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March 31, 2012
3:13 pm

Palestinian protesters waving Palestinian flags during a rally marking Land Day in the northern Gaza strip, near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, Friday (photo credit: Mustafa Mohamad/Flash90)

Palestinian rights, and Israeli wrongs, on Land Day

Al-Jazeera embraces the cause, Annan gets tougher and a 7th candidate runs in Egypt

By Miki Benyamini

March 25, 2012
12:22 pm

Amr Moussa, former secretary-general of the Arab League, pictured in Cairo in 2010. (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/ Flash90)

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood urges Hamas moderation

Khaled Mashaal told to act ‘temperately’; Amr Moussa announces candidacy

By Miki Benyamini

March 24, 2012
1:11 pm

Syrians chant anti-Assad slogans in front of the Syrian embassy during a protest in Amman, Jordan, on Friday. The Arabic banner reads, "I love my country and the Free Syrian Army." (photo credit: AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Annan legitimizing Assad

Syria’s opposition is far from happy with the UN envoy’s approach

By Miki Benyamini

March 18, 2012
2:35 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo credit: Misha Japaridze/AP)

How neutral is Russia on Syria, really?

Al-Jazeera takes Lavrov to task

By Miki Benyamini

March 17, 2012
1:13 pm

Iron Dome in action near Ashdod last Sunday. (photo credit: Flash90)

Radical Islamic Jihad and moderate Hamas

Al-Quds examines the ironic new dynamics of internal Palestinian politics

By Miki Benyamini

March 11, 2012
10:27 am

Palestinians gather around the wreckage of Zuhair al-Qaissi's car in Gaza, on Friday. (photo credit: AP photo/Hatem Moussa)

Vows of revenge and liberation

Palestinian media asserts a disproportionate Israeli use of force

By Miki Benyamini

March 10, 2012
10:42 am

Zuhair al-Qaissi, Secretary-General of the Popular Resistance Committees, who was killed on Friday, March 9, in an Israeli air strike on his car in Gaza. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

The truce is dead

Islamic Jihad responds to the killing of al-Qaissi, and lots more talk about Syria

By Miki Benyamini

March 4, 2012
12:28 pm

Egyptian protesters during a trial of employees of pro-democracy groups charged with using foreign funds to foment unrest in Cairo. The US may approve funding for Egypt despite its lack of pro-democracy reform. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Why some Syrians have stuck with Assad

Al-Jazeera examines the internal mix of the embattled country

By Miki Benyamini

March 3, 2012
10:19 am

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a cabinet meeting in Moscow, Thursday. (photo credit: AP/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Government Press Service)

The world closes in on Syria

Even Russia dials back its support for Assad

By Miki Benyamini

February 26, 2012
12:45 pm

Syrian unrest and Egyptian dreams

The Red Cross stalls, an Egyptian hopes for domestic reform and fisherman in Acre catch a big one

By Miki Benyamini

February 25, 2012
5:09 pm

‘Friends of Syria’ seen as ineffectual

Palestinian daily approves the Saudis’ tougher stance

By Miki Benyamini

February 19, 2012
1:39 pm

In this undated citizen journalism image accessed on Thursday, Syrian families gather at a shelter hiding from Syrian government forces shelling, in the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs province. (photo credit: AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Assad talks of unity while protesters die outside his palace

Damascus violence, Iranian ships arrive and Egypt’s would-be presidents set out their agendas

By Miki Benyamini

February 18, 2012
2:02 pm

When Assad’s Syria is your only friend

Lebanese scholar analyzes Muslim Brotherhood, Shi’ite support for Damascus regime

By Miki Benyamini

February 12, 2012
6:04 pm

A funeral procession in Homs, February 7, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

The Syrian People’s Council makes its case

And a Nazareth newspaper claims more freckles means longer life

By Miki Benyamini

February 11, 2012
11:31 am

Assad, and Putin, blamed for raging Syrian violence

Amir Taheri says Russia is on the wrong side of history

By Miki Benyamini

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Miki Benyamini

Palestinian rights, and Israeli wrongs, on Land Day

Al-Jazeera embraces the cause, Annan gets tougher and a 7th candidate runs in Egypt

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood urges Hamas moderation

Khaled Mashaal told to act ‘temperately’; Amr Moussa announces candidacy

Annan legitimizing Assad

Syria’s opposition is far from happy with the UN envoy’s approach

How neutral is Russia on Syria, really?

Al-Jazeera takes Lavrov to task

Radical Islamic Jihad and moderate Hamas

Al-Quds examines the ironic new dynamics of internal Palestinian politics

Vows of revenge and liberation

Palestinian media asserts a disproportionate Israeli use of force

The truce is dead

Islamic Jihad responds to the killing of al-Qaissi, and lots more talk about Syria

Why some Syrians have stuck with Assad

Al-Jazeera examines the internal mix of the embattled country

The world closes in on Syria

Even Russia dials back its support for Assad

Syrian unrest and Egyptian dreams

The Red Cross stalls, an Egyptian hopes for domestic reform and fisherman in Acre catch a big one

‘Friends of Syria’ seen as ineffectual

Palestinian daily approves the Saudis’ tougher stance

Assad talks of unity while protesters die outside his palace

Damascus violence, Iranian ships arrive and Egypt’s would-be presidents set out their agendas

When Assad’s Syria is your only friend

Lebanese scholar analyzes Muslim Brotherhood, Shi’ite support for Damascus regime

The Syrian People’s Council makes its case

And a Nazareth newspaper claims more freckles means longer life

Assad, and Putin, blamed for raging Syrian violence

Amir Taheri says Russia is on the wrong side of history

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