Jordan's Casino-gate and Embassy-gate

Recent dramatic events to visit Jordan, and is Wikileaks fueling the Arab Spring: an attempt on the Israeli embassy, and the fallout and eruption of the Casino row in parliament; Gaddafi's tyranny- - a reminder of how Libyans had it under Gaddafi; Saudi women activists claim the Blogosphere; Tel-Aviv's Spring shuns the Arabs; Palestine at the UN marks end to the 2-State Solution.

Casino proposal in Jordan is still causing furor.

Black Iris [5]

Jordan’s Casinogate Unravels

"If there was ever a story that just refused to die, this would be it. Just when we thought casinogate had found some resolution with PM Bakhit being absolved of wrongdoing, or at least missing a date with impeachment, international media swoops in and does what no local media could (dare to) do. "

Arab Crunch [6]

Caused by Wikileaks revelations, Jordanians demo in front of the US Embassy in Jordan

"The demonstrators burned the US and Israeli flag and chanted slogans such as “ the people want to expel the Americans” “no US embassy in a Jordanian land” and” no US bases on a Jordanian land” . They also demanded the Jordanian armed forces to liberate Palestine “from the river to the sea”."

American Bedu [7]

Saudi Arabia: Female Bloggers on the Saudi Experience

"I’m pleased to share this Arab News article which focuses on four female bloggers who blog about Saudi Arabia. In addition to myself, the female bloggers are Susie Khalil; Laylah; and “American Girl.” Each blogger explains why she blogs and her reasoning on whether she blogs anonymously or in her own name."

Kabobfest [8]

Gaddafi – fall of a tyrant

"Out of the many images and videos that are emerging after the liberation of Tripoli from Gaddafi, one is particularly poignant and meaningful. This YouTube video shows anti-Gaddafi fighters and civilians breaking open the cells of Abu Salim prison, releasing the hundreds of prisoners inside.... Abu Salim has a dark history."

Electroniic Intifada [9]

In Tel Aviv, an Arab Spring that ignores the Arabs

"No one could have ever predicted that a single act of protest — the self-immolation of a desperate Tunisian street vendor — would unleash a tidal wave of collective resistance and rebellion throughout North Africa and the Middle East, threatening to topple regimes that had long been considered permanent political players."

Kabobfest [10]

Yemeni woman faces the bullets of the state

Woman Spring is at fever-pitch temperatures: "Watch the woman who walks forward to the line of Yemeni security forces. Anywhere else this would be an iconic image."

Electronic Intifada [11]

At the UN, the funeral of the two-state solution

Says Ilan Pappe: "We are all going to be invited to the funeral of the two-state solution if and when the UN General Assembly announces the acceptance of Palestine as a member state."