MERIP
Op-Eds
MERIP currently
places op-eds in six major media markets: large US newspapers, small-town
US newspapers (via the Minuteman Op-Ed Resource Center), foreign
newspapers, US political magazines, news websites, and campus newspapers.
Below is a partial list of recent op-eds and the publications in
which they appeared.
A
country at a crossroads
Kamran Asdar Ali
The Austin-American
Statesman (11/9/07)
Waging peace, step by step
Chris Toensing
Garden City Telegram
(10/07)
Israel's Military Court System
is the Model to Avoid
Lisa Hajjar
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(10/28/07)
Israel's occupation remains poisonous
Lori Allen
The Mountain Mail
(7/25/07)
A Simulacrum of Internationalization
Chris Toensing
Bitter
Lemons International (4/19/07)
Hear out Muslim Brotherhood
Joshua
Stacher and Samer Shehata
The Boston Globe
(3/25/07)
Wasting Time in the Middle East
Joel Beinin
TomPaine.com
(2/23/07)
Somalia Airstrikes are not the Answer
Khalid Mustafa Medani
Northwest
Arkansas Times (Fayetteville, AK, 2/8/07)
Minuteman
Media
Iraqis Deserved Better Justice
Shiva Balaghi (12/06)
La Tercera
(Chile, 12/30/06)
Behind the Gaza Breakdown
Chris Toensing (12/06)
TomPaine.com
(12/18/06)
Study Group Shows Why US Must
Leave
Chris Toensing (12/06)
The
Mountain Mail (Salida, Colorado, 12/14/06)
Northwest Arkansas
Times (Fayetteville, AK, 12/14/06)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS, 12/15/06)
The Star Democrat
(Easton, MD, 12/06)
Minuteman
Media
Israeli Siege is Undermining Peace
Lori Allen (10/06)
The
Mountain Mail (Salida, Colorado, 10/19/06)
Minuteman
Media
Grinding
Palestine to Powder
Lori Allen (10/06)
TomPaine.com
(10/18/06)
Humanitarian
Crisis in Lebanon is Huge
Sami Hermez (8/06)
The
Mountain Mail (Salida, Colorado, 8/24/06)
Minuteman
Media
Deflating
Middle East Extremism
Joel Beinin (8/06)
TomPaine.com
(8/10/06)
The
Rome Fiasco
Chris Toensing (7/06)
TomPaine.com
(7/26/06)
Lebanon's Pain Won't Be Israel's Gain
Stephen Sheehi (7/06)
The State
(Columbia, South Carolina, 7/25/06)
Letting Gaza Burn
Chris Toensing (7/06)
TomPaine.com
(7/13/06)
Court Wrongly OKs Profiling
Moustafa Bayoumi (7/06)
Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review (7/2/06), distributed by Progressive Media Project
The Power of the Guantanamo Bar
Association
Lisa Hajjar (6/06)
The Santa
Barbara Independent (6/29/06)
National Unity in Iraq -- As One Government or Three?
Sinan Antoon (6/06)
San Francisco
Chronicle (6/26/06), Topeka Capital-Journal (Topeka, KS, 6/30/06),
Garden City Telegram (Garden City, KS, 7/1/06), Minuteman Media
Let
Cooler Heads Prevail on Iran
Shiva Balaghi and Chris Toensing
(6/06)
Valley War
Bulletin (Northampton, MA)
We
Need Negotiations, Not Saber-Rattling, With Iran
Kaveh
Ehsani (5/06)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS, 5/6/06), The Mountain Mail (Salida, CO, 5/8/06), Minuteman
Media
The Missing Middle Class
Sami Zubaida (4/06)
International
Herald Tribune (4/21/06)
Hurting Peace, Not Hamas
Michelle Woodward (4/06)
TomPaine.com
(4/14/06)
The Conflict After Israel's Elections
Joel Beinin (3/06)
San Diego
Union-Tribune (San Diego, CA, 3/27/06)
Vilifying Muslims is un-American
Moustafa Bayoumi (3/06)
Anniston
Star (Anniston, AL, 3/24/06), Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City,
UT, 3/25/06), distributed by Progressive Media Project
Respect Democracy? Engage Hamas
Richard Falk (3/06)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS, 3/11/06), Minuteman Media
Why Hamas Won and Why Negotiations
Must Resume
Joel Beinin (2/06)
San Francisco
Chronicle (2/8/06)
Sharon Legacy Needs Undoing
Michelle Woodward (1/06)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS, 1/14/06), Garden City Telegram (Garden City, KS, 1/14/06),
Northwest Arkansas Times (Fayetteville, AR, 1/15/06), Aventura News
(Miami, FL, 1/18-24/06), Minuteman Media
West Bank Road Vs. Peace
Stephanie Koury (11/05)
Washington
Post (11/19/05)
Banning Torture Affirms America's Humanity
Lisa Hajjar (11/05)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS, 11/19/05), East Texas Review (Longview, TX, 11/24/05),
Joplin Globe (Joplin, MO, 12/05/05), The Journal-Register (Medina,
NY, 11/21/05), Morris Sun Tribune (Morris, MN, 11/30/05), The Bulletin
Online (Conroe, TX, 12/12/05), Minuteman Media
Israeli Settlements Illegal and Getting Worse
Stephanie Koury (9/05)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS, 09/24/05), Northwest Arkansas Times (Fayetteville,
AR, 9/25/05), Minuteman Media
Withdrawal from Gaza Won't End the Occupation
Lama Hourani (08/05)
Charlotte
Observer (Charlotte, NC, 08/13/05), AlterNet
(08/15/05)
Bush's Flawed Flypaper Theory
Chris Toensing (07/05)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS, 07/29/05), Minuteman Media
US Stays with Egyptian Dictator
Chris Toensing (06/05)
Topeka
Capital-Journal (Topeka, KS, 06/03/05), Minuteman Media, Northwest
Arkansas Times (Fayetteville, AR, 06/05/05)
For Arab World Peace, More Voices Need Attention
Waleed Hazbun and Michelle Woodward (04/05)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS, 04/15/05), Minuteman Media, The Brinkley Argus (Brinkley,
AR, 04/13/05), Daily Corinthian (Corinth, MS, 04/21/05)
Dictatorship Remains OK for our Allies
Chris Toensing (02/05)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS, 02/18/05), Middletown Press (Middletown, CT, 03/05/05),
Minuteman Media
The 'Olive Branch' That Ought to Cross the Wall
Abdul-Latif Khaled (12/04)
Christian
Science Monitor (Boston, MA, 12/21/04)
Iran's Human Rights Record Should
Be As 'Intolerable' As Its Nukes
Kaveh Ehsani (12/04)
Topeka
Capital-Journal (Topeka, KS, 12/17/04), Minuteman Media, Northwest
Arkansas Times (Fayetteville, AR, 12/20/04), Chicago Sun-Times (Chicago,
IL, 01/15/05), Daily Globe (Worthington, MN)
Hypocrisy Doesn't Win Arab Friends
Marc Lynch (11/04)
East
Texas Review (Longview, TX, 11/03/04), Minuteman Media
Sudan: Worst Humanitarian Crisis
Maren Milligan (08/04)
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA, 8/25/04), Minuteman Media,
Northwest Arkansas Times (Fayetteville, AR, 8/29/04)
The
Gaza Strip: From Bad to Worse
Maren Milligan (08/04)
Birmingham
Daily News (Birmingham, AL, 8/08/04),
Worcester
Telegram and Gazette (Worcester, MA, 8/30/04)
Miami Herald
(Miami, FL, 7/20/04)
Casper Star
Tribune (Casper, WY, 6/29/04), Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME,
7/1/04) Minuteman Media, Aurora Sun Telegram (Aurora, CO, 07/08/04)
The Garden City Telegram (Garden City, KS, 7/09/04), Aventura
News (Miami, FL, 07/14/04)
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA, 06/20/04)
Daily Star (Beirut), The Star Democrat (Easton MD), Aventura News
(Miami FL)
Los Angeles Times
Daily Star (Beirut)
White
House Now Ignoring Palestine
Catherine Cook (1/04)
Topeka Capital-Journal
(Topeka, KS),
The
Mountain Mail (Salida, CO),
Aventura News (Miami, FL),
Minuteman Media
To
Deny Iran Atomic Weapons, Create a Nuclear-Free Region
Chris
Toensing (12/03)
Daily Star
(Beirut)
Palestinian
Cabinet's Success Lies with Israel
Catherine Cook (11/03)
Garden City
Telegram (Garden City, KS), Minuteman Media
Why
There's No Peace in Palestine
Catherine Cook (9/03)
Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, MI), Minuteman Media,
The Garden City Telegram (Garden City, KS), Aventura News (Miami,
FL), Observer-American (Clear Lake, CA)
Duluth
News-Tribune
Minuteman Media
Aventura News (Miami, FL)
Daily Star
(Beirut)
Los Angeles
Times
Bush
Misled Public About Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
Chris Toensing (6/03)
Knight-Ridder/Tribune
Newswire
Occupational
Hazards
Elliott Colla
(6/03)
Roanoke Times
(Roanoke, VA), Brown University Op-Ed News Service,
Knight Ridder/Tribune Newswire
Sharon's
Road Map
Adam
Hanieh and Catherine Cook (6/03)
Knight Ridder/Tribune
Newswire
Anti-War
Thinking: Acknowledge Despair, Highlight Progress on Moral Preemption
Desmond Tutu and Ian Urbina (3/03)
Christian
Science Monitor, Anchorage Daily News, Sacramento Bee, Raleigh
News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA), Modesto
Bee (Modesto, CA), Tricity Herald (Jacksonville, FL), The Bakersfield
Californian, Beaufort Gazette (Beaufort, CA), The News Tribune
(Tacoma, WA), The Island Packet (Bluffton, SC), Victoria Advocate
(Victoria, TX)
Confronting
Iraq: Might Doesn't Make Right
Desmond Tutu and Ian Urbina (3/03)
International
Herald Tribune, USA Today,Toronto Star
International Herald Tribune
Village
Voice, Mother Jones.com, Amnesty International News Trove,
Asia Times, Global Vision News Network
Houston
Chronicle, Global Beat Newswire, Knight Ridder Newswire, Rabble.ca
(Canada)
Poetic
Injustice
Ian Urbina (11/02)
In
These Times (November 8, 2002)
Knight-Ridder
Newswire
Education
as a Security Risk
Lara Harb (07/02)
Pacific News
Service
Against
Israeli Apartheid
Desmond Tutu and Ian Urbina (07/02)
International
Herald Tribune, The Nation (magazine), Atlanta Journal and Constitution,
The Morning Call (Allentown, PA), Cairo Times, Middle East Times,
Manila Times
Reforming
from Within
Hanan Ashrawi and Ian Urbina (06/02)
Guardian (London)
For
Bethlehem, the Problems Are Just Beginning
Ian
Urbina and Hanna Nasser (05/02)
Inter Press
Service
Church
Siege Narrowed a Religious Divide
Ian Urbina and Hanna Nasser (05/12/2002)
Los Angeles
Times
The
Answer is in the Force
Chris Toensing (05/05/02)
Boston Globe
The
World Is Watching
Neta Golan and Ian Urbina (05/02)
In These Times
Starving
in Bethlehem
Hanna Nasser (04/02)
Inter Press
Service Newswire
Inside
Arafat's Compound, I Fear What Awaits Us
Abed Khalil (04/02)
Inter Press
Service Newswire
Inside
Arafat's Compound, I Worry, Wait and Hold My Post
Ali Hamed (04/02)
Pacific News
Service
The
World Just Watches
Neta Golan and Ian Urbina (04/02)
International
Herald Tribune, Cairo Times, Jordan Times, Manila Times, Palestine
Chronicle, Dawn (Pakistan), Gush Shalom, New Vision (Uganda),
Via Dolorosa (Jerusalem)
Message
From the Israeli Military
Ian Urbina and Peretz Kidron (3/02)
Knight Ridder/Tribune
Newswire, Pacific Newswire, Minuteman, Middle East Newswire, Advance
News (Manchester, New Jersey), Bergen County (New Jersey) Record,
Northwest Arkansas Times, Black World Today, Cairo Times; College
Newspapers: Texas A & M, U of Wisconsin Madison, UNC Chapel
Hill
War
Clouds Over Somalia
Dan Connell (03/02)
Global Beat
News Service, Middle East Newswire, Common Dreams, Chicago Sun
Times, Jordan Times, Yemen Observer, Addis Ababa Tribune (Ethiopia)
Why
Black Hawks Go Down
Ian Urbina (02/02)
Knight Ridder/Tribune
Newswire, Middle East Newswire, Toronto Star, Jordan Times, Ft
Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Free Lance Star (Fredericksburg,VA),
Rome News-Tribune (Rome, GA), Huntsville Times (Huntsville, AL),
Virgin Island Daily News (St. Croix, Virgin Islands), Charleston
SC Sunday Gazette and Mail; College Newspapers: Georgetown, U
of Maryland, UNC Chapel Hill, U of Oregon, Texas A & M, U
Wisconsin Madison, U of Indiana, Scripps College
US
Hawks Should Not Dictate Iran Policy
Chris Toensing (2/02)
Knight-Ridder/Tribune
Newswire, Virgin Island Daily News (St. Croix, Virgin Islands)
A
Breach Widens
Ian Urbina (12/01)
Knight Ridder/Tribune
Newswire , Minuteman, Toronto Globe and Mail , San Diego Union
Tribune, Middletown Press (Middletown, CT), Guyana Stabroek
Occupation
is the Problem
Chris Toensing (11/01)
Minuteman
US
Bows To Turkey
Ian Urbina (11/01)
The Nation
(magazine), Arms Trade Newswire
Bush
Administration's Policies Limit Media Coverage
Chris Toensing (10/01)
Knight Ridder/Tribune
Newswire , Raleigh North Carolina News and Observer , Charleston
South Carolina Sunday Gazette Mail, Jordan Times
US
Mideast Policy Fuels Arab Anger
Chris Toensing (09/01)
New Jersey
Star Ledger
Time
for a College Anti-War Movement?
Chris Toensing (09/01)
Harvard University
The Crimson, Common Dreams Newswire, Z net (news website)
Brute
Force or Smart Pressure? The International Community Must Decide
Ian Urbina (09/01)
Knight Ridder/Tribune
Newswire, Minuteman, Toronto Globe and Mail, Jordan Times, Egypt
Business Today, Guyana Stabroek, South Korea Herald, Pakistan
Dawn, South Africa Daily Mail and Guardian
The
Harm Done to Innocents
Chris Toensing (09/01)
Boston Globe,
Referenced in New York Times
The Daily Doublespeak at the State Department
Chris Toensing (08/01)
Common Dreams
Newswire
The
Other Mideast Settlers
Ian Urbina (07/01)
In These Times
(magazine), Jordan Times, Common Dreams Newswire, The Middle East
Newswire
Is
Democracy or Dollars the Real US Goal?
Chris Toensing (06/01)
Knight Ridder/Tribune
Newswire, Florida Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Kansas The Witchita
Eagle
A
Simple Plan
Ian Urbina (06/01)
Jordan Times
Let
The UN Do Its Job
Ian Urbina (03/01)
Common Dreams
Newswire
Bush
Needs To Overhaul Mideast Policy
Ian Urbina (01/01)
Knight Ridder/Tribune
Newswire
The UN Must Protect Not Observe in the Middle East
Ian Urbina (12/00)
Common Dreams
Newswire
Bush's
Middle East Policy: Look to His Advisors
Chris Toensing and Ian Urbina (12/00)
Foreign Policy
in Focus (internet magazine)
Some
Middle East Advice for the Next President
Ian Urbina (11/00)
Common Dreams
Newswire
Arab
World Faces Revolt
Ian Urbina (10/00)
Albion Monitor
(news website)
Palestinian
Uprising Cannot Be Ended By Force
Ian Urbina (10/00)
Knight
Ridder/Tribune Newswire , San Diego Union Tribune, Z (magazine)
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