Posted on Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:35 pm CEST
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Analysis of the Responses to Hamas’s Political Document in the Arab and Muslim World

The initial responses in the Arab and Muslim world were characterized by suspicion and distrust while pointing out internal contradictions in Hamas’s political document… Read more

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab World • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Diplomacy • Global Islam • Hamas • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Countries • Palestinian Arabs • Palestinian Authority • Politics • Religion 
Posted on Sun, September 13, 2015 at 09:05 am CEST
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The Arab World’s Continued Mistreatment of Palestinians

Jordan and the rest of the Arab world are not interested in helping solve the problem of the Palestinian refugees… Read more

Topics: Arab World • Human Rights • Jordan • Palestinian Arabs • United Nations 
Posted on Wed, June 10, 2015 at 17:05 pm CEST
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The Truth About the Jordanians

A compelling explanation of the Arab-Israel conflict… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • History • International Law • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jordan • Palestinian Arabs • Peace Process 
Posted on Tue, August 19, 2014 at 16:55 pm CEST
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Why Jordan Doesn’t Want More Palestinians

Subjecting them to apartheid laws and strict security measures… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Human Rights • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jordan • Palestinian Arabs 
Posted on Tue, September 24, 2013 at 21:08 pm CEST
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King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Addresses General Assembly, 68th session, 2013

King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Jordan • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, February 10, 2013 at 16:55 pm CET
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Learning the Wrong Lessons from Ike

The real lessons of 1956… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Britain • Diplomacy • Egypt • France • History • Iraq • Israel • Obamaism • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Tue, February 5, 2013 at 23:59 pm CET
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President Obama to Visit Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan in March

Why didn’t Obama go at a time when it would presumably have benefited him politically… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Jordan • Obamaism • Palestinian Authority • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Wed, August 8, 2012 at 22:06 pm CEST
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How the U.S. Government Should Deal With the Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital Issue

Recently there has been a controversy when State Department spokespeople refused to say what they thought to be Israel’s capital. To understand this issue we need to understand that there are two different issues involved… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • History • Israel • Jerusalem • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Wed, August 8, 2012 at 21:21 pm CEST
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Who’s Really Isolated? He Who Misunderstands Middle East Realities

One of the mantras from Israel’s supposed foreign well-wishers is that the country is now “isolated.” Sure, on the surface this makes sense… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Hezbollah • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Syria 
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 24, 2012 at 15:36 pm CEST
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Committee Report: Judea and Samaria Are Not Occupied Territories

Judea and Samaria are not under occupation rule, according to the “Outposts Committee”,.. Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Gaza and Westbank • History • International Law • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jordan 
Posted on Fri, May 18, 2012 at 23:20 pm CEST
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Let us embrace our friends

Two weeks ago, US Congressman Joe Walsh published an op-ed in the The Washington Times in which he called for the US and Israel to abandon the two-state solution… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Peace Process • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Wed, April 11, 2012 at 20:47 pm CEST
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The Iraqi Model: As Good As It Gets

Iraq is in a mess. Violence continues. Factionalism leads to endless bickering. Corruption is at high levels. Christians live in fear or flee altogether. Islamism is constantly creeping forward… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Democracy • Iraq • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:49 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, whose members are both trans-Jordanian and Palestinian in origin, is the main opposition in the country… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Jordan • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Fri, March 2, 2012 at 22:46 pm CET
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The New Middle East: Arab versus non-Arab Muslims; Sunni versus Shia

The new Middle East strategic battle is heating up and this is only the start… Continue reading

Topics: Politics • Religion • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East 
Posted on Tue, February 21, 2012 at 23:54 pm CET
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“Eventually, All Humans Will Be Palestine Refugees”

Of all the issues that drive the Arab-Israeli conflict, none is more central, malign, primal, enduring, emotional, and complex than the status of those persons known as Palestine refugees… Continue reading

Topics: History • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • United Nations 
Posted on Wed, January 25, 2012 at 16:51 pm CET
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America and the Arab Spring

A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s feet… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Iraq • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Israel • Jordan • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • Salafism • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy • Yemen 
Posted on Wed, January 18, 2012 at 19:56 pm CET
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Israel’s Options as Muslim Brotherhood Gains Power

The political history of the modern Middle East can easily be divided into three eras… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Israel • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Security and Defense 
Posted on Wed, January 18, 2012 at 19:53 pm CET
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The Middle East in 2012: The Year of Living Dangerously

The region-wide upheaval known as “the Arab Spring” would make it seem that terrorism, especially Islamist terrorism, is pretty much as dead as are its thousands of victims… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamic Countries • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, January 2, 2012 at 19:36 pm CET
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The Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab World and Islamic Communities in Western Europe

This study examines the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and other Arab countries in the wake of the past year’s regional uprisings… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Europe • Islamic Countries • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Mon, December 12, 2011 at 17:54 pm CET
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Make Way for the Muslim Brotherhood International

It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading

Topics: Communism • Egypt • Hamas • Islamism • Jordan • Libya • Muslim Brotherhood • Qatar • Syria • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, December 8, 2011 at 21:06 pm CET
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Jordan Is Palestinian

Thus far the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has weathered the storm that has swept across the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • History • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jordan 
Posted on Thu, December 8, 2011 at 19:46 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: The Right of Return: What it Means in Jordan

The right of return for Palestinians is one of the issues at the heart of the debate… Continue reading

Topics: Jordan • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, December 5, 2011 at 23:34 pm CET
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Obama’s Middle East Policy: A Unified Field Theory

Here’s an effort to bring together all of Obama’s regional policy into a single analysis and explaining everything… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamism • Politics • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, December 4, 2011 at 21:19 pm CET
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Panetta Shows How the Obama Administration Is Selling Out Israel and U.S. Interests

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave us a clear picture of the Obama administration’s view of the region… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Islamism • Israel • Peace Process • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy