Region: Middle East

See also Afghanistan, Iraq/Occupation, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon

Economy CounterSpin: Phyllis Bennis on Obama's Cairo speech, Jonathan Tasini on the Boston Globe/GM (6/12/09)

CounterSpin: Seymour Hersh on Israel's Syrian air strike, Gerald LeMelle on Bush's Africa trip (2/15/08)

Extra!: Coverage of Syria Airstrike (Update December 2007) By Peter Hart

CounterSpin: Tammy Johnson on affirmative action and the Supreme Court, Rachel Morris on Sami al-Haj (7/20/07)

CounterSpin: Mahmood Mamdani on Darfur, Karen Greenberg on Guantánamo (3/16/07)

CounterSpin: Norman Solomon on Mideast War, Jamal Dajani on Mosaic/LINK TV (7/28/06)

Extra!: Blunting Bolton's Problems (Update April 2005)

CounterSpin: Mark Jones on "forgotten crises," Jack Shaheen on Arabs on TV (3/18/05)

CounterSpin: Stephen Zunes on Syria, Terry Allen on John Negroponte (2/25/05)

Press Release: "Terrorism" Is a Term That Requires Consistency: Newspaper and its critics both show a double standard on (4/8/02)

Extra!: Why They Hate Us: Looking for a flattering answer (Update October 2001) By Jim Naureckas

Extra!: Terrorism Stories: Three Cases, Two Standards (Update February 2000)

Extra!: Steven Emerson's Crusade: Why is a journalist pushing questionable stories from behind the scenes? (January/February 1999) By John F. Sugg

Extra!: Managua—Terror Central? (October/November 1987)



Links:

Independent Media Center-Israel, progressive, grassroots news coverage in English, Hebrew and Arabic.

Ha'aretz. Israel's leading Hebrew-language paper—in English.

MERIP, the Middle East Research and Information Project.

Alternative Information Centre news and analysis on Israel and Palestine.

The War in Context, alternative perspectives on the "war on terror" and the Middle East conflict.

Research Guide to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, 3719 links with media analysis, alternative news and much background information.

MADRE's resources on Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and their Background Resource, which includes useful media criticism.

Ali Abunimah's Bitter Pill, "Uncovering media myths about the Middle East."

Palestine Media Watch, media activism challenging anti-Palestinian bias.

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, fights anti-Arab bias in media and elsewhere.

The Electronic Intifada, "countering myth, distortion, and spin from the Israeli media war machine."

CAMERA, media criticism from the right-wing of the Israeli political spectrum.

Political Ads Shot Down: Arab-Americans See U.S. Media Bias, by Cynthia Cotts (Village Voice, 3/6/01).

Turmoil in Palestine: The Basic Context, by Alex R. Shalom and Stephen R. Shalom (ZNet, 10/10/00).

world-newspapers.com Middle East news sites in English.