News and Analysis (11/12/09)

As Israel forcibly deports a bound and blindfolded 21-yr.-old Gazan girl for the “crime” of going to school in the West Bank …

• Fragmenting Palestinian Land (Guardian)

Abbas calls “on Hamas to join forces in the Palestinian national endeavor and to accept an Egyptian-brokered reconciliation deal with Fatah”:

• At Arafat Memorial, Abbas Pushes Independence Fight (NY Times)

“Freezing our nuclear program is no longer on the table… We have reached a point to cooperate with nuclear powers through the International Atomic Energy Agency.” – Ahmadinejad:

• Iran’s Ahmadinejad Calls for Nuclear Cooperation (LA Times)

“Yemen categorically rejects any interference in its internal affairs by any party whatsoever,” — a Yemeni Foreign Ministry spokesman:

• Yemen Denounces Iran’s ‘Interference’ (Washington Post)

“’You know that scene in the movie ‘Blazing Saddles,’ when Cleavon Little holds the gun to his own head and threatens to shoot himself?’ asked Ronald E. Neumann, a former ambassador to Afghanistan”:

• In Leaning on Karzai, U.S. Has Limited Leverage (NY Times)

Nasrallah has accused Obama of going further than his predecessor Bush to support Israel and has shattered the high expectations following his election:

• Nasrallah Slams Obama Israel ‘Bias’ (Al Jazeera)

Imran

Minaret of Freedom Institute Program Assistant