Backspin

According to AFP, world-wide events are planned to mark Alan Johnston’s 45th birthday tomorrow. World-wide,

A heavy barrage of Qassam rockets hit Sderot this evening. According to Jerusalem Post, at

A recently discovered document shows that Saddam Hussein authorized monthly payments of €50,000 to Al-Jazeera

Nobody knows how a book written by Mohammed Irman was smuggled out of an Israeli

A Red Cross report leaked to the NY Times accuses Israel of ignoring humanitarian law

Reporters Without Borders condemns the death of two “journalists” in Gaza violence. Gunfire killed Suleyman

The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel is quietly winning over the Palestinians eastern Jerusalem. Reporter

We were shocked to learn of the Sitemeter and spyware problem, so we removed it

The Christian Science Monitor gave op-ed space to Ali Abunimah who calls for a bi-national

Not once but twice, we called on The Independent to retract a cover story by

PMW posted Hamas’ latest mousecapades on YouTube.

Nicholas Blanford of the Christian Science Monitor uncovers an abandoned Hezbollah bunker from last year’s

This Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record staff-ed aptly wonders about Hamas’ concept of Mother’s Day: Of

The Sunday Times reports that efforts to free Alan Johnston snagged when British officials angered

Jerusalem Post columnist Calev Ben-David wonders about the MSM’s disinterest in internal Arab affairs until

Alan Johnston was named Broadcast Journalist of the Year by the London Press Awards. Runner-ups

The Hamas Mousecapades video we originally blogged was pulled from YouTube, but we found the

Hamas refuses to take Farfur, the controversial Mickey Mouse lookalike, off the air. Palestinian children