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  • January 24, 2014

    Gaza cadet camps; between consent, criticism and anger

    Cadet training at schools launched by the Ministry of Education in the Gaza Strip has faced much scrutiny, questioning and criticism by the Palestinian government in the West Bank....

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  • January 24, 2014

    Nasrullah's incredibly high risk strategy

    Lebanon’s Hezbollah is perhaps best known for its strikes against Israel. It fought off an Israeli invasion in 2006, and has been seen across the Middle East as a...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Israel's Chief of Staff complains about budget cuts

    Israel’s Chief of the General Staff, Benny Gantz, has told the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security that the army faces a deficit of 8 billion new Israeli...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Ultimately, the outcome in Syria is not just about Syria

    After more than two years, the conflict in Syria shows no sign of abating. If anything, the situation appears to be getting more intractable, as different foreign interests support...

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  • January 24, 2014

    On Hamas, Syria, Iran and Hezbollah

    The Syrian crisis encompasses a number of thorny and complicated issues, the details of which are intertwined and the courses of which branch out. This produces a strange state...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Why John Kerry is wasting everyone's time

    It’s back ladies and gentlemen. The latest instalment in the Israel-Palestine peace-process-charade is upon us once again. US Secretary of State John Kerry was back in the Middle East...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The conflict over Palestinian legitimacy

    The large controversy caused by Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi’s visit to Gaza as the chairman of the International Union for Muslim Scholars’ delegation is not a new phenomenon in the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Sectarian drums of war lead us to communal suicide

    The worst thing that could happen to the Arab world is for the struggle for communal improvement and development to turn into a doctrinal conflict leading to fragmentation and...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Criticism of Israel's human rights record branded "anti-Semitism"

    For two days at the end of May, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the “Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism” to discuss the “global challenge” of such racism. In...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The Arab world and democracy

    The Arab Spring hit the Middle East to the core but has come unstuck in Syria. Nevertheless, the issue of democracy is now to the fore with demonstrations calling...

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