Links for 26-29 September 2011

• New Left Project | NLP Blog | Is the ‘special relationship’ becoming too expensive?
  "becoming"?
• Berman presses Egypt on lulavs | JTA
  US congressman has nothing better to do.
• Why Aid to the PA Doesn't Buy Leverage - By Anne Peters
  Good reminder that via Gen. Dayton the US actively participates in the occupation of Palestine.
• Viewpoint: Mid-East peace needs fresh US approach
  Yazid Sayigh, on the Ross and Blair problems.
• Netanyahu vs. Abbas at the United Nations: Israel's tactics to delay Palestinian statehood. - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine
  Good breakdown of doublespeak.
• Why the U.S. Should Support Palestinian Statehood at the U.N.
  Judis in TNR — Peretz must be seething.
• Yemen: Descending Into Despair | World Policy Institute
• The Middle Powers Amid the Arab Revolts | MERIP
  Should have been more than IBSA states here.
• Why Egypt needs the international aid it was promised
  I disagree with this - no clean elections, no aid.
• Egypt: Why the Muslim Brotherhood Isn't All That Fraternal - TIME
  "But an Islamist is not an Islamist is not an Islamist."
• Egyptian police raid Al Jazeera unit again | Reuters
• Yemen teeters on the verge of civil war
  Bernard Haykel.
• Military council issues constitutional declaration on parliamentary elections | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
  What a mess.
• A concert of the Middle East - The National
  My piece on the new regional dynamic.
• Armed defenders of Syria's revolution - Al Jazeera English
  Another amazing dispatch by Nir Rosen.
• Egypt military ruler’s ‘casual’ appearance raises questions about his intentions
• Egypt floods smuggling tunnel; 3 killed - Ynetnews
  With sewage water.
• Al-Azhar grand sheikh asks US ambassador to release Islamist leader | Al-Masry Al-Youm
  Idiot.
• CIA efforts to recruit Arab Americans hit snags - latimes.com
  Almost funny.