Links for Feb 25-28 2010

• The Only Democracy?

  New site by Jewish Voices for Peace to give the lie to notion that Israel is a Western-style democracy.

• New Left Project | Articles | Book Extract: Israel’s assault on Gaza - a case of self-defence?

  Norman Finkelstein.

• The ElBaradei phenomenon | FP Passport

  Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy, on my ElBaradei piece and more.

• Egypt's presidential election takes to Facebook | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt

  Facebook groups for Mubarak can't muster more than a few hundred.

• The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Eugene Rogan,The Arabs: A History. A Critical Review.

  Review of Rogan's "The Arabs"

• Ahmed Chalabi's renewed influence in Iraq concerns U.S. - washingtonpost.com

  No kidding.

• 'Made in Israel': EU Court Allows Duties on Products from the Settlements - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

  "Europe's highest court ruled that goods manufactured in Israeli settlements in the West Bank cannot be imported into the European Union duty-free, like all other products made within Israel's 1967 borders. The decision also fortifies the EU's stance against Israel's settlement policy in the Palestinian territories."

• A year after Israeli assault, uneasy peace settles over Gaza - World AP - MiamiHerald.com

  McClatchy's Dion Nisselbaum farewell story on Israel/Palestine.

• FT.com / Books / Non-Fiction - The Future of Islam

  Eugene Rogan on John Esposito.

• FT.com / Reportage - Exclusive Claude Lévi-Strauss cartoon

  Very nice comic on the father of structuralism.

• Daily News Egypt - Egypt Inviting Private Firms To Build, Run Services

  Public services tendered to private sector — but who will ensure quality control?

• The Associated Press: Ex-UN nuclear chief: change in Egypt is inevitable

  Interview with AP.

• ‘Two-State Solution’ Faces a Patchwork of Challenges – Forward.com

  Part of a special on the two-state solution, focusing on the settlements.