4/21/2004 By Nir Boms and Erick StakelbecK Under the auspices of the United Nations and the Washington-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, representatives from 14 Muslim countries gathered in Istanbul on April 12-14 to discuss implementing democratic reforms in the Middle East. While it came as no shock that...
by Nir Boms 02/20/2008 12:00:00 AM EGYPTIAN TROOPS RECENTLY sealed the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 12 days of freedom of movement for Palestinians. The Egyptian troops are still allowing Palestinians and Egyptians to return home, but have stopped--according to recent reports--the free flow of cross-border movement. (more…)
A Muslim Edict Recognizes Israel and Rejects the Palestinian Right of Return A resurrected 50-year-old Fatwa offers a chance of a religious modus vivendi. It recognizes Israel as a fait accompli similar to other lands where Moslems formerly ruled. Nir Boms (10/23/2007) A Fatwa, a Muslim religious ruling, generally crops...
By Elliot Chodoff and Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | March 3, 2006 Hamas' ascent to power in the Palestinian Authority has thrown Western policy into a quandary. Having touted the great advantages of democracy and the having spent millions on democratization, Western leaders are faced with Islamist victories at the polls. The recent...
April 06, 2004, 8:54 a.m. A good guy gets turned away. By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck On April 1, following a lengthy probe, the European Union concluded that funds it provided to the Palestinian Authority between 2000 and 2002 had not been used to finance terrorist attacks against Israel....
By Nir Boms and Leon Saltiel FrontPageMagazine.com | September 7, 2006 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan seemed particularly satisfied at the press conference in Brussels when the foreign ministers of the 25 European Union member states committed to contribute more that half of the 15,000 soldiers of the revamped UN...
March 01, 2005, 7:45 a.m. Ending Syrian control could change the Middle East - but it won't be easy. By Nir Boms and Aaron Mannes The car bomb that assassinated former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri rocked Beirut, but the political aftershocks could shake the entire region. The assassination has...
By Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | July 14, 2003 A few days ago, in the Fuad Shehab basketball stadium of suburban Beirut, the national basketball championship game was played between the two leading Lebanese teams: La Sagesse and Al Riyadi. Unlike many other sports, basketball is of the few that has...
By Nir Boms Published July 5, 2006 Last week, Egypt's minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, announced the latest measure in the war against intolerance in Egypt: a total ban on "The Da Vinci Code" -- both the best-selling book and the hit film currently showing in theaters worldwide. In a...
By Nir Boms/ Michael Meunier Published November 21, 2005 Barely a month following President Hosni Mubarak's predictable re-election, Egypt finds itself in full campaign mode again. The results of the first round of the parliamentary elections were just published, confirming a considerable gain in power for candidates affiliated with...