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  • January 24, 2014

    The politics of selective compromise

    “They already have a certain amount of self-determination – something that’s less than a state but covers almost all of the Palestinian population.” Elkin’s statement refers to the alleged...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Saudi foreign policy is an open-ended struggle

    From Lebanon to Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen and Iraq, not to mention its support for the Syrian opposition, Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy appears to be contradictory. While attacking the...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The Hamas dilemma in Egypt

    I realise that the environment in Egypt is not conducive to discussion of the state’s relationship with Hamas, which has been accused of interference in Egyptian affairs post-January 25...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The return to negotiations fractures Palestine even further

    Palestinian negotiator Saeb Eraket and his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni have sat down for “talks to begin talks”, a process which US State of Secretary John Kerry has spent...

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  • January 24, 2014

    A critique of eternal negotiations at any cost

    Discussing the points of view that support the resumption of “eternal and at any cost” negotiations we can see that some have called publically on the top decision-maker to...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Is Palestine’s first planned city part of the resistance or a whitewash of the occupation?

    From the disorder of a construction site in the occupied West Bank, a new vision of Palestine is rising. Not far from Ramallah, workers in hard hats are busy...

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  • January 24, 2014

    A raid on Sinai

    The bad news is that an Israeli drone strike killed five Egyptians in Sinai last week; they were, it is alleged, “jihadists” who intended to launch a rocket against...

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  • January 24, 2014

    What peace are they talking about?

    The construction of 1,200 housing units in the occupied West Bank does not threaten the peace process, although Israel finds it difficult to accept the “unfair accusations” that activities...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations

    The late Palestinian writer, Emile Habibi has coined the Arabic word “AlMutashail” out of the two halves of the Arabic words (mutafail /optimist and mutashaim /pessimist) to describe someone...

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  • January 24, 2014

    “Feilool” Was Always a Misnomer

    Towards the end of July, General al-Sisi delivered a new 48-hour ultimatum for the Brotherhood to end their protests against the military coup. Even as he demanded that the...

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