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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump join King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, and the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Sunday, May 21, 2017, to participate in the inaugural opening of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

The Middle East nearly disappeared from U.S. media coverage in 2017

Allegations of Russian interference in the U.S. elections dominated the news cycle last year. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict hardly made a dent, confirming that the American public no longer cares a great deal about the issue. By Jim Lobe Except for the ongoing war in Syria, coverage of the Middle East by the evening news programs of…

By +972 Magazine February 8, 2018

Cousins from Afghanistan seeking asylum: Write that we need the borders to stay open. There’s war in Asia, the Taliban, ISIS. It’s too dangerous. (photo: Shahar Shoham)

‘They’re butchering us — only open borders will save us’

When refugee migration was confined to Turkey and Greece, European leaders stood silent. Now, as hundreds of thousands of refugees stream into Western Europe, those same leaders are being compelled to act. Despite media alarm over a ‘humanitarian crisis,’ only a political solution will remedy the situation. ‘We need the borders to remain open.’ By…

By +972 Magazine September 9, 2015

Unsubstantiated ‘false flag’ story exaggerates Israeli power

Mark Perry’s report on a false flag operation is not only unverifiable, it displays naivety about American foreign policy and bolsters the ludicrous thesis that Israel is the mastermind behind American Middle East belligerence. By Rafael D. Frankel The “false flag” operation conducted by the Mossad, as described by Mark Perry in an article published…

By +972 Magazine January 21, 2012

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Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca (photo:wikimedia/omar_chatriwala)

LISTEN: Do Muslim leaders speak out against violence?

When I speak in Europe or America, there is one question I always know is coming: Why don’t Muslim religious leaders condemn violence? I try to explain that even though the western media doesn’t report on them, they do exist. There are many Muslim leaders who speak regularly against violence and present Islam as a…

By Aziz Abu Sarah December 7, 2011

President Obama (photo: Wikimedia Commons)

The “Obama Doctrine:” A blessing or a curse for the conflict?

The end of the Gaddafi regime in Libya proved that U.S. President Barack Obama’s doctrine of “leading from behind” was a success. But the Obama Doctrine is not only a new approach to war – it extends to foreign policy on the whole, and therefore has already begun to affect the Israeli-Palestinian conflict When U.S.…

By Ami Kaufman October 26, 2011