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Iran’s bid for power in Iraq
Amid the recent upheavals in the Arab world, one country has largely escaped attention. That country is Iraq. However, the absence of anything attributable to the ‘Arab Spring’ within its borders should not lead to the conclusion that all is … Continue reading
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The Iranian Sword and the ‘Peninsula Shield’
Jerusalem Post, 8/4/11. First of all, it is necessary to restate an obvious truth. The “Arab spring” of 2011 has not served to alter the core strategic architecture of the Middle East. The Middle East in the long Arab winter … Continue reading
The West Should Use Resolution 1701 to Roll Back Hizbullah’s Effective Take-over of the Lebanese Government
22/04/2010 The summoning by the United States of Syrian Deputy Chief of Mission Zouheir Jabbour for a review of Syrian arms transfers to Hizbullah is the latest evidence of the serious basis to the recent tensions in the north. Syria … Continue reading
What Does Assad Want?
07/03/2010 In Damascus last week, the full array of leaders of the so-called ‘resistance bloc’ came together in a series of meetings. Presidents Ahmedinejad of Iran and Assad of Syria were there, alongside a beaming Khaled Meshal of Hamas and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Hassan Nasrallah, Hizballah, Iran, Obama, Syria, Teheran
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A New, Old and Ugly Spirit
Haaretz- 06/09/2009 The article in the popular Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet alleging the Israel Defense Forces were involved in organ theft was the latest and most heinous example of an increasingly familiar phenomenon: classic anti-Semitic tropes and expressions of open hostility … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Semitism, Hamas, IDF, September 11. World Trade Center, Yusuf Qaradawi
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Losing the Scent in South Lebanon
Gloria Center -20/07/2010 Last week, the IDF released evidence of Hizbullah stockpiling of weaponry in populated civilian areas of southern Lebanon. The IDF material showed an aerial map of the Shi’ite town of El Khiam. The map showed details of … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Palestinian Authorities
Gloria Center- 24/04/2010 Four years after the Hamas victory in elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council, and three years since the movement’s successful coup in Gaza, the split in the Palestinian national movement has an increasing look of permanence about … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, PLO, Ramallah, Salam Fayyad, Yasser Arafat
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Muqawama Rules
Jerusalem Post, 25/3/11 In southern Syria, the uprising against President Bashar Assad is continuing. On Wednesday, six people, including a doctor from a prominent local family, were killed when the security forces entered the Omari mosque in Daraa. Later in … Continue reading
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Deraa demonstrators breach fear barrier – Assad will seek to rebuild it
Jerusalem Post, 21/3/11 Demonstrations flared all weekend in the southern Syrian city of Deraa. On Friday, four people had died as Syrian security forces sought to quell the protests. On Sunday, participants in mass funerals for the dead called for … Continue reading
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Lebanon and the limits of protest
Jerusalem Post- 16/02/2011 Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri’s declaration this week that his March 14 movement will enter the opposition serves to clarify the situation in Lebanon. The country is today openly under the control of a coalition of … Continue reading
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