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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)

An Occupation by Any Other Name...
Maren Milligan (06/04)

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)

Middle East Reform: Right Idea, Wrong Plan
Jillian Schwedler and Maren Milligan (06//04)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA, 06/20/04)

Kerry on Israel, Me Too
Catherine Cook (05/04)

Tom.Paine.com

Military Families Feel Betrayed by Administration
Chris Toensing (04/04)

Daily Star (Beirut), The Star Democrat (Easton MD), Aventura News (Miami FL)

Lost in Our Own Little World
Chris Toensing (04/04)

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)

Holding Syria Accountable, Though Selectively
Chris Toensing (9/03)

Daily Star (Beirut)

Hi, and a Low at the State Department
Chris Toensing (8/03)

Daily Star (Beirut)
Duluth News-Tribune
Minuteman Media
Aventura News (Miami, FL)

Dilemmas of the Left-Liberals
Chris Toensing (8/06/03)

The Daily Star (Beirut)

Imperial Musings in Washington
Chris Toensing (7/03)

Daily Star (Beirut)

Jordan's Troubling Detour
Toujan Faisal and Ian Urbina (7/03)

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
Los Angeles Times

The Fight for Iran's Democratic Ideals
Saeed Razavi-Faqih and Ian Urbina (12/02)

New York Times

Ground Shifting Under Mullahs
Ian Urbina (12/02)

Los Angeles Times

Up in Arms
Ian Urbina (11/02)

Village Voice

Broadcast Ruse
Ian Urbina (11/02)

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)

Forked-Tongue Warriors
Ian Urbina (10/02)

The Village Voice
Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Moscow Times

Turkey Says No to War
Ian Urbina (09/02)

In These Times

We Shouldn't Attack Iraq
Chris Toensing (07/02)

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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A Country at a Crossroads
The Austin-American Statesman (Austin, Texas)
November 9, 2007
Kamran Asdar Ali

"A very frank discussion"— so President Bush described his Nov. 7 telephone conversation with Pervez Musharraf, four days after the Pakistani general imposed a state of emergency and dissolved the high court expected to rule his continued presidency unconstitutional. And frank the discussion probably was: In the face of spirited protest in Pakistan, and a querulous press in Washington, back-channel pressure succeeded in persuading Musharraf to promise parliamentary elections. Yet the generous U.S. aid earmarked for Pakistan — on top of nearly $10 billion since 2001 — is quite evidently not at risk.

What may be at risk is Musharraf's tenure as head of the military government. Full story>>


Waging Peace, Step by Step
Garden City Telegram
October 2007
Chris Toensing

The war debate in Washington is bogged down. Partisan rancor is one reason why, and bipartisan desire for US hegemony in the oil-rich Persian Gulf is another. But many Americans are vexed by a nobler concern: that a “precipitous” US departure from Iraq would leave intensified civil war, ethnic-sectarian cleansing and massive refugee flows in its wake. This concern is legitimate. Unfortunately, the sad fact is that Iraq’s civil war and humanitarian emergency have grown steadily worse as the US military deployment there wears on. Full Story>>


Israel's Military Court System Is the Model to Avoid
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

October 28, 2007
Lisa Hajjar

Should the United States, seeking to recalibrate the balance between security and liberty in the "war on terror," emulate Israel in its treatment of Palestinian detainees? That is the position that Guantanamo detainee lawyers Avi Stadler and John Chandler of Atlanta, and some others, have advocated. That people in U.S. custody could be held incommunicado for years without charges, and could be prosecuted or indefinitely detained on the basis of confessions extracted with torture is worse than a national disgrace. It is an assault on the foundations of the rule of law. Full Story>>


Israel's Occupation Remains Poisonous
The Mountain Mail
July 26, 2007
Lori Allen

There is an oft-told Palestinian allegory about a family who complained their house was small and cramped. In response, the father brought the farm animals inside -- the goat, the sheep and the chickens all crowded into the house. Then, one by one, he moved the animals back outside. By the time the last chicken left, the family felt such relief they never complained of the lack of elbow room again. Full Story>>

 

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