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Items by Omar Ayasarah
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Will the Palestinian elections end the division?
President Mahmoud Abbas’s decree setting the dates for Palestinian elections, which haven’t taken place for years, is without doubt an important step towards ending the political division. Nevertheless, proposing to hold the legislative, presidential and Palestinian National Council elections is not enough on its own; other important steps are...
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I am worried about Egypt
I am worried about Egypt; really worried. The solution to its problems, though, is simple: talk to Turkey and Sudan and stay away from Israel, Saudi Arabi and the UAE. Egypt was late in trying to handle the issue of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam upstream on the River Nile but...