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The Palestinian Leadership Crisis

October 9, 2006

The failure of Fatah and Hamas to reach an agreement on a unity government that recognizes Israel and begins to deal with the desperate needs of their people is just another in a string of failures that have come to characterize the Palestinian situation. For nearly sixty years, the Palestinians have allowed their own leaders and those of the Arab states to use and abuse them to the point where they are finally face-to-face with the abyss. The Palestini...

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There is also an arabic translation available: أزمة القيادة الفلسطينية

Iraq's Failed Policy

September 28, 2006

Try as it may to put the best face on it, the American intelligence agencies' assessment of global terrorism trends is damning the Bush administration in whichever way we look at it. In many ways the report stated the obvious: The Iraq war has contribut...

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There is also an arabic translation available: سياسة العراق الفاشلة

Iran’s Nuclear Menace

September 25, 2006

 

The failure of the Bush administration to persuade or coerce Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions for the past six years has increased the menace while decreasing the prospects for a peaceful solution. The United States must now develop a new str...

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A Region In Turmoil

September 18, 2006

For the more than two decades that I have been involved, directly and indirectly, in Middle-Eastern negotiations and, at the same time, in my research and analysis of the region’s trials, never have I witnessed such turmoil. At present, nearly ever...

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There is also an arabic translation available: منطقة في دوامة من العنف والاضطرابات

The Scorecard: Five Years Later

September 8, 2006

I'm writing this column from Cairo while on an extensive visit to the Middle East. If there's a more appropriate place from where to assess the implications and repercussions of the events of 9/11 and the success or the failure of the Bush admini...

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There is also an arabic translation available: سجلّ خمسة أعوام بعد الكارثة

Iran's Nuclear Menace

August 25, 2006

The failure of the Bush administration to persuade or coerce Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions for the past six years has increased the menace while decreasing the prospects for a peaceful solution. The United States must now develop a new strategy t...

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There is also an arabic translation available: تهديد ايران النووي

Syria Versus Iran

August 21, 2006

The Bush administration’s strategy of treating Syria and Iran as if they are evil twins is fundamentally flawed. Although Damascus and Tehran have many common interests in addition to their grievances against the United States, they differ dramaticall...

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There is also an arabic translation available: انقلاب سوريا على إيران إستراتيجية ملحّة

The War of Perception

August 14, 2006

Regardless of how and when the guns fall silent, Israel has lost the war of perception. No matter how many Hezbollah fighters were killed, or how many Katushka rockets destroyed, or how severe the damage to the Lebanese and Hezbollah’s infrastructure,...

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There is also an arabic translation available: العبر المأخوذة من الحرب الغير مدروسة

The Case for Engaging Syria

August 7, 2006

In my last weekly article “The Missing Link,” I argued for the need to engage Syria in any future negotiations that may lead to a sustainable ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Since the reaction to my article was mixed, I thought that, given...

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There is also an arabic translation available: مسألة أشراك سوريا في حلّ الأزمة الراهنة

The Missing Link

July 31, 2006

There is no doubt of the urgency in negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. But, as the international debate moves into higher gear, the question is not whether a ceasefire should come as soon as possible but how to ensure that it will be sus...

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There is also an arabic translation available: الحلقة المفقودة

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