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  • January 24, 2014

    What is behind the resumption of negotiations in Washington?

    US Secretary of State John Kerry has worked hard on the Israel-Palestine portfolio since he came into office earlier this year. He has made six tours to the region,...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Israel's referendum problem

    As peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials jumpstart into motion again, plenty of questions remain. “What was on the menu for last week’s White House Iftar?” Fish and...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Shamir 1991; Netanyahu 2013; history repeats itself

    Unlike the Palestinians, Netanyahu’s government does not depend on negotiations. The importance of the negotiations goes beyond tables and press conferences. It is more important for Israel to be...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The politics of selective compromise

    “They already have a certain amount of self-determination – something that’s less than a state but covers almost all of the Palestinian population.” Elkin’s statement refers to the alleged...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Saudi foreign policy is an open-ended struggle

    From Lebanon to Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen and Iraq, not to mention its support for the Syrian opposition, Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy appears to be contradictory. While attacking the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The Hamas dilemma in Egypt

    I realise that the environment in Egypt is not conducive to discussion of the state’s relationship with Hamas, which has been accused of interference in Egyptian affairs post-January 25...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The return to negotiations fractures Palestine even further

    Palestinian negotiator Saeb Eraket and his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni have sat down for “talks to begin talks”, a process which US State of Secretary John Kerry has spent...

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  • January 24, 2014

    A critique of eternal negotiations at any cost

    Discussing the points of view that support the resumption of “eternal and at any cost” negotiations we can see that some have called publically on the top decision-maker to...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Is Palestine's first planned city part of the resistance or a whitewash of the occupation?

    From the disorder of a construction site in the occupied West Bank, a new vision of Palestine is rising. Not far from Ramallah, workers in hard hats are busy...

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  • January 24, 2014

    A raid on Sinai

    The bad news is that an Israeli drone strike killed five Egyptians in Sinai last week; they were, it is alleged, “jihadists” who intended to launch a rocket against...

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