Perspectives on the Middle East
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Niall Ferguson-“Yet the biggest ethnic conflict in the Middle East today is not between Jews and Arabs. It is between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.”
Paul Krugman: Shock and Awe
“Israel’s decision to rely on shock and awe ..., like the U.S. decision ...[in] Iraq ..., is having the opposite of its intended effect. Hezbollah has acquired heroic status, while Israel has both damaged its reputation as a regional superpower and made itself a villain in the eyes of the world. ...”
Thomas Sowell- Pacifists versus peace
"Peace" movements are among those who take advantage of this widespread inability to see beyond rhetoric to realities. Few people even seem interested in the actual track record of so-called "peace" movements — that is, whether such movements actually produce peace or war.
Take the Middle East. People are calling for a cease-fire in the interests of peace. But there have been more cease-fires in the Middle East than anywhere else. If cease-fires actually promoted peace, the Middle East would be the most peaceful region on the face of the earth instead of the most violent.”
Sistani Threatens US over Israeli War on Lebanon
Israel Halts Strikes, U.S. Now Seeks Ceasefire
The ethics of war- Mind those proportions
Tomgram: Air War, Barbarity, and the Middle East
Multimedia
A Perspective from Palestine
Sociologist, politician and Christian Palestinian, Dr Bernard Sabella, is a passionate advocate of peace between Israelis and Palestinians and argues that finding "a joint vision of the future" is an urgent priority for Palestinians and Israelis. This program presents Dr Sabella's address to a Canberra audience during his Australian visit this month
Hezbollah
As violence coninues in Lebanon and northern Israel, Rear Vision looks at the history of Hezbollah
Israel Dialogue
A conversation about Israel with three Israelis who are indicative of the immigrant nation, and whose range of views is broadly representative of the breadth of public opinion in Israel.
Juan Cole interview with Barry Gordon
Two angry bloggers- an Israeli and an Arab
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