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  • January 24, 2014

    How do we explain US policies in the Middle East?

    Barak Obama’s visit to the Middle East did nothing to revive the moribund peace process; nor did he try to halt Israel’s illegal settlement programme. In fact, the US...

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  • January 24, 2014

    US aid: an opiate for Palestinians

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a $3.9 billion national budget for the 2013 fiscal year just one day before the March 31 deadline. The budget was approved without the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Freedom of expression has limits in a responsible society

    The media has played a vital role in the Arab Spring, from social networks to TV stations. It would be foolish to think otherwise, but if the media was...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Hamas needs to build a broader political future in Egypt

    It is no secret that Hamas was happy for Dr. Mohammad Morsi to win the Egyptian presidential elections. The source of most of its regional strength lies in Cairo,...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Hamas needs to build a broader political future in Egypt

    It is no secret that Hamas was happy for Dr. Mohammad Morsi to win the Egyptian presidential elections. The source of most of its regional strength lies in Cairo,...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Deir Yassin remembered

    Today is the 65th anniversary of the massacre at Deir Yassin, a village near West Jerusalem. Early in the morning of 9 April 1948, around 120 members of the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Counting the cost of war

    On October 10, 2002 I was driving the family during a short vacation at Yosemite National Park. Indifferent to the family’s holiday disposition, I scanned the radio for the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Little change on Iran's nuclear merry-go-round

    For months – even years – Iran and the West have been engaged in circular talks about Tehran’s nuclear programme. Last week’s talks, in the capital of Kazakhstan, were...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Human rights: An American weapon

    The US has sought to impose its philosophy, lifestyle and culture on the world ever since it became a “superpower” politically, economically, militarily and technologically after World War Two....

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  • January 24, 2014

    Another Spring: The Middle East between history of revolts and future geopolitics

    Spring is a time for optimism, with the green shoots of summer pushing through after a long winter. Alas, things in the Middle East are now very different. With...

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