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January 25, 2014

Egyptian uprising causes American and Israeli fears

The Egyptian uprising has caused a stir in the world’s capitals. The most important signs of concern were in the United States where there has been unusual interest both...

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January 25, 2014

Education in East Jerusalem: A Prohibited Democratic Right

Democracy is the calling of the future, and is almost the dividing line between first world and third world countries. It calls for the guarantee of rights and freedoms...

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January 25, 2014

A call to unite the ranks

On 15-16 October, 1991, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad spent more than 15 hours with James Baker, the then U.S. Secretary of State, discussing the terms and phrases which should...

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January 25, 2014

The negotiators made no effort to defend and uphold the right of return

At a meeting with the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, on 18 February 2008, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner commended the Palestinian approach on the refugee issue, describing it...

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January 25, 2014

Winners and losers

In order to get a flavour of the new order in Egypt, I recommend looking at Egyptian state television. Following the forced retirement of ex-President Hosni Mubarak the tone...

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January 25, 2014

Extend the hand of friendship to Islamists and it will be welcomed

More than a decade ago, a Gulf state’s ambassador to the United Kingdom told me that he had asked a senior official in the British Foreign Office, “What do...

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January 25, 2014

The people want an end to American support for settlements

The wave of liberation revolutions sweeping the Arab world has shown the world that the Arabs are alive and deserve freedom and prepared to fight and die for it....

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January 25, 2014

What are the implications of Middle East-North Africa unrest for the future of the Israel-Palestine peace process?

In an interview for the BBC during an emergency tour of the Middle East earlier this month, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said: “Amid the opportunity for countries like...

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January 25, 2014

The shape of times to come

I was struck by the huge difference between the response to my article “No Room for Western Hypocrisy” in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper and the response of Western readers to...

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January 25, 2014

Egypt: A Virtual Smoking Gun?

On 12 January 2009, US Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James K. Glassman joined a group of Egyptian political bloggers from the Virtual Newsroom of the American...

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