Full Coverage: Middle East

30.05.2007 An Internet censorship proposal, meant to “protect kids from the dangers of pornography, violence, and gambling sites,” has many Israelis worried about the possibility of government dictating what can and can’t be viewed online.

25.05.2007 As the Israeli army attempts to imprison an entire nation, it is the youngest who suffer most. Half of all Palestinians killed in the past six years are children. John Pilger reports.
From: New Statesman

22.05.2007 The mood inside Lebanon is confused and unsure about the truth, reports Moussa Bashir, aggregating Lebanese blogs during a violent army siege of a Palestinian refugee camp believed to be home to a militant group.

22.05.2007 The dignity of Palestinians, along with their hopes of a political settlement, is being crushed by conflict, economic degradation, and the world's neglect, warn Mient Jan Faber and Mary Kaldor.
From openDemocracy

22.05.2007 Emergency aid workers were fired on as they struggled to evacuate injured and dead Palestinians from Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in north Lebanon amidst continued fighting between the Lebanese Army and militants from Fatah al-Islam.

22.05.2007 The death of Ali Khalil of the daily al-Zaman brings to 177 the number of journalists and media workers killed in Iraq since March 2003.

19.05.2007 A $10 billion fund to promote human development and education in the Arab world was announced on Saturday by the Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
From: Daily Times (Pakistan)

17.05.2007 Iraq has fractured into competing power bases, is experiencing several simultaneous civil wars and will collapse unless new strategies are implemented, a leading British think-tank warns today.
From Chatham House

15.05.2007 Puolueet miettivät kuumeisesti markkinointijippoja aikaistettua parlamenttivaalia varten. Jännitys väreilee ilmassa ja mielenosoitukset ovat keränneet paikalle yli 1,5 miljoonaa ihmistä.

12.05.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, May 12 (OneWorld) - More than 1,000 people turned out this week for one the largest conferences to date on the health effects of the Iraq war.

11.05.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 (OneWorld) - Antiwar activists from around the country will celebrate Mothers Day by converging on Washington, DC, where they will demand Congress end the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

09.05.2007 WASHINGTON, May 9 (IPS) - In the run-up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon planned to create a 'Rapid Reaction Media Team' (RRMT) designed to ensure control over major Iraqi media while providing an Iraqi 'face' for its efforts, according to a 'White Paper' obtained by the independent National Security Archive (NSA) which released it Tuesday.

07.05.2007 Lasten koulutuksesta uhkaa tulla katoava voimavara Irakissa. Maan hallitus ja UNICEF työskentelevät päättäväisesti pitääkseen koulut käynnissä. Tällä hetkellä arviolta 800 000 irakilaislasta ei käy koulua.

06.05.2007 The political crisis in Turkey reflects a clash of definition over the very nature of the country, says Gunes Murat Tezcur.

06.05.2007 The US attack on Fallujah in April 2004 convulsed the city – 60-70 per cent of the buildings were flattened and the population stands at only 30-50 per cent of its pre-war level. Yet there is little public knowledge of what has been described as “one of the most extensive human rights violations of recent times”. A play in London’s Brick Lane is trying to put it back on the map.

02.05.2007 An advocacy group lays out the mounting costs -- in lives, dollars, and terrorist attacks -- of the war in Iraq, four years to the day after U.S. President George W. Bush announced the end of "major combat operations" there.

02.05.2007 The Middle East? Ignore it. Edward Luttwak wants to push it off the agenda.