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Category Archives: Uncategorized
Along with the Boycott, Some Good News
Haaretz- 09/06/2006 The decision by NATFHE, the British college lecturers union, to initiate a blacklist with respect to their Israeli colleagues has been met with shock in Israel. It has rapidly become clear that the instigators of the boycott belong … Continue reading
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Tagged apartheid, blacklist, boycott, Britain, delegitimization, Labour, U.K.
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Iranian Quickstep: 1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back
15/02/2010 Latest Ahmadinejad statement suggests that Teheran still believes it can find a few partners for the dance it has been performing since 2003. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this week told Iranian state television that “we have no problem sending … Continue reading
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Tagged IAEA, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Manouchehr Mottaki, sanctions, Teheran
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Fire from the Mountain
23/10/2010 In the badlands between the borders of Iraq, Turkey and Iran, a small band of Kurdish separatists continue to wage their war. Our PKK contact and driver arrived at the appointed time outside the hotel in Erbil. We had … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdullah Ocalan, Iran, Iraq, Kurdish, Kurds, Murat Karayalan, PKK, Recip Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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The Weatherman and the Wind
05/04/2010 Bob Dylan wrote that “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” With great respect to Dylan, however, if you are truly looking to ascertain the direction of the winds in a particular place and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Damascus, Druse, Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah, March 14 movement, Syria, Teheran, Walid Jumblatt
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The Culture of Tyranny
13/02/2008 The ancient city of Damascus received another mark of recognition last week. Following in the wake of Liverpool – which was recognized as the European Capital of Culture, and Stavanger in Norway, which was named the non-EU European Capital … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Damascus, Gaza, Hamas, Hizballah, Islamic Jihad, Lebanon, Syria, UNESCO
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The 17th Knesset Elections, 2006
MERIA News Special Issue, Volume 10, Issue 3-10/04/2006 The 17th Knesset elections took place following a series of political events dramatic even by Israeli standards. The Gaza Disengagement Plan brought a new strategic concept of unilateralism to the forefront of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmed Tibi, Amir Peretz, Azmi Bishara, Ehud Olmert, Hadash, Hamas, Kadima, Knesset, Labour, Likud, Meretz, Netanyahu, Shas, Shimon Peres, Yisrael Beiteinu
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Lebanon 2006: Unfinished War
22/02/2008 The Lebanon war of 2006 failed to resolve any of the issues over which it was fought. Ultimately, the war may be understood as a single campaign within a broader Middle Eastern conflict–between pro-Western and democratic states on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amir Peretz, Ehud Olmert, Hassan Nasrallah, Hizballah, IDF, Iran, Lebanon, Litani River, Resolution 1701, Syria, UNIFIL, Winograd Committee
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The Question of Power in Lebanon
Global Politician- 12/05/2008 When recent events in Beirut pose a simple, fundamental question: Who rules in Lebanon. The answer proposed by Hizbullah last week is that the government of Fuad Saniora and Saad Hariri is to be permitted to hold … Continue reading
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Tagged Beirut, Fuad Saniora, Hizbullah, Lebanon, March 14 movement, Saad Hariri, Shi'ites, Walid Jumblatt
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Homecoming for a Child-killer
Global Politician -17/07/2008 The deal for the return of convicted terrorist Samir Kuntar, four Hizbullah men captured in the 2006 Second Lebanon War and a number of corpses in return for the remains of kidnapped IDF soldiers Eldad Regev and … Continue reading
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