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Press links

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http://www.aljazeera.net/ Al Jazeera [Qatar], Arabic edition, and
http://english.aljazeera.net/ Al Jazeera [Qatar], English edition
[The first mainstream Arabic news site] [info taken from site]
Offers pan-Arabic news coverage, plus an Arab perspective on regional and global events [Steph]

http://web.naharnet.com An-Nahar [Lebanon], Arabic and English editions
Has a brand new talkback - I wasn't very impressed [with the talkback]. Christian bias. They try to keep it factual [Maral]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/default.stm BBC [UK], English only
BBC's news portal for the Middle East

http://www.economist.com/index.html  The Economist.  Weekly journal on economic and political subjects.  Some of the articles are on a pay for basis, but the site has occassional promotions which enable the viewer to read all site content after viewing a brief advertisment. 

http://www.haaretz.com Ha'aretz [Israel], English and Hebrew editions
Largely left-wing but with some surprises. Ha'aretz news tickers (part agency) are usually faster at reporting news than Israel's Army Radio. Archives freely searchable. Talkbacks chaotic :) [Steph]
Rowdy talkback [Michael]

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/ The Daily Star [Lebanon], English only
The 'About Us' page is modern Lebanese history in a nutshell [Steph]
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/ The Daily Star [Egypt], English only
[A year-old project. It carries content from the Lebanon edition, and the paper version is bundled in with the International Herald Tribune] [info taken from site]
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/REG.asp The Daily Star [Regional], English only
[All three Daily Star editions are aimed at ex-pats] [info taken from site]

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/ Foreign Affairs.  Premier United States International Affairs / Foreign Relations scholarly journal.  Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations. 

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/  Foreign Policy.  Another US based international think-tank scholarly journal.  Founded in 1970 by Samuel Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel, and now published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C

http://www.imemc.org/ IMEMC [West Bank/Palestine]
English language news site run by a mixture of professionals and volunteers (local and international).

http://www.jpost.com/ The Jerusalem Post [Israel], English edition
Leans to the right. Talkback is moderated [Steph]
http://www.fr.jpost.com/ The Jerusalem Post, French edition
There are several sister sites, but be warned - the rest are adverts either for JPost print projects or campaigns. Including the Christian edition and the searchable archive that you can't read anything from without paying 3-4 USD for it first! [Steph]

http://metimes.com/ The Middle East Times [Cyprus], English only
Features synopses of editorial comments from different Arab countries. The rest of the site is worth a visit too [Michael]
Interesting info re press censorship they were faced with in Egypt [Steph]

http://yalibnan.com/site/ Ya Libnan [Lebanon], English only
[A post-assassination independent news site run by volunteers] [info taken from site]
Carries Lebanese jokes :) [Steph]

http://www.ynet.co.il/ Ynet [Israel] (Hebrew edition) and
http://www.ynetnews.com/ YnetNews (English edition)
are the Internet versions of Yedioth Ahronoth, a major daily in Israel. The Arabic edition (used to be at http://www.arabynet.com/) disappeared shortly after the English edition was launched.
Technically brilliant but dull content-wise. Same goes for talkbacks [Steph]

Interesting sites

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http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=367&cc=5901 Tottenham team home page... Just for you Ronnie :-)

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/mideast.htm The Avalon Project (Middle East 1916 - 2003)
The Avalon Project makes available digital copies of original documents "relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government"

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ The CIA World Factbook. Everything you ever needed to know about any country you care to name.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html  Jewish Virtual Library.  A web site detailing most things Jewish, from religion to history. 

http://www.tayyar.org/ [Lebanon], primarily Arabic, but has English, French, Spanish and Portuguese news coverage (not necessarily with an ME focus)
[Official Site of the Free Patriotic Movement led by General Aoun][info taken from site]

http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpal/ The United Nations (the Division for Palestinian Rights)
Retains a database of all UN documentation relevant to the region

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - On the Israel - Lebanon Conflict
Fairly unbiased albeit less frequently updated article, looks like a great source of info if someone needs to know what's going on [Anant]
A word of caution about Wikipedia: it is compiled by the public and the bias is towards the views of the last contributor. There are sections that have been closed to public editing for this reason [Margie]

http://cagle.msnbc.com/ - Political Cartoon page - Mr. Cagle is an American political cartoonist.  His web site hosts daily political cartoons from the US and around the world.  It also has a historical library of collected comics from specific events.  He also posts a regular blog on all things dealing with political cartoons and political cartoonists from around the world, including threats to said cartoonists, including himself. 

Maps

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Detailed map of Israel - Actually it's not all that detailed, but you can see where all the towns are in .il and .ps (and also some in .lb).
WARNING: The site itself belongs to a Zionist group and is heavily political (and not always well done - check out the 'Hezbollah rocket line' map from July 15th 2006 and notice the way it was never updated!). If that kind of thing offends you - don't read it! [Steph]

http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/vMaps The United Nations (the Division for Palestinian Rights)
A collection mapping the political landscape

Satellite view of the Middle East - Wikimapia :)
Provides a fairly detailed satellite view of the region. Zoom in and you'll find places tagged by people. Go ahead and tag your favourite hangouts too! [Anant]

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html CIA World Fact Book.  An annual database of basic country data.  Includes maps of regions around the world. 

Books

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A History of the Jewish People, Edited by: H.H. Ben-Sasson, Harvard University Press,
A History of Israel; From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time, by: Professor Howard M. Sachar, Alfred A. Knopf
Israel the Embattled Ally, by Nadav Safran, Harvard University Press

The Above three are thick, chewy, scholarly history tomes/textbooks

Jews among Muslims, Communities in the Precolonial Middle East, edited by: Shlomo Deshen and Wlater P. Zenner

The Palestinian Liberation Organization, People, Power, and Politics, by Helena Cobban, Cambridge University Press
The War for Lebanon 1970 - 1985 revised edition (there is at least one later edition out there), by Itamar Rabinovich
Saudi Arabia, The Ceaseless Quest for Security, by: Nadav Safran

Tom Friedman Library:
      From Beruit to Jerusalem
      The Lexus and the Olive Tree
      The World is Flat

Society -
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay, LL.D.,  published by Harmony books. 

Philosophy:
On Bullshit, by Harry G. Frankfurt, published by Princeton University press (Mr. Frankfurt is, according to the New York Times in a piece on the book written on February 14, 2005, "a moral philosopher of international reputation and professor emeritus at Princeton University.")

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Library
     Jewish Humor, What the Best Jewish Jokes Say About the Jews,
     Biblical Literacy, The Most Important People, Events, and ideas of the Hebrew Bible
     Jewish Literacy, The Most Important Things to Know abou tthe Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History
     Jewish Wisdom, Ethical, Spiritual, and historical Lessons from the Great Works and Thinkers

Food
     The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York, by Claudia Roden