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Candles and flowers are arranged on the ground near the blast site to mourn victims of the attacks

How will Norway cope with terrorism?

HDS Greenway
The attack by a homegrown Christian militant leaves the peace-seeking nation looking for answers
Druze men wave Palestinians and Syrian flags as they stand near the border fence between Israel and Syria on May 15, 2011

Palestinians turn against Syrian regime

Hugh Macleod, Annasofie Flamand
The shift in sentiment among refugees could further erode Assad's legitimacy

Welcome to the second age of decolonialization

Michael Lind
South Sudan's independence is a step toward borders in Africa, Asia and the Middle East that actually make sense
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., makes her formal announcement to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Monday, June 27, 2011, in Waterloo, Iowa. Bachmann, who was born in Waterloo, will continue her announcement tour this week with stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (AP)

Bachmann’s pro-Palestinian tweet?

Natasha Lennard
The Minnesota Republican uses a word that's taboo among her pro-Israel allies
Participants hold flags during the gay pride parade in Jerusalem July 29, 2010. This year's parade marks the one-year anniversary of a shooting attack in a gay and lesbian youth center in Tel Aviv, in which two people were killed and 13 were injured. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) (Reuters)

Pink-washed: Gay rights and the Mideast conflict

Justin Elliott
A hoax video trying to paint pro-Palestinian activists as anti-gay highlights a controversial Israeli P.R. tactic
Juan Cole's Salon contributor caricature

A Juan Cole reading list, 2005 to 2006

Natasha Lennard
A collection of the Michigan professor's Salon pieces from the time he was reportedly under the CIA's watch
A Palestinian family waits before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 28, 2011. Egypt officially and fully reopens its passenger crossing with Gaza at the town of Rafah, after a long period of restrictions aimed at isolating the Hamas militant group that rules the Palestinian coastal strip which could ease the isolation of 1.4 million Palestinians there. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (AP)

The real winner in Israel’s Gaza blockade: Hamas

Natasha Lennard
A new UN report finds that the 5-year-old blockade has ravaged Gazans' everyday lives -- and empowered Hamas

Could Obama lose Arab-American voters over Israel?

Justin Elliott
While the media focus has been on Jewish Americans, this community is less than pleased with Obama's Mideast policy
A Druze boy looks at Syria along the border between Israel and Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights early Monday, June 6, 2011. Israeli troops are bracing for more border violence after a day of deadly clashes with pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to surge into the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria. Several dozen demonstrators were camped out on the Syrian side of the border overnight, but the Israeli military says all was quiet early Monday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (AP)

Syrian troops block Palestinians at Israeli border

Daniella Cheslow
Police prevent protesters from crossing into Israeli-controlled Golan Heights one day after 20 were reported killed
Charles Krauthammer and Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu and his friends sucker-punch selves

Gene Lyons
The far-right Israeli leader and his far-right American allies tried to turn Americans against Obama -- and failed
Anwar al-Awlaki

Criminalizing free speech

Glenn Greenwald
The administration now justifies punishing or even killing citizens, like Anwar al-Awlaki, because of their ideas
Palestinians walk past a painted wall during a rally marking the upcoming 63rd anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, the Arabic term used to describe the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 14, 2011. Graffiti painting symbolically depicts the loss of the homes of Palestinians in 1948. ( AP Photo/ Eyad Baba ) (AP)

What is the Palestinian right of return, anyway?

Justin Elliott
We explain what GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain couldn't: One of the crucial issues of the Mideast conflict
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, May 20, 2011. Obama's call for Israel to give Palestinians territory it has occupied since 1967 stunned Netanyahu and pushed the leaders' thawing relationship back into the freezer. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (© Jim Young / Reuters)

How Obama enables Israel’s worst impulses

Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi explains how President Obama is reinforcing every roadblock to peace Israel has created
An Israeli tank advances near an army base on the Israel Gaza border in southern Israel, Sunday, May 8, 2011.

Debunking our myths about Israel

Ira Chernus
The only way to correct America's failed Middle East policy is to take a hard look at what's really going on
In this photo released by the Hamas Media Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center-left, and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, center-right, shake hands at a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Wednesday proclaimed a landmark, Egyptian-mediated reconciliation pact aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift, at a declaration ceremony in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AP Photo/Hamas Media Office) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES ** (AP)

Palestinians set their sights on UN recognition

Karin Laub
Palestinians are counting on growing international support for bypassing Israel en route to statehood
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Susan Walsh)

Netanyahu gets more standing ovations than Obama

Justin Elliott
An annotated guide to the 29 standing ovations during Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line speech to Congress
In this photo released by the Hamas Media Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center-left, and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, center-right, shake hands at a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Wednesday proclaimed a landmark, Egyptian-mediated reconciliation pact aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift, at a declaration ceremony in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AP Photo/Hamas Media Office) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES ** (AP)

Abbas defends unity deal against US criticism

Dale Gavlak
The Palestinian president delivers his first remarks on Obama's recent speeches
President Obama arrives to speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention on Sunday.

Is Obama really getting tough on Israel?

Justin Elliott
The co-author of "the Israel Lobby" responds to the storm over Obama's Mideast speech
President Barack Obama arrives to speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011. After a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state, Obama is focusing on the deep U.S.-Israeli friendship and alliance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Consider the pro-Israel crowd reassured

Natasha Lennard
In an AIPAC speech Sunday, the president clarified his statement on the 1967 borders
President Barack Obama speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington Sunday, May 22, 2011. Obama said the bonds between the U.S. and Israel are unbreakable. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (AP)

Obama stands by Israel-Palestine border policy

Bradley Klapper
President says 1967 boundaries reflect longstanding U.S. position
FILE - In this May 20, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. Sunday, May 22, Obama is scheduled to speak at the AIPAC Policy conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Obama and the Israel Lobby

Glenn Greenwald
The President deserves support, and some modest credit, in the controversy triggered by this week's speech
President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Friday, May 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Obama and Netanyahu discuss their differences

Erica Werner
After meeting with Israeli PM at the White House, president says such disagreements happen "between friends"
President Barack Obama shakes hands with audience members after he delivered his Middle East speech at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

UN, EU, Russia back Obama’s Mideast ‘vision’

Associated Press
Obama's comments on Israel and Palestine receive European approval
An Egyptian woman watches U.S. President Barack Obama's policy address, outside a shop selling televisions in Cairo, Egypt Thursday, May 19, 2011. President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

The pro-Israel crowd’s “1967” hissyfit

Natasha Lennard
One particular line in President Obama's speech Thursday set off a torrent of criticism from the right
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