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Items by Dr Youssef Rizqa
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The ‘Middle East NATO’ may go public or be postponed
A so-called “Middle East NATO” may be announced during US President Joe Biden’s visit to the region. Although the idea is unlikely, it could happen. Indeed, the foundation stone may already have been laid by some countries, including Israel, the US and the UAE. However, rather than going public...
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Palestinian elections and the West
The 2006 elections in Palestine were a difficult test for Hamas on the one hand, and for the EU and US on the other. Hamas entered the elections based on its programme of resistance, rejection of the Oslo Accords, and no recognition of Israel. The US and the West,...
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What are Palestinian voters asking for?
When Hamas won the 2006 elections, Israel imposed a siege on Ismail Haniyeh’s government. The siege was supported by the US, the EU and Arab countries, as no major capitals in the Arab world would deal with the democratically-elected Palestinian government. The Arab countries reacted to the blockade in favour...
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Jordan under threat?
Politics is defined as the art of diplomatic engagement with others. This is a nice and good definition, but it is definitely not an accurate definition of American foreign policy. One could say that American policy does not recognise the other side respectfully. The other side that it respects...
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The Palestinians want a third intifada, but will the PA allow it?
Opinion polls in Israel reveal that 58 per cent of those polled believe that the annexation plans and the imposition of sovereignty on the land in question will trigger a third violent intifada in the occupied West Bank. This prediction is, I believe, both valid and logical. The expectation...
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Israel is present in 6 Arab countries
According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Tel Aviv is currently in contact with half a dozen important Arab and Muslim countries that until recently were hostile to Israel. He called this a process of “accelerated normalisation”. The man declares these facts, but has not announced the names of these...
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How to confront Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing everything possible to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority is still doing everything possible to coordinate with Israel’s security agencies, suppressing every new resistance cell, most recently the one in Nablus. If the PA can preserve the Arab...
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The consequences of describing the Brotherhood as terrorists
Donald Trump has not hidden his extreme hostility towards Islam and Muslim groups. He always describes the Muslims as terrorists and uses loose terms that encapsulate everyone. It is unfortunate that he, along with the Zionist lobby and new right-wing, are trying to pass a bill in Congress that...
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Will the PLO withdraw its recognition?
The “Jewish State” bill has recently made a leap from being an idea to legislation and execution. Two-thirds of the members of Netanyahu’s government approved the draft bill proposed by Netanyahu himself. At the same time, America expressed its approval as long as it does not harm the other...