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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

Michael Bassin

Michael Bassin

Michael Bassin is a founding member of the Gulf-Israel Business Council, a co-founder at ScaleUpSales Ltd, and the author of "I Am Not a Spy: An American Jew Goes Deep In The Arab World & Israeli Army."
US President Barack Obama speaks to his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, on September 27, 2013, marking the first time the two countries' leaders had engaged each other since 1979. (Pete Souza via White House Twitter page)
October 1, 2013, 1:48 pm
Obama-Rouhani tango irks Iranian reactionaries
Echoing Israeli leaders, commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards denounce direct US-Iran talks
By Michael Bassin
A view of the audience at a Kol Oleh-sponsored debate in Tel Aviv, Monday, September 16, 2013 (photo credit: courtesy Guy Seemann)
September 17, 2013, 7:07 pm
Tel Aviv City Council debate shows immigrants have clout
At event sponsored by political movement aimed at new arrivals, eager candidates from five parties go toe-to-toe to woo votes
By Michael Bassin
Illistrative: Lebanese, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags on the northern side of Israel's border with Lebanon. (Hamad Almakt/Flash90/File)
September 16, 2013, 2:06 pm
Taking down Hezbollah
Arab Gulf nations announce efforts to shut down the Lebanese terror group’s operations in their countries
By Michael Bassin
A Syrian solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in Maaloula village, northeast of the capital Damascus in 2013. (photo credit: AP/SANA)
September 11, 2013, 12:32 pm
Arabs still want a Syria strike
‘We are tired of procrastination. We want an end to the suffering,’ Bahraini FM demands
By Michael Bassin
Protesters hold up red painted hands behind US Secretary of State John Kerry as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)
September 9, 2013, 1:08 pm
Arab states get behind Kerry
As Congress begins debate on Syria strike, US secretary of state gets support from key Arab allies
By Michael Bassin
President Barack Obama delivers remarks about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
September 3, 2013, 3:06 pm
‘Syria, between pain and hope’
Arab columnists argue for the moral imperative of a strike on Syria, as Assad begins talk of a regional war
By Michael Bassin
In this photo taken on a government organized media tour, Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
August 29, 2013, 12:12 pm
‘A graveyard for the invaders’
Assad regime officials talk tough as Western powers hesitate to attack Syria
By Michael Bassin
This image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rises in Damascus, Syria, Friday, June 21, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Ugarit News via AP video)
August 26, 2013, 1:15 pm
‘Doomsday scenario in Syria’
With Arab support, Western nations prepare for possible military strike; Assad warns of ‘chaos and instability’ as result
By Michael Bassin
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
August 22, 2013, 12:49 pm
Mubarak the free man
Former Egyptian president to be released as early as Thursday; military braces for Islamist backlash
By Michael Bassin
Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Ahmed Gomaa)
August 19, 2013, 1:51 pm
Cairo chooses its words carefully
Following the deaths of 36 prisoners, Egypt refuses to say they were ‘killed’ but wins Saudi Arabia’s unwavering support
By Michael Bassin
Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
August 15, 2013, 11:54 am
Egypt’s darkest day
Security forces break up Muslim Brotherhood protest, killing hundreds; month-long state of emergency with curfew begins today
By Michael Bassin
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, waves with the released Palestinian prisoners at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 14 , 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
August 14, 2013, 11:26 am
Palestinian prisoner release makes few waves in Arab press
Syrian opposition advocates roadmap for peace; Islamist groups fighting Assad not likely to offer support
By Michael Bassin
A rebel fighter stands guard at a checkpoint flying an Islamic banner near the front line in Aleppo, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)
August 7, 2013, 3:08 pm
Rebels hit Assad close to home
Syrian opposition fighters aim to conquer Qardaha, Assad’s birthplace; opposition leaders call for Eid al-Fitr truce
By Michael Bassin
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waves after his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament, in Tehran, August 4, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
August 5, 2013, 2:04 pm
Rouhani demands respect
At inauguration, Iran’s president calls on West to lift sanctions, return to talks; Moroccan king embarrassed by convicted pedophile’s pardon
By Michael Bassin
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaking on state television, July 3. (photo credit: Screenshot AP/Egypt State Television)
July 25, 2013, 12:46 pm
A demonstration against terror
Defense Minister el-Sissi calls on Egyptians to rally against terrorist groups; Muslim Brotherhood sees only provocation
By Michael Bassin
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