Oriental Review

Muslim Brotherhood And Plan For Protection of Israel

By Pierre KHALAF (Lebanon)

It’s no secret, the events that shook the Middle East to protect Israel from the serious repercussions of the defeat of the U.S. project in Iraq. And everything that the Western alliance, led by Washington, in the context of that “Arab Spring” falls into this category. The deal reached between the U.S. and the Muslim [...]

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Sexual Activity as a Mega-Weapon for the Middle East

By Alexander LEVCHENKO (Ukraine)

It does not take a rocket scientist to realize that, while social media like Facebook and Twitter can be instrumental in bringing crowds of discontent to the streets, the protesters will in all cases be led by those who have built a real rather than virtual organization geared towards inducing a regime change. This could [...]

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Towards a Culture of Peace and Recognition

By Ayman QWAIDER (Palestine)

Palestine is the 195th state to join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. The admission of Palestine to the UNESCO family has given optimism and hope to Palestinians who believe in the mission of UNESCO “Building peace in the Mind of Men and Women”. The admission of Palestine is a symbolic victory [...]

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Obama’s Dilemma: A Matter of Faith

By Iqbal ALIMOHAMED (Switzerland)

President Obama, in his impressive Cairo speech of June 4, 2009, said, “I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations – to live in peace and security, to get an education and to work with dignity, to love our [...]

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The Arab League: Trying to Keep up with Arab Spring

By Vitaly BILAN (Ukraine)

A PR campaign conducted by the Arab League in recent years and attempts to dampen Iran’s “imperial ambitions” and prevent uncoordinated actions by Arab countries have proven ineffective. And if the Arab League’s new head fails to make this pan-Arab organization over into a driving force in regional processes, the League will be fated to [...]

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What Turkey Aggravates Its Relations With Israel For?

By Gregory TINSKY (Russia)

Having chosen the reinforcement of its influence in the Arab world as the strategic goal, Turkish Republic logically started to actively support Palestine, countering Israel. This is a true path for gaining love of Arab streets and respect of Arab leaders. Wealthy Middle-Eastern monarchies are ready to accept Turkey as a mediator of a dialogue [...]

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Obama Caught Between Israel and Palestine

By Vitaly BILAN (Ukraine)

A border dispute In a 45-minute Middle East speech on May 19, Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to say the future Palestinian state should be formed within the borders established before 1967. He specifically said that the border between Israel and the future State of Palestine should “be based on the 1967 lines [...]

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Could Obama “Betray” Israel?

By Dmitry SEDOV (Russia)

The most striking statement in US President Barack Obama’s speech on “the Arab Spring” was his appeal to Israel to return to the borders of 1967, in other words to abandon control over the occupied Palestinian territories. “The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so [...]

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Obama’s Middle East Speech: Same Old Policy in New Gift Paper

By Wayne MADSEN (USA)

President Obama’s much-heralded speech outlining his administration’s approach to the so-called “Arab Spring” and the Israeli-Palestinian impasse was generally greeted by yawns from the Arab world and outright hostility from the extremist right-wing government of Israel. Obama’s promise to aid reformist governments in Egypt and Tunisia with billions of dollars of U.S. assistance during a [...]

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Passionate for Palestinian Independence

By Vitaly BILAN (Ukraine)

Increased Palestinian activity After the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations process broke down last year, the Palestinian National Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas launched an active campaign to get unilateral recognition for Palestine as an independent state. As a payoff, several countries recognized Palestine within the 1967 borders. Furthermore, a recent report by, Robert Serry, the UN Special [...]

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It is Time for Obama to Demonstrate True Courage and Statesmanship

By Iqbal ALIMOHAMED

John F. Kennedy said: “There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” For Mr. Obama, it is time for action! When Mr Obama was elected to the US Presidency, he vowed to tackle and resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Today, [...]

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Who Has Blown Up Moscow Airport?

By ORIENTAL REVIEW

Any terrorist attack immanently pursues a certain political goal. Clear understanding of this goal and an analysis of the whole set of available facts about the horrific explosion in Domodedovo earlier this week may bring us closer to the answer to the key question: who are the perpetrators and who ordered them to commit the [...]

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