Arab spring News : Jul 4, 2012

Arab Spring may not spare Hezbollah this time
Haaretz
In Lebanon, it’s chaos as usual: Sunnis are protesting against Hezbollah’s arsenal and Assad’s regime next door, in what some observers say may spill over into an uprising against the Shi’ite militia.

Haaretz

Arab Spring reaching Sudan’s borders
Al-Arabiya
While the Egyptians were celebrating the declaration of the name of the first elected president in their history, the young Sudanese were launching their protest against Omar Bashir’s government because of its decision to cut fuel subsidies as part of …

Al-Arabiya

Arab Spring encourages fundamentalism in Britain
Telegraph.co.uk
The Arab Spring was seen by many in the West as an opportunity for the people of the Middle East to overthrow entrenched authoritarian political orders and replace them with democratic, transparent and accountable governments that respect basic human…

Where Are the Middle East’s Revolutions Heading?
Spiegel Online
One-and-a-half years after the start of the Arab Spring, Islamists have taken power in some countries, Gulf rulers are suppressing dissent with cash and Syria is descending into civil war. The Arab revolutions are at a turning point, but the horrors …

Spiegel Online

Oman protests suggest jobs, reform pledges fall short
Chicago Tribune
MUSCAT (Reuters) – When the “Arab Spring” protests started to threaten – and eventually topple – the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt, the sultan of Oman took note and defused his own potential bombshell with promises of jobs and reforms.

FEATURE-Oman protests suggest jobs, reform pledges fall short
Reuters
MUSCAT, July 4 (Reuters) – When the Arab Spring protestsstarted to threaten – and eventually topple – the leaders ofTunisia and Egypt, the sultan of Oman took note and defused hisown potential bombshell.

Humor Me: The fall of the Arab Spring
Lake County Record-Bee
It s safe to say the Arab Spring has reached a decided tipping point.