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January 25, 2014

The economic prelude to the third Palestinian intifada

In recent weeks the Palestinian territories have witnessed a wave of demonstrations by citizens demanding better living conditions. The worsening economic crisis has had a serious impact on the...

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January 25, 2014

The mysterious decision to destroy the tunnels

Neither I nor anyone I know understands why Egypt has decided to demolish the tunnels connecting Gaza and Northern Sinai; not even the Mubarak regime resorted to this. I...

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January 25, 2014

Rached Ghannouchi says he doesn’t want an Islamic state in Tunisia. Can he prove his critics wrong?

When Rached Ghannouchi met Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – before Mr Ghannouchi wisely exiled himself to London as an enemy of the dictatorship – a very odd thing happened....

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January 25, 2014

Float On: Gaza and the Estelle Flotilla

RAMALLAH-On Saturday morning the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) boarded the Estelle, an activist flotilla delivering aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. The boat was in international waters when it...

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January 25, 2014

Poll confirms what we already know - Israel is an apartheid state

Do Israeli citizens really want an end to the Palestine-Israel conflict that has beset the Middle East for so many years? The findings of a poll conducted by Dialog...

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January 25, 2014

Another (made for Israel) global disaster derailed

LAST August I predicted that as the US election drew closer, and as the President’s re-election became certain, a credible scenario would be for Israel to strike Iran, pre-empting...

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January 25, 2014

Morsi in charge, at home and abroad

The past few weeks have witnessed a convergence of several important issues facing post-uprising Egypt: new Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi’s opportunism in his attempt to reform the judiciary (as...

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January 25, 2014

Revisiting the Egypt-Israel peace treaty

Thirty years after it was signed, the Egypt-Israel peace treaty is the focus of attention in strategic debate in Washington, Tel Aviv and Cairo. The renewed interest arises from...

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January 25, 2014

Israel squirms despite "show trial" claim

ISRAEL squirms and wriggles like a worm on a fishhook over the Turkish trial into the deaths of nine unarmed humanitarian aid volunteers on board a ship bound for...

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January 25, 2014

New rules of military engagement between Hamas and Israel

Contrary to what Israel might have expected, Hamas’s reaction to the latest Israeli escalation in Gaza didn’t follow the normal pattern. Thus, Israeli calculations have been confused. Normally, Hamas...

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