Links 1-3 January 2011

• Lieberman: ‘I am the mainstream’ — War in Context
  I agree with this - Avigdor Lieberman is probably next PM of Israel.
• In Boeing-Airbus Rivalry, Hidden Hand of Diplomats - NYTimes.com
  Another Wikileaks cable score: US diplomats peddling for Boeing, against EU dips for Airbus.
• Jealousy and longing in northern Sudan | Nesrine Malik | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  Nesrine Malik on North Sudan's troubles ahead.
• http://www.telquel-online.com/452/images/Moulay%20Hicham.pdf
  Profile of Prince Moulay Hisham of Morocco, aka "the red prince".
• WikiLeaks: US targets EU over GM crops
  Wikileaks cable shows US wanted retaliation againt EU countries against GM foods.
• Leaks to AIPAC Said to be “Common”
  Shock, horror: Israel lobby routinely spies.
• Opinion: A Map For Mideast Peace
  Barbara Slavin says Obama needs a map of Palestine - OK, but not one drawn by Israel lobby's Makovsky.
• The Oil Drum | Tech Talk: The trade in LNG
  Interesting discussion on Qatari LNG deliveries to UK.
• LRB · Eliot Weinberger · ‘Damn right,’ I said
  The great Eliott Weinberger reviews George W. Bush. Caustic.
• LRB · Jeremy Waldron · What to Tell the Axe-Man
  Hypocrisy in British politics, according to David Runciman.
• Bombing opens vein of Christian anger in Egypt
  Good wrap-up of post-Alex bombing tensions, Coptic grievances.
•  توك توك محطة القصص المصورة : TokTok comics : TokTok Bande Dessinée
  New Egyptian comic strip webzine.
• Shock and awe - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
  Interesting long piece revisiting Cast Lead from Israel's planning perspective.
• Gazan youth issue manifesto to vent their anger with all sides in the conflict | World news | The Observer
  Gaza cyber-manifesto against everybody.
• Local Copts demonstrate in wake of deadly bombing in Egypt - latimes.com
  Copts protest in LA, call for US action.
• Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | The Arab world's tipping point
  Ezzedine Choukri: nothing happened in the Arab world in 2010, but the undertow goes on...