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FPC Tour in the U.S: First day: Meeting Alec Ross, Judith A. McHale, Daniel B. Baer and senior Arab and International Bloggers
Monday was the first day in the FPC Foreign Reporting Tour that brings twenty journalists and bloggers from North Africa, the Middle East, Portugal, China, [singlepic id=552 w=320 h=240 float=right]Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and many other countries.
The reasons of this tour are varied between giving an opportunity to the journalists and bloggers to speak at Panels about their experience and opinion of the use of social media and Internet, and also to give them a chance to ask American officials questions about what they do in order to advance freedom of expression and freedom of using Internet.
Middle East Post to cover the FPC Foreign Reporting Tour in the United States of America
Next Week 12-18 June 2011, a tour will be held by the American Department of State about Blogging for Social and Political Change. The Tour aims to explore[singlepic id=546 w=320 h=240 float=right] how the U.S government advances foreign policy positions on the web and how strategy is implemented. The tour will take place at Washington DC and Minneapolis.
Senior and Mid-Level bloggers and Journalists from Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Armenia, Germany, Portugal, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Yemen, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Palestine will take part in the tour and report about what they explore
Is it for the sake of protecting Libyan civilians or the Libyan Oil?
The UN security council made its decision..and the joined American, French, English and Italian forces started their campaign against Libya. President [singlepic id=504 w=320 h=240 float=right]Obama did not seem to be really happy to declare the participation of the American forces in the military campaign and tried to introduce the American role as a supporter rather than a leader in the attack against Tripoli.
Kaddafi’s government considered the attack a part of a crusade’s campaign against Islam and continued to claim that it did not break the seize fire. The
Talks between the U.S and Israel to open new talks between the latter and the Palestinians
The direct talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians continue to be suspended since the last 10 months Israeli freeze of settlements building expired. [singlepic id=413 w=320 h=240 float=right] Talks between the United States and Israel continue to take place in order to convince the latter to stop the settlements building and return to direct talks with the Palestinians.
The American administration gave guarantees to Israel in exchange to an Israeli agreement to freeze its settlements building through the West Bank. The guarantees include twenty fighter jets that the Us would supply to Israel without paying for them. The Israelis asked through their discussions with the
President Obama’s next challenges
“It’s going to remain a priority for this administration. And obviously, we’re going to work hand in glove with Congress to advance direct negotiations and to [singlepic id=408 w=320 h=240 float=right]ultimately reach a settlement,” Mark Toner said while giving a statement from the U.S State Department regarding the peace process in the Middle East.
The Republicans gained the midterm elections while the Arab world eyes are on the U.S administration that promised to re-launch the peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians after the elections. President Obama’s administration stated that the peace process in the Middle East is still a priority and
Netanyahu demands from the Palestinians to recognize the “legitimacy” of Israel
While Former U.S President Carter is visiting Jerusalem and stating that the Israeli evictions of the Palestinian families from their homes is against the [singlepic id=392 w=320 h=240 float=right]International Law, Prime Minister Netanyahu continues to demand from the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state to prove that they are interested in a real peace process.
Former President Carter said while speaking to a demonstration in East Jerusalem against the Israeli policy of evicting of Palestinians from their homes that the evictions might be in accordance with Israeli law but are for sure against the International law. Carter is known for his stand against the Israeli siege on
