AP Photo – Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (C) walks past members of the media as he attends his father’s funeral in Amman. Meshaal was allowed back into Jordan for first time since 1999 for the funeral. On two related notes: Meshaal also renewed his Jordanian passport a few years ago. And I’m dying to read [...]

AP Photo – Artists draw a mural that calls on Jordan to cancel a 1994 peace treaty with Israel at the premises of the Islamists-dominated Professional Associations

All people are equal… Generally, people are getting the calories they need, but only a few can afford a healthy and balanced diet. Poor families often substitute cheaper alternatives such as cereals, sugar and oil for fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. For tens of thousands of children, this has resulted in deficiencies in iron, vitamin [...]

Reuters Photo – Travellers sit in front of a photograph depicting the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (R) and Jordan’s late King Hussein, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing July 9, 2009. Israel said on Wednesday it would allow the crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan to remain open 24 hours a day [...]

“He was just shouting at soldiers but then one soldier decided to attack him, so they beat the hell out of him – riffle butt to the head”. – Israeli soldier, identified only as “A.”, on the beating of a mentally-handicapped Palestinian man by Israeli forces. “We were sent to look for firearms, but didn’t [...]

An Arab man sat near the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City. Photo: Baz Ratner/Reuters [NYT] Waiting. If this picture doesn’t personify the Palestinian experience, I don’t know what does.

What words coming to life look like…

When it comes to the political landscape of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the only thing more insignificant than an American election is an Israeli election. The outcome of these campaigns, which seem to bathe in the limelight of the world stage, tend to have worse consequences for the Middle East almost every time. Both Netanyahu and [...]