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  • January 25, 2014

    The Cairo Agreement and Palestinian statehood

    After protests calling for the removal of dictatorial regimes broke out across the Arab world, Palestinians echoed them with their own protests.  However, they were not calling for the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Morocco's Vision Forward

    The fatal terrorist bombing of a tourist cafe in Marrakech that took the lives of 16 people makes it more urgent for Morocco to implement its vision, which is...

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  • January 25, 2014

    What next after Palestinian reconciliation?

    The consensus on the Egyptian working paper for Palestinian reconciliation is an important step towards unity. The Fatah-Hamas agreement is certainly a great accomplishment by Egypt’s military leadership because...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Israel's mendacious Prime Minister

    Israel’s Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, has been stirring-up Western governments, including Britain’s, against the reconciliation agreement signed by Fatah and Hamas. Although the agreement brings to an end four...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Israel and the Sabotage of the Palestinian Agreement

    The Israeli response to the reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah has been hysterical.  Senior Israeli officials have abandoned the most basic requirements of decorum, issuing coarse threats to...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Relations between Egypt and Israel in the wake of the revolution

    In the wake of the revolution, there are real indications that Egypt’s foreign policy has a new source and purpose. The appointment of Dr Nabil El-Arabi, who is known...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Egypt and Hamas - a historic moment

    With the signing of the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement in Cairo on 4th May, Egypt recorded a historic development in its relationship with the Palestinian cause. The most prominent chapter...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Where are the Arab billions?

    “Arab oil is not more important than Arab blood.” These are the memorable words of the late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, uttered soon after the outbreak of the...

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  • January 25, 2014

    Egypt's Second Grassroots Resurgence

    The Egyptian people must still yet overturn an overbearing force that has marginalized them for generations: top-down government control of budgets and local development.  Egypt’s central government administration consumes...

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  • January 25, 2014

    On the anniversary of the Nakba, demands for the right of return grow louder

    The sixty-third anniversary of the Nakba witnessed a number of important events set up by Palestinian refugees in Arab countries surrounding Palestine, in the Diaspora, and inside the occupied...

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