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Inspired by Bad News From the Netherlands, a new blog called Bad News From Britain

“Launching a huge venturing without adequate preparation or proper appreciation of the risks of failure”

Was Alan Johnston kidnapped for 114 months or days? (Hat tip: HonestReporting Canada)

Worth reading: LA Times reporter Ken Ellingwood lowers his guard.

It’s only “collective punishment” when it happens to Palestinians. Case in point this evening. Where’s

While visiting the US, Archbishop Desmond Tutu got op-ed space in the Boston Globe to

A report on Palestinian prisoners ignores their terror resumes and rap sheets, presenting them as

Think Israel has no right to exist? In a compelling commentary, Michael Medved takes all

Concordia University’s student paper, The Link and Tariq Ali label HonestReporting as a member of

How much power did Israel withhold from Gaza yesterday? Depends on who you read: AP:

Look who wants to help. With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Who to believe? Reuters? Israel reduces fuel supplies to Gaza -Palestinians Or AFP? Israel delays

As more and more Mideast reporters work under the threat of being kidnapped, the Toronto

The Chicago Tribune‘s Joel Greenberg examines the sticky issue of dividing Jerusalem complete with the

The Guardian reports that Gaza’s 3,000 Christians are living in fear: “Everything has changed. In

David Trimble argues that Hamas and the IRA are not the same. Read more at

Recycling in Israel, Not Just Trash, but the Whole Dump Country’s largest dump to become

Following up on yesterday’s post about Lord David Trimble (pictured), see his commentary in today’s