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  • April 27, 2014

    Where is Turkey in the Kurdish Peace Process?

    Despite the roiling protests of the past summer, the Kurdish peace process still remains the most important political initiative in recent decades for Turkey. Initiated in the closing days...

    Article
  • April 21, 2014

    Miliband’s maiden speech welcomed across the Middle East

    Ed Miliband’s maiden speech as the leader of the Labour Party has drawn scorn from the right-wing media and the pro-Israel lobby. It also provoked the wrath of New...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • April 21, 2014

    Repositioning Labour Party policies on the Middle East

    The Labour Party’s election of Ed Miliband as its new leader tells us a lot about the debate raging within the party. The result may well determine how long...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • April 21, 2014

    UN report into flotilla assault places the BBC in bad light

    A report by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has concluded that Israel committed war crimes in its “clearly unlawful” assault on the Turkish-flagged vessel the Mavi Marmara at...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • April 21, 2014

    We are the fools, not Lieberman

    The Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, is the person who expresses most truthfully the feelings of most Israelis, or those of the government coalition parties in Tel Aviv. The...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • April 21, 2014

    Turning terrorists into “heroes”

    This is a revised version of the original article posted on Monday 20th September 2010Celebrations have taken place in Israel to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • April 21, 2014

    Zionist Dialectics: Past and Future

    By M. Shahid Alam “My God! Is this the end? Is this the goal for which our fathers have striven and for whose sake all generations have suffered? Is...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • April 21, 2014

    MEMO Comment: Is Britain’s new ambassador to Israel really going to be objective?

    Can a Jewish ambassador to Israel ever be truly objective when advising his home government on relations with the Jewish state? That is going to be the big question...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • April 21, 2014

    Hague and an ethical foreign policy

    In an article for today’s Daily Telegraph, British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, sought to flesh out an ethical framework for a new approach British Foreign Policy. Reminiscent of the...

    Commentary & Analysis
  • April 21, 2014

    Defending the indefensible: Israel’s Wikipedia war

    For more than six decades, unquestioning Western public support for Israel has been contingent upon the ability of pro-Israeli groups to dominate the media and spin even the most...

    Commentary & Analysis