Backspin

WorldNetDaily reports that the US State Dept. declassified a document admitting it knew Yasser Arafat

We were impressed with Steve Erlanger’s healthy dose of cynicism in the way he qualified

In an update on Palestinian rocket fire, AFP writes: Under a ceasefire agreed by Israel

The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel is considering allowing some fugitives from the Church of

WorldNetDaily talked to Jihad Jaara, a leader of nearly 100 Palestinian fugitives who holed up

The road to Mideast peace now runs through… Lebanon? AP quotes Italian PM Romano Prodi,

Johann Hari employs religious symbolism to represent pregnant Palestinian women. See HonestReporting-UK’s latest critique: The

The Baltimore Sun looked at the headaches of Gaza’s approximately 3,000 Palestinian Christians: But in

Since the Israeli-Palestinian cease fire went into effect, 51 rockets have been launched from Gaza.

The Campus Watch blog caught ABC News analyst/consultant Professor Fawaz Gerges comparing the Holocaust to

Has Mahmoud Abbas gone radical? AFP suggests so: To break the stalemate, Abbas took the

Highlighting Israeli checkpoints between Nazareth and Bethlehem an annual part of Xmas coverage. This year,

The Toronto Star writer continues using his column as a soapbox for criticizing Israel. See

How did the BBC come up with this headline? Gaza truce holds despite violence

2006 was the year of the blogosphere revolution. Backspin played its part while HonestReporting’s Joe

Here’s a selection of some of 2006’s best articles. Their relevancy and hyperlinks endure. *

In The Guardian, Karma Nabulsi (pictured) argues that the PLO, not the Palestinian Authority, is

In the Washington Post, Robert Satloff makes a compelling case against linking Israel and Iraq: