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After the “Arab Spring”: Will Freedom Take Hold in the Arab World?

Posted on Fri, December 30, 2011 at 00:17 am CEST

At the end of 2011 is anyone in the Arabic-speaking world better off as a result of the upheavals of the Arab Spring… Continue reading

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The “Arab Spring” and Its Impact on Israel

Posted on Fri, December 23, 2011 at 08:37 am CEST

The “Arab Spring” is the name given to the tumultuous political events of 2011… Continue reading

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Once More Into the Swamp: The Attack on Israel’s Embassy Opens A New Era in Middle East History

Posted on Sun, September 11, 2011 at 17:33 pm CEST

The attack and looting of Israel’s embassy in Cairo is an event as significant as the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Iran… Continue reading

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Some European Intellectuals Go Insane With Hatred

Posted on Sat, April 9, 2011 at 02:48 am CEST

People in English-speaking countries are often horrified and outraged by what’s published in their language’s mass media… Continue reading

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Lebanon In the Grip Of the Iran-Syria Bloc

Posted on Tue, November 2, 2010 at 20:55 pm CEST

There is a struggle for power in Lebanon of the greatest importance. Yet it is a battle that the West, for all practical purposes, has already ceded the country to the Iran-Syria bloc. Lebanon has a unique political system. It is what might be called a communal democracy… Continue reading

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