I read many of the English language Arab blogs too. Their 'planets' tend to be very good, such as Jordan Planet, representing an interesting cross section of opinion, none of it that extreme and you get a much more subtle range of opinions than from the MSM. Interestingly, Israeli blog aggregation sites tend to be rather ropey affairs and tend to be populated by more religiously informed opinion. If anyone has a link to a secular aggregation site, let me know. What would be interesting is a central site for both Arab and Israeli bloggers to write on together... N