Probably the best news resource on the Middle East is the Hebrew (Israeli) Press followed by the European. Unlike most of the American press --which goes out of its way making excuses on behalf of Israel and portraying it as the victim (e.g. columnists A. M. Rosenthal, Safire, Krauthammer, Peretz, Will, Jacoby) -- the Hebrew press is not always ashamed of bringing out the injustices perpetrated on the Palestinians by Israel.
NEWS & ANALYSIS
- Washington
Report on Middle East Affairs.
Monthly. The best analytical resource on the Middle East. However,
it is careful to avoid addressing the corruption of the Gulf
states and their subservience to the West, which constitutes, in
my opinion, an important factor to Arab weakness, as proven by the
1973 oil embargo. This, along with their coverage of the Gulf-War
from the Kuwaiti point of view, might indicate some Gulf states
funding. In general, it doesn't reflect the anti-war position,
unless the war is affecting the Gulf or some Muslim countries.
Thus, it supported the "liberation" of Kuwait (hence the virtual
annihilation, in the process, of Iraq). Despite the title, its
coverage encompasses the Muslim World as well, e.g. Bosnia and
Pakistan, and not just Middle East-related issues.
- Ha'aretz
a prestigious Tel Aviv Daily. (Especially columns by Levy, Haas,
Rubinstein, Makovsky, Segev, Melman, and Benvenisti )
- The Jewish
Telegraphic Agency Constantly
Updated.
- The
Jewish Forward A New York
Weekly
- Israel
Wire Latest news direct from Israel.
Right-wing oriented.
- Jerusalem
Post Daily. Israeli right wing view,
but informative.
- The
Associated Press and Washington Post
Middle East Archive
- The
Independent a British Daily.
(International Section: Especially columns by Fisk and
Cockburn)
- The
Economist British Weekly
(Political)
- Le
Monde Diplomatique French Monthly in
English
- The
Nation British weekly (Columns by
Said, Hitchens, and Cockburn)
- Z
Magazine Monthly (Political Human
Rights; U.S. imperialism and hegemony.) By Topic.
- Arabic
News Constantly updated; very
informative.
- Middle
East Realities Internet Magazine by
Mark Bruzonsky. Somewhat harsh on Arab organizations such as ADC
and AAI, but very informative.
- The
Christian Science Monitor daily.
(Especially columns by Harsch and Moffett)
- Search the archive of The Jewish
Internet Consortium
- Palestine
Times Monthly (Good Analysis of
Events)
- Al-Hiwar:
Arab American Center for Dialogue
- Against
the Current bi-monthly publication
by SOLIDARITY.
- Challenge
Magazine a bi-monthly
- Workers
World. Minorities for
Anti-Capitalism.
- World
Traveler. Human Rights, U.S.
Hegemony and Imperialism, Control of the Public by the Media in
Democratic Societies. Impressive quantity and quality of
information.
- Consortium News
NOAM CHOMSKY
- Archive.
According to the New York Times Book Review: "Judged in terms
of the power, range, novelty, and influence of his thought, Noam
Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive".
Many of his complete books and article can be found in this
archive. Addresses U.S. foreign policy of world dominance (evident
in South America, Middle East, Indochina, ... etc). When it comes
to human rights Chomsky offers NO compromise; no violator is safe
from his merciless criticism. Everything he writes is
heavily referenced from every corner of the world.
Another
Unofficial Archive
SITES, ORGANIZATIONS AND ARCHIVES
- Foundation
for Middle East Peace Excellent
reports and maps on Israeli settlements directed by Geoffrey
Aronson.
- Birzeit
University Listing of Palestinian
resources.
- Palestine
Information Center Many historical
documents about immigration, population, and Zionism.
- American
Committee on Jerusalem
- Applied
Research Institute: Jerusalem Water
resources and other environmental information. (Scholarly
work)
- Institute
for Palestinian Studies (Scholarly
work on Palestine).
- Jerusalem
Quarterly File
- Justice in
the Middle East
(Activism).
- International
Action Center and Iraq
Action Coalition Against the
sanctions on Iraq, the use of Depleted Uranium and general human
rights.
- The
Palestinian Society for the
Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (LAW) Excellent
reports house demolition and general Human right.
- B'Tselem
Israeli human rights organization established in 1989. Statistics
and facts on torture, house demolitions, settlements...
etc.
- The House
of Representative Write your
representative a letter, or just learn about the government
system.
- The
Senate Write your senator a letter,
or just learn about the government system.
- Palestinian
Refugee ResearchNet and
Shaml:
The Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center
- Muslim
Student Association Archive
(1996+)
- A
Page commemorating fifty years of Arab
dispossession (From
Shaml)
- USS
Liberty home page.
- Center
for Strategic and International
Studies: The Middle East.
- Permanent
Observer Mission of Palestine to the
United Nations
- United
Nations on the Question of
Palestine
- Palestinian
National Authority official
site
- Gush
Shalom (Peace Block) an Israeli
"bi-partisan" organization established by Knesset member,
Journalist, and peace activist Uri Avnery in 1992 with the goal of
Israeli withdrawal to the June 4th, 1967 , and the establishment
of a Palestinian state with E. Jerusalem as its
capital.
- The
Other Israel Coverage of the peace
movement within Israel. See also here.
- Middle East
Research and Information
Project
- Al
Bushra An Arab American Catholic
organization promoting religious tolerance and peace between
Israelis and Palestinians
- Deir
Yassin Massacre Remembered. Also a
Zionist
site calling for Israel to
acknowledge the massacre, the first of its kind.
- Iraqi
Babies Sites. Dedicated to the dying
babies, victims of U.N./U.S. sanctions.
- Israeli
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a
collection of major Israeli/Zionist/Jewish-related
sites.
- Jews
Not Zionists. Anti-Zionist Jews,
with reports on the Jews of Iraq.
- Committee
Against Corruption in Saudi Arabia
(CACSA). Fights the monarchy's subservience to the
West.
- Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) About Israel,
Judaism, Zionism,..etc from Usenet.
- Jewish
& Israeli Resources: Huge link
archive from Shamash
- Ali
Abunimah's Letters to the Media.
Informative and helpful sample letters to the media. A sharp look
below the sugar coating to the bare and often misrepresented
facts. Help detect subtle media bias when covering the
Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Palestine
Papers The Palestinian Intifada, in
Context by Marianne Torres and Michael Poulin From
Sonoma County Free Press
- American-Israeli
Public Affairs Committee. Israel's main lobby, that, pretty much,
determines U.S. policy in the Middle East.
- Country
Study From the Library of Congress.
Excellent search engines for many Arab-Israeli facts.
- Israel
Religious Action Center Addressing
inter-Jewish (Orthodox versus non-Orthodox) Differences
discriminations, and Orthodox control in Israel.
- Anti-Defamation
League. ".. founded in 1913, is
the worlds leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through
programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and
bigotry." Lately, however, it has become an Israeli propaganda
front, maintaining FBI-style files about anti-Israel/anti-Zionism
(rather than anti-Semitism) individuals and organizations,
defaming them, for the purpose of silencing their
criticism.
- The
Committee for Accuracy in Middle
East Reporting in America (CAMERA). An organization defining
itself as aiming to eliminate "anti-Israel bias" in the Western
Press (!!!!!). It even sees the NY Times, the Washington Post as
pro-Arab. In reality, it is an organization aiming to eliminate
anything that doesn't portray Israel (a regional superpower) as a
victim of the Palestinians (virtually powerless in comparison), or
any media outlet that dares to show a grain of Palestinian
suffering. It, of course, serves to perpetuate the usual false
slogans, as: "Israel is the only democracy [for Jews],"
... etc.
- Jewish
Defense League (Extreme Zionist Site
founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane. A quote from their FAQ:
"It has always been a JDL priority to encourage as many Arabs
as possible to leave Israel to make new homes in America or
wherever they wish to live.")
- Meir
Kahane (Extreme Zionist
Site)
- Zionist
Organization of America (Extreme
Zionist Site by Morton Klein, where Deir Yassin massacre is
"History of a lie" and Palestinian refugees escape in 1948 is
"Arab emigration").
- The
Maccabean Political Analysis and
Commentary on Israeli and Jewish Affairs from a right-wing
view.
- Judea Magazine
