Region: Middle East
See also Afghanistan, Iraq/Occupation, Iran, Israel/Palestine, LebanonCounterSpin: Conn Hallinan on Syria, Tom Tresser on the Olympics (3/9/12)
CounterSpin: Paul Mutter on Syria, Richard Martinez on Arizona ethnic studies (1/20/12)
Extra!: Islamophobia Still Rising—With the Right’s Help: The mainstreaming of anti-Muslim conspiracy theories (January 2012) By
CounterSpin: Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Egypt, Hannah Gurman on Fallujah (12/2/11)
Extra!: Missing Al Jazeera’s ‘Moment’: News you can’t see anywhere else—if you can see it (December 2011) By
Extra!: Closer to Home, ‘Digital Democracy’ Loses Appeal: From Egypt to San Francisco, officials dislike protesters’ use of social media (October 2011) By
CounterSpin: Neil deMause on poverty, Phyllis Bennis on Palestinian statehood (9/23/11) By
CounterSpin: Katie Galloway on 'Better This World,' Yousef Munayyer on Palmer Report (9/9/11)
CounterSpin: Ali Abunimah on Palestinian protests, Glenn Greenwald from FAIR’s 25th Anniversary (5/20/11)
Extra!: Media Grade Obama's Bombing: Libyan airstrikes get mixed reviews for insufficient gusto (May 2011) By
Extra!: On Libya, Opinion Pages a No-Debate Zone?: NYT, WP made little room for anti-intervention voices (May 2011) By
Extra!: ‘Balancing Act’ Comes Down on Side of Dictatorship: On Egypt, pundits not sure democracy is so great (March 2011)
CounterSpin: Mark Weisbrot on Haiti elections, Vijay Prashad on Egypt and the U.S. (2/11/11)
Media Advisory: The Delicate Tightrope of Supporting a Dictator: U.S. media gloss over Washington's role in Egyptian repression (2/1/11)
CounterSpin: Greg Gordon on Goldman Sachs, Phyllis Bennis on Israel/Palestine (11/6/09)
Extra!: Lockerbie in the Propaganda System: Release of Al-Megrahi evokes selective history (October 2009) By
Extra!: Lockerbie in the Propaganda System: Release of Al-Megrahi evokes selective history (October 2009) By
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 Strikingly Familiar (Update December 2007) By
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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.
