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Latest Mideast Dispatches

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* Latest dispatch: / (1) Sunday Times removes anti-Semitic article (2) Hardline Iran TV presenter caught drinking beer, without hijab (3) Sarah Silverman: Don’t ban Star of David (4) “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” revived at top London theatre / * UK dispatch 2 / Islamist leader: London highrise fire victims “murdered” by British Zionists; Radiohead give anti-Israel protesters the middle finger

* Latest dispatch / (1) Bibi and Modi frolic in the Med, as Indian-Israeli love affair deepens (2) India’s Pro-Arab stance never rewarded by Arab world (3) Sweeping trade, research agreements signed (4) Lovefest with Israel signals India’s final rejection of the Raj (5) Zionist-Hindu conspiracy theories in Pakistan

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* Latest dispatch: “Soft coup” in Riyadh / (1) Women’s rights and ties with Israel likely to improve (2) Saudi shake-up has one goal: Drag the country into modern era (3) NY Times: Trump’s preferred candidate wins again, this time in Saudi (4) El Al to fly over Saudi airspace?

Reports of what looks like a terror attack in downtown Barcelona on La Rambla street, as a van is driven at high speed into a crowd of locals and tourists. ... See MoreSee Less

View on Facebook

A selection of TV interviews

America & the Mideast

Britain under attack

Brexit

Israel & BDS

The future

A selection of articles

Media criticism

The New York Times

The BBC

UK media’s global reach

News or Fake news?

Terrorism and radicalism

Palestinian issues

Israeli issues

The Arab world, Iran & Turkey

Syria

Iran

Turkey & The Gulf

U.S. politics

Human Rights

The Holocaust

Provocative cartoons

Photos essays

Videos: fun and serious

“Tom Gross is probably Europe’s leading observer of the Middle East” -- Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin

“Tom Gross’s dynamic dispatches bring to light stories that matter. He’s a one-man news agency of the most impressive kind” -- Former Arab Affairs editor for the BBC Magdi Abdelhadi, Cairo

“I read dozens of websites about the Middle East but I find new and important information at Tom Gross’s. You can’t skip his dispatches” -- Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Elliot Abrams

“Tom Gross does an important job in bringing to our attention some of the most interesting articles published in various media outlets. His comments and analysis are very informative” -- Khaled Abu Toameh, Palestinian affairs correspondent, Jerusalem Post

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Iranian women post photos free of hijab – but only for a few seconds

Hundreds of Iranian women defied strict rules requiring them to cover their heads in public, by sending photos of themselves without headscarves to a special Facebook page. They face arrest if identified. They quickly put their hijabs back on after taking the photos.

Interviews with human rights heroes

The wife of Saudi Arabia’s best known political prisoner, liberal blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, speaks out.
A schoolgirl who escaped Boko Haram in Nigeria describes her ordeal. Michelle Obama is among those campaigning to #BringBackOurGirls. Most remain in captivity.
An interview with a former French Islamic State hostage in Syria, who was held with the U.S. and British hostages who were beheaded, including Jim Foley and Steve Sotloff.
This is the impassioned plea which the first female Yazidi MP in Iraq’s parliament, Vian Dakhi, made to draw the world’s attention to the plight of Yazidi girls forced into sex slavery.
Egyptian liberal dissident and former political prisoner Maikel Nabil is one of the moderate centrists that Egypt needs.
North Korean defector and freedom campaigner Hyeonseo Lee has risked her life by criticizing one of the world’s most oppressive regimes.
At the grave of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah. Arafat was no human rights hero, rejecting a Palestinian state, setting back peace efforts, and keeping some unpleasant company.

Meanwhile on campus…

Incitement to kill Jews made by masked Palestinian students at a “moderate” American-partnered university: A series of photos exclusive to this website from Al-Quds campus.

And on a happier note…

News from the Middle East can be depressing. Here is something more upbeat: people across the region record themselves singing along to the Pharrell Williams’ hit “Happy”.
Happy in Tel Aviv
Happy in Jerusalem
Happy in Beirut
Happy in Gaza
Happy in Tehran
The Iranians who created this “Happy” video were arrested and subjected to harsh detention. Police chief Hossein Sajedinia told the official ISNA news agency that the “vulgar clip” had “harmed public chastity”. Iran’s state TV broadcast a program showing the men and women in the video (which had become a hit on Iranian social media) confessing to their “crime” on camera. In response, Pharrell Williams wrote on his Facebook page that “It is beyond sad that these kids were arrested for trying to spread happiness”.

Tom Gross on Roma

* A Forgotten People (Wall St Journal)
* Remembering Milena (The Guardian)

Tom Gross on Art

* Communist underwear is latest art hit!
* Leaning tower straightens up
* But is it Art?

Remembering John Gross

The Times: “An exemplary
literary journalist”

The Economist: “Man of
Letters”

The Guardian: “My hero”

Latest Mideast Dispatches

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* Latest dispatch: / (1) Sunday Times removes anti-Semitic article (2) Hardline Iran TV presenter caught drinking beer, without hijab (3) Sarah Silverman: Don’t ban Star of David (4) “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” revived at top London theatre / * UK dispatch 2 / Islamist leader: London highrise fire victims “murdered” by British Zionists; Radiohead give anti-Israel protesters the middle finger

* Latest dispatch / (1) Bibi and Modi frolic in the Med, as Indian-Israeli love affair deepens (2) India’s Pro-Arab stance never rewarded by Arab world (3) Sweeping trade, research agreements signed (4) Lovefest with Israel signals India’s final rejection of the Raj (5) Zionist-Hindu conspiracy theories in Pakistan

null

* Latest dispatch: “Soft coup” in Riyadh / (1) Women’s rights and ties with Israel likely to improve (2) Saudi shake-up has one goal: Drag the country into modern era (3) NY Times: Trump’s preferred candidate wins again, this time in Saudi (4) El Al to fly over Saudi airspace?

Reports of what looks like a terror attack in downtown Barcelona on La Rambla street, as a van is driven at high speed into a crowd of locals and tourists. ... See MoreSee Less

View on Facebook

A selection of TV interviews

America & the Mideast

Britain under attack

Brexit

Israel & BDS

The future

A selection of articles

Media criticism

The New York Times

The BBC

UK media’s global reach

News or Fake news?

Terrorism and radicalism

Palestinian issues

Israeli issues

The Arab world, Iran & Turkey

Syria

Iran

Turkey & The Gulf

U.S. politics

Human Rights

The Holocaust

Provocative cartoons

Photos essays

Videos: fun and serious

“Tom Gross is probably Europe’s leading observer of the Middle East” -- Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin

“Tom Gross’s dynamic dispatches bring to light stories that matter. He’s a one-man news agency of the most impressive kind” -- Former Arab Affairs editor for the BBC Magdi Abdelhadi, Cairo

“I read dozens of websites about the Middle East but I find new and important information at Tom Gross’s. You can’t skip his dispatches” -- Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Elliot Abrams

“Tom Gross does an important job in bringing to our attention some of the most interesting articles published in various media outlets. His comments and analysis are very informative” -- Khaled Abu Toameh, Palestinian affairs correspondent, Jerusalem Post

more ...

Iranian women post photos free of hijab – but only for a few seconds

Hundreds of Iranian women defied strict rules requiring them to cover their heads in public, by sending photos of themselves without headscarves to a special Facebook page. They face arrest if identified. They quickly put their hijabs back on after taking the photos.

Interviews with human rights heroes

The wife of Saudi Arabia’s best known political prisoner, liberal blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, speaks out.
A schoolgirl who escaped Boko Haram in Nigeria describes her ordeal. Michelle Obama is among those campaigning to #BringBackOurGirls. Most remain in captivity.
An interview with a former French Islamic State hostage in Syria, who was held with the U.S. and British hostages who were beheaded, including Jim Foley and Steve Sotloff.
This is the impassioned plea which the first female Yazidi MP in Iraq’s parliament, Vian Dakhi, made to draw the world’s attention to the plight of Yazidi girls forced into sex slavery.
Egyptian liberal dissident and former political prisoner Maikel Nabil is one of the moderate centrists that Egypt needs.
North Korean defector and freedom campaigner Hyeonseo Lee has risked her life by criticizing one of the world’s most oppressive regimes.
At the grave of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah. Arafat was no human rights hero, rejecting a Palestinian state, setting back peace efforts, and keeping some unpleasant company.

Meanwhile on campus…

Incitement to kill Jews made by masked Palestinian students at a “moderate” American-partnered university: A series of photos exclusive to this website from Al-Quds campus.

And on a happier note…

News from the Middle East can be depressing. Here is something more upbeat: people across the region record themselves singing along to the Pharrell Williams’ hit “Happy”.
Happy in Tel Aviv
Happy in Jerusalem
Happy in Beirut
Happy in Gaza
Happy in Tehran
The Iranians who created this “Happy” video were arrested and subjected to harsh detention. Police chief Hossein Sajedinia told the official ISNA news agency that the “vulgar clip” had “harmed public chastity”. Iran’s state TV broadcast a program showing the men and women in the video (which had become a hit on Iranian social media) confessing to their “crime” on camera. In response, Pharrell Williams wrote on his Facebook page that “It is beyond sad that these kids were arrested for trying to spread happiness”.

Tom Gross on Roma

* A Forgotten People (Wall St Journal)
* Remembering Milena (The Guardian)

Tom Gross on Art

* Communist underwear is latest art hit!
* Leaning tower straightens up
* But is it Art?

Remembering John Gross

The Times: “An exemplary
literary journalist”

The Economist: “Man of
Letters”

The Guardian: “My hero”

Tom Gross on Art

* Communist underwear is latest art hit!
* Leaning tower straightens up
* But is it Art?

Tom Gross on Roma

* A Forgotten People (Wall St Journal)
* Remembering Milena (The Guardian)
 

Remembering John Gross

The Times: “An exemplary
literary journalist”

The Economist: “Man of
Letters”

The Guardian: “My hero”

Remembering John Gross

The Times: “An exemplary
literary journalist”

The Economist: “Man of
Letters”

The Guardian: “My hero”

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All notes and summaries on this website copyright © Tom Gross. All rights reserved.