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  • January 24, 2014

    Cairo...Doha...Tunisia... What's going on?

    It is strange that some of our brothers in Egypt and Tunisia, appearing in television, radio, or print media, have talked negatively about Qatar’s authority, people and resources. What...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Gaza has a date with bullets and smoke

    Israel is, once again, beating the war drums against Gaza. This time it is on the grounds of the missiles from Sinai that hit Israel, which it claims came...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Chuck Hagel's first visit to Israel appeases his opponents

    Chuck Hagel, the newly appointed US defense secretary, did not get off to a good start with Israel. Indeed, his appointment earlier this year was nearly derailed altogether by...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The Islamic Bloc and university elections

    Now that student body elections season in the West Bank has come to end, there is no doubt that the Islamic Bloc needs to carefully assess its experience in...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Diplomacy on the firing lines

    In a comprehensive strategic sense, Jordan has a number of interests that need to be taken into account as Syria engages in an open civil-sectarian war; first of which...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Is Israel exaggerating or threatening?

    Israel’s Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz and former Head of Military Intelligence General Amos Yadlin have been discussing the situation in Syria and Lebanon, expressing concerns about Islamist...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Al-Maliki is directing Iraq to war once again

    Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have gathered in the squares of six Iraqi cities since the last week of December. During 120 days of public protest against sectarian discrimination...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Iran in Syria mirrors the Soviet Union in Afghanistan

    Only a few months after the fighting in Syria began in earnest I wrote about the Afghan model there. Unfortunately, this has been confirmed over time. After more than...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The outcome of the Israeli threats against Gaza

    150 days after Israel’s last war on the Gaza Strip, security tension has resurfaced without warning. It comes amid preoccupation with pressing regional issues beginning with the enflamed Syria...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Morsi's visits abroad demonstrate a shift in foreign policy priorities

    This week, Egyptian Prime Minister Mohamed Morsi has visited Brazil for the first time. In doing so, he has completed state visits to all of the so-called BRICS countries...

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