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“Money can bring Israeli-Palestinian peace around”

by M. J. Rosenberg

19 May 2005

Anyone who doubts the benefits peace can bring should visit Northern Ireland. It is the United Kingdom’s fastest growing economy after the signing of the peace accords that put an end to the civil war. Actually, the process that began with the accords has not finished yet and that is why we (...)

“Peace may crumple due to Palestinian penury”

by Nigel Roberts, Stefano Mocci

19 May 2005

The World Bank spent much of last year discussing with the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli government and the international community about what has to be dome to revive the Palestinian economy. Growth does not guarantee peace but stagnation makes it more difficult. When the Israeli (...)

“Palestinian refugees should have priority, not Israeli settlers”

by Ghassan Khatib

19 May 2005

The Israeli settlements have always been one of the most dangerous and explosive aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These settlements cause direct tensions and the robbery of land is prejudicial for the creation of a viable Palestinian state. In the analysis of what could be a final (...)

"In an imperfect world, the only choice is to follow Sharon"

by Yossi Alpher

19 May 2005

In a perfect world, the withdrawal from Gaza would be coordinated from start to finish; we would not need a unilateral disengagement as we would have a peace process and it would be part and parcel of a global agreement that would lead to the creation of a viable Palestinian state that enables (...)

«Abandoning Palestine and Focusing on Arab Reform is Hypocritical»

by Khaled Hroub

5 May 2005

Tunisians took to the streets in February to protest against Ariel Sharon’s programmed visit to Tunisia in November 2005 at the invitation of President Ben Ali. That invitation is a non-democratic decision of the Tunisian government, made against the people’s will. When making it, Ben Ali (...)

«Some Ideas for a Better U.S.-Arab Dialogue»

by Edward S. Walker

5 May 2005

Since two years ago, researchers at Washington’s Middle East Institute and Cairo’s Al Ahram Center have been working by mutual consent to examine the existing crisis in the U.S.-Arab relationships. We have frequently found that we used to have common national values and objectives. However, (...)

“Bush’s Warning to Turkey Was Stupid”

by Philip Robins

3 May 2005

In handling the Turkish President’s visit to Syria, the Bush administration went way too far and forgot that the management of the relation with Turkey was 80% representative. However, the visit to Syria was not at all determining and seemed to be purely formal. It was about the answer to (...)

“Syria loves Ankara, but will the relationship last?”

by Emile el-Hokayem, Omer Taspinar, Peter Piot

3 May 2005

In 1998, Turkey was gathering its troops at the border with Syria so that the latter’s help to the PKK would cease in the Turkish Kurdistan . This threat led Damascus to expel Oçalan, who was later arrested in Nairobi. Those were the beautiful days of Turkey-Israel-U.S. co-operation. Today, (...)

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