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Palestinian Leaders Don’t Want an Independent State

The truth about Palestine’s independence… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Diplomacy • History • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process 
Posted on Sun, October 28, 2012 at 11:09 am CET
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Why Economic Development As a Panacea for Middle East Problems is a Myth

While “economic development” sounds like a great idea, in practice it isn’t so effective… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Culture • Democracy • Economy • Islamic Countries • Religion • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, August 9, 2012 at 22:03 pm CEST
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Why is Israel More Prosperous Than the Palestinians: The Ultimate Demonstration of Media Bias

If you truly understand what you are about to read, I don’t see how you can accord most of the mass media any credibility when it comes to Israel ever again… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Israel • Media Bias • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Thu, August 9, 2012 at 21:05 pm CEST
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Romney Lays It Out: Progress and Success Versus Name-Calling And Bragging About Being Victims

The economic history of the world has shown that “culture makes all the difference”… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Economy • Israel • Palestinian Authority • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Tue, August 7, 2012 at 22:22 pm CEST
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Jordan’s Prime Minister Reads ‘Rubin Reports’ – And Doesn’t Like It

During a recent dinner in Amman, Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh of Jordan talked about me at some length, citing my PJ Media article on Israel being in a good strategic situation. Apart from the name-calling, insults, and snorting, he could not refute one point I made… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Economy • Jordan • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Sun, June 3, 2012 at 15:07 pm CEST
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Where Did All the Billions of Dollars Given to the Palestinian Authority Go?

Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad says that his regime is short of funds… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Fatah • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, November 26, 2011 at 22:53 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: frustration over the bread crisis, rising food prices and corruption leads to social unrest in Egypt

Rising global food prices are hitting Egypt’s poor hard and are the major contributor to… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Egypt • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, October 31, 2011 at 20:05 pm CET
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Economy: Are the Generals stealing Egypt?

After public warnings that it faces bankruptcy within a few months… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Egypt 
Posted on Mon, July 11, 2011 at 00:14 am CEST
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Islamic jihadist organizations in Egypt ideologically originating in the Muslim Brotherhood

From the 1970s to the late 1990s, militant Islamic groups in Egypt posed the greatest challenge to the regime in terms of internal security… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Tue, June 21, 2011 at 23:09 pm CEST
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Why Did Fatah Expell Its Number-One Anti-Hamas Guy?

Muhammad Dahlan has been expelled from Fatah by that group’s Central Committee… Continue reading

Topics: Fatah • Hamas 
Posted on Sat, June 4, 2011 at 00:55 am CEST
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How Obama Administration Mishandling of the Palestinian Unilateral Independence Bid is Wasting 2011

And so he rushes off to Europe to muster support so that the United States is not alone… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:43 am CEST
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President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa Speech, May 19, 2011

Official release of President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Maghreb • Palestinian Authority • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 00:29 am CEST
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Why The Palestinian Authority-Hamas Deal Is So Dangerous

The Fatah-Hamas decision to reconcile, form a joint Palestinian Authority (PA) government and hold elections seems to be a… Continue reading

Topics: Fatah • Hamas • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Sun, May 8, 2011 at 01:28 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: The Muslim Brothers in Syria: Could They Win an Election here?

In the wake of former VP Khaddam’s flirtation with the Muslim Brotherhood’s exiled leadership in January, and Hamas’s recent electoral victory… Continue reading

Topics: Muslim Brotherhood • Syria • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, April 30, 2011 at 21:06 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Cables Portray Hamid Karzai as Weak and Corrupt

Diplomats describe Afghan president as weak, indecisive, paranoid and beholden to criminals to maintain power… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Britain • Taliban • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, April 8, 2011 at 21:32 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Discusses Gaza with Israeli Security Chief

During an October 3 meeting with ISA (Shin Bet) Director Yuval Diskin, The Ambassador stressed the need to find a way to keep… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Palestinian Authority • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, April 4, 2011 at 22:39 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Afghan and U.S. Contempt for British Military

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Helmand governor and US commander criticise UK failure to impose security and engage with Afghans… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Britain • Counter-terrorism • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, April 3, 2011 at 22:48 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Afghan Government Corruption and Money Smuggling

Ambassador in Kabul reports pervasive ‘wealth extraction’ by establishment and apparent powerlessness of US to stop it… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, March 27, 2011 at 13:45 pm CEST
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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: “We Need to Hinder the Despotic Ambitions of AKP”

In this exclusive interview for Turkish Policy Quarterly, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu outlines his views and his Party’s position on the pressing foreign policy choices Turkey faces… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Cyprus • Islamism • NATO • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, March 22, 2011 at 18:51 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Who will succeed Saleh in Yemen?

After 27 years in power, President Saleh’s recent announcement that he would not seek another term… Continue reading

Topics: WikiLeaks • Yemen 
Posted on Tue, March 22, 2011 at 17:34 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Yemeni insiders Increasingly Frustrated with Saleh Clan

President Saleh is more interested in enriching his family than in making the strategic choices necessary to lead Yemen into the future… Continue reading

Topics: WikiLeaks • Yemen 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 13:30 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: President Karzai’s half-brother is ‘kingpin of Kandahar’

As the kingpin of Kandahar, the President’s younger half-brother Ahmed Wali Karzai dominates access to economic resources… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 12:01 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: US Committee Mulls How to Influence Behavior of Criminal and Corrupt Afghan Officials

US Committee consider possible courses of action that U.S. military and Embassy personnel may employ against criminal and corrupt Afghan officials… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 19:31 pm CET
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Arab Political Upheavals: Obsession with Israel Blinded Westerners to the Real Middle East

As we consider the lessons of the dramatic upheavals in Arabic-speaking countries one of the main ones is this: the overriding obsession with… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamic Countries • Islamism • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • The Middle East 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 14:47 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: U.K.’s Briefing on Terminated BAE/Saudi Arabia Foreign Bribery Case

During a three-day meeting in January 2007 of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, a separate session of the meeting was devoted to the U.K.’s termination… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • France • International Law • Saudi Arabia • WikiLeaks