Faces of Tahrir

In Arabic, but no sub-titles needed.

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Baby Steps

This could be promising (though I’m not starry-eyed, as optimism doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record with respect to this conflict):

Hamas has accepted Israel’s right to exist and would be prepared to nullify its charter, which calls for the destruction of Israel, Aziz Dwaik, Hamas’s most senior representative in the West Bank, [...]

I Make You a Nice Offer, You Give Me the High Hat

In a move that, although impolitic, should come as no surprise given Pakistan’s interests in neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistani military sources gave Defense Secretary Gates the public brush off. Gates is in Pakistan seeking cooperation from Pakistan in going after the Afghan Taliban, and Pakistani military officials went public with Gates in-country with the news that they have no plans to launch [...]