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How will a Trump presidency affect Palestine?

  • It was only a few years ago that the Arab world lived and breathed Palestine. We woke up to the Palestinian issue in our morning newspapers; passed much of the day in discussions about the conflict; and then went to bed after hearing updates on TV about Gaza and the West Bank.Among the many...
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The dangers of legitimizing ‘Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi’

  • In a measure, which moderate Sunni politicians are already describing as “the last nail in the coffin of reconciliation,” the Iraqi Parliament on Nov. 26 approved a law integrating the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) into the Iraqi Army.Propagandists for this Iran-sponsored entity say that this...
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Winning the race for economic prosperity — the European hare or the GCC tortoise?

  • At each Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit, it is irritating to see endless media and public speculation over whether this year will be blessed with the announcement of the birth of a Gulf Union. The media is obsessed with superficial issues such as labels. Call it what you want; closer...
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Is Iran 100 times worse than Israel?

  • As reports began to flood out of Aleppo last week concerning dozens of citizens shot in the streets by out-of-control regime forces, it was nauseating to see some individuals celebrating. Iran and Hezbollah have been unashamedly congratulating each other for their role in bombing citizens of this...
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Sykes-Picot II — we must halt the annexation of Syria

  • Few things are more symptomatic of efforts to exclude the Syrians from deciding their fate than the Dec. 20 Moscow meeting which ostensibly was to discuss the “future of Syria.”It is mind-boggling that an international conference was held on Syria, without representatives from the Syrian Arab...
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Sectarian cleansing rears its ugly face again in Iraq

  • “Sunnis were grabbed in the streets or dragged from their homes and instantly killed. In the first week of the events, militiamen drove around with speakers shouting for Sunni men to come out of their homes. On Jan. 13, more than 100 men were taken and have not been seen since.”This is just a...
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Iran in Yemen: See no evil, hear no evil

  • Western leaders have displayed astonishing unwillingness to acknowledge the evidence of their own intelligence agencies and militaries concerning Iranian interference in Yemen and the region.During Gen. James Mattis’ Senate hearings for his appointment as defense secretary last week, it emerged...
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They rejected a peaceful solution for Palestine. What are the alternatives?

  • We are accustomed to peace conferences on Palestine that appear doomed before they even begin, yet the recent one in Paris took place in even more inauspicious circumstances than its predecessors. After decades of warnings that the window of opportunity for two states may be narrowing, perhaps...
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When laws become farce

  • In the same way that tin-pot dictatorships used to wreak havoc by nationalizing their economies overnight or suddenly rewriting constitutions, President Donald Trump’s ill-considered executive orders make the US look like a basket-case Third World nation. It is difficult to think of other new...
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Winners and losers in Iraq’s struggle for supremacy

  • Iraq can be a brutal place, both on and off the battlefield. There has been continued wrangling for control of the most powerful government positions, with three senior posts — defense, interior and finance — remaining empty for six months....
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