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May 5, 2014

Freedom and justice remain illusions in Kerry's new-old package

US Secretary of State John Kerry’s current visit to Palestine was foreshadowed by a familiar dark cloud; every such high-level American visit results in more pressure on the Palestinian...

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May 5, 2014

Israel moves from rejection to obstruction of peace

This week’s decision by the Israeli daily Maariv to publish a report which claimed that John Kerry supported the organisers of the Freedom Flotilla was significant in many respects....

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May 5, 2014

Why the Egyptian junta's PR blitz in the west is failing

Nothing is working for Egypt’s military junta. They have dug themselves into a deep hole and can’t get out. Minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrahim is frustrated by his inability...

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May 5, 2014

Israel enters dangerous uncharted territory in Jerusalem

As happened in 2000, the Palestine-Israel negotiations are about to end with another eruption of civil unrest because of Jerusalem. The main difference on this occasion is that the...

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May 5, 2014

Death in the Mediterranean must give new life to the Palestinian refugee issue

Rampant political instability and deadly civil wars in the Middle East have turned the Mediterranean Sea into a graveyard. More than 500 refugees have been drowned while trying to...

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May 5, 2014

100 days of pure farce

It has become an almost established tradition for political analysts to review the first 100 days of any president or administration. This is the case with elected governments as...

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May 5, 2014

It's time for Obama to put fine words into action

President Obama’s address at the UN General Assembly must have been a welcome relief to Egypt’s de facto rulers. Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy described it as “positive” and reflective...

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May 5, 2014

The hyped "Gaza state" in Sinai is a diversionary smokescreen

Even by their dreadfully low media standards, it was the most ridiculous attempt to mislead public opinion. Many viewed it as an insult to the Egyptian people’s intelligence. The...

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May 5, 2014

Al-Sisi is no Gamal Abdel Nasser

One of the great myths-in-the-making doing the rounds in Egypt today is that General Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi is a latter day Gamal Abdul Nasser. This may be a fair...

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May 5, 2014

Wall Street Journal report says a lot about the state of Saudi-Qatari relations

In a Wall Street Journal article last week, three journalists reported on Saudi Prince Bandar’s play for authority in Syria. The journalists were unable to contact Prince Bandar to...

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