson Diehl (Washington Post)

Fatah military wing calls Bin Laden killing "catastrophe" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) 

Al-Qaeda confirms on jihadist Internet forums Bin Laden’s death, vows revenge - MUSTAPHA AJBAILI (Al Arabiya News)  

Bin Laden's Death Depicted in Cartoons - N. Shamni (MEMRI)

Japan Nuclear Disaster Could Spur Terrorist Plots (IPT News)

Jessica Mokdad, 20, Killed by her Stepfather. When Will the Media & Muslim Groups Break Their Silence on this American Honor Killing? -  Phyllis Chesler (NewsRealBlog)

Homeland Afghanistan (Asia Society)
How well do we really understand Afghanistan? Already honored by the Webby Awards, Asia Society's stunning new web project Homeland Afghanistan explores Afghanistan's heritage in ways that compel new thinking about this turbulent, vital part of the world.

Report Examines Indian Maoist Militants' Growing Links to Pakistani Jihadist Organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (MEMRI)

First Arab on Israel's Supreme Court Talks about Diversity - Niraj Warikoo (Detroit Free Press)