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The Times of Israel

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Topic: Arab Spring

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November 30, 2012
6:52 am

Members of the constitutional assembly attend a session to vote on a final draft of a new Egyptian constitution in Cairo on Thursday, November 29, 2012. (photo credit: Mohammed Abu Zaid/AP)

Egypt’s Islamists hurriedly approve new constitution

Provisions could bring restrictions on freedom of speech, women’s rights and other liberties

November 27, 2012
3:35 pm

Hamas is stirring the regional pot

By getting widespread regional support, Hamas is likely to become an Iranian tool to destabilize Israel

By Jamila Mammadova

November 23, 2012
11:27 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Nov. 16 (photo AP/Majdi Mohammed)

For Abbas, UN statehood nod would be a much-needed counterweight in battle for Palestinian minds

PA president requires an international lifeline to challenge the soaring, post-war popularity of Gaza’s Hamas

By Dalia Nammari and Karin Laub

November 23, 2012
8:23 pm

Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and wave his campaign posters and a national flag outside the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 23 (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Gomaa)

Mohammed Morsi vs. the Egyptian judiciary

A look at the powers decreed by Egypt’s president

By AP

November 23, 2012
7:12 pm

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to supporters outside the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 23 (photo credit: AP/Aly Hazaza, El Shorouk)

100 injured in Egyptian clashes over presidential power grab

Thousands clash in the streets of Cairo and other cities, in largest protests since 2011 revolution

By Aya Batrawy and MAGGIE MICHAEL

November 23, 2012
5:57 pm

President Mohammed Morsi, right, poses for a photograph with his new Prosecutor General, Talaat Abdullah, left, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 22 (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt’s president says power grab meant to thwart former regime’s ‘weevils’

Egyptians clash in the streets over new decree that critics fear allows Morsi to be a virtual dictator

November 17, 2012
4:17 am

Jordanian Protesters from the Islamic Action Front and other opposition parties hold a demonstration after Friday prayers in Amman, Jordan, Friday, Nov. 16 (photo credit: AP/Raad Adayleh)

Calls for ouster of Jordan’s king grow at protests

Some 2,500 people in Amman chant slogans reminiscent of last year’s Arab world uprisings

By Jamal Halaby

November 17, 2012
3:59 am

Smoke rises from a building in the northern Gaza Strip after an Israeli airstrike on November 16 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Operation Pillar of Defense: A clash of arms and narratives

Current historical moment takes on particular potential for instability and escalation

By Dan Perry and Josef Federman

November 10, 2012
8:04 am

After being dispersed by riot police firing tear gas, Bahraini anti-government protesters return to the streets and resume their demonstration in Malkiya, Bahrain on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Hasan Jamali)

Bahrain: Sunni leadership strips 31 Shiite lawyers, activists of citizenship

US rebukes Gulf kingdom for policy barring all protest rallies

By Reem Khalifa

November 1, 2012
2:58 pm

The awkward relationship: America and Algeria

The US simply can’t afford to ruffle any feathers in the Arab world’s last dictatorship

By Daniel Nisman

October 30, 2012
7:56 pm

Aatef Karinaoui (photo credit: courtesy)

A would-be new leader of Israel’s Arabs urges full integration with Israel

Bedouin politician Aatef Karinaoui launches a Knesset bid, slamming Arab MKs and calling for an ‘Arab Spring’ to provide a fresh direction for his community

By Philippe Assouline

October 24, 2012
9:03 am

Jordan's King Abdullah II (photo credit: CC BY-SA World Economic Forum, Flickr)

Jordan’s king faces up to Arab Spring

Western-oriented monarch Abdullah II must deal with growing unrest amongst his people and threats from al-Qaeda

By Jamal Halaby

October 24, 2012
3:20 am

ASyrian street vendor sits in front of his birds in Shaar district in Aleppo on Sunday. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

Aleppo now a city of devastation, hunger, poverty and fear

‘What we have now is destruction and theft. Maybe it is divine punishment for not observing the teachings of our faith’

By Hazma Hendawi

October 23, 2012
9:55 pm

An Egyptian butcher measures the wight of a sheep on a sidewalk Sunday , part of an unseen cluster of sheep that is offered for sale in preparation for Eid al-Adha (Photo credit: Nasser Nasser/ AP)

Egypt’s political roller coaster ride causing financial strain

Butchers tell of tough times ahead of holiday: ‘Only the rich can afford to sacrifice a whole sheep or a cow’

By Maggie Fick

October 23, 2012
3:29 pm

King Abdullah II of Jordan talking with Charlie Rose on CBS. (photo credit: Image capture from CBS)

Jordan’s king says he does not benefit from his monarchy

Abdullah ll proposes that parliament elect prime minister; Islamists boycott the polls

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