Archive for 'Ceasefires'
Dancing with wolves: the importance of talking to your enemies
By the Rt. Hon. Michael Ancram, MP, Middle East Institute, April 19, 2007
“It is often a better use of time to talk to your enemies than your friends,” so said a wise, experienced and senior Israeli to me a few weeks ago. In a similar vein last summer following the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2007 under Ceasefires, Dialogue, Diplomacy, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hezbollah war, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mediation, Middle East, War on terrorism.
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From rebel movement to political party: the case of the Islamic Resistance Movement
By Alastair Crooke, Director, Conflicts Forum, March 4, 2007
The view held by many in the West that transformation from an armed resistance movement to political party should be linear, should be preceded by a renunciation of violence, should be facilitated by civil society and brokered by moderate politicians has little reality for the case of […]
Posted: March 4th, 2007 under Alastair Crooke, Bush Administration, Ceasefires, Fatah, Hamas, Intifada, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinians, Political Islam.
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Waving, not drowning: strategic dimensions of ceasefires and Islamic movements
By Alastair Crooke and Beverley Milton-Edwards, Security Dialogue, September, 2004
In the arena of ethno-national conflict, the adoption of a ceasefire is regarded as a key trigger for allowing the development of subsequent political initiatives in peacemaking. Armed elements within Islamism, however, are often understood as ruling out ceasefire and promoting a counter-agenda of armed struggle […]
Posted: September 1st, 2004 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Ceasefires, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Hamas, ceasefires and the Palestinian-Israeli peace process
By Alastair Crooke and Beverley Milton-Edwards, The World Today, December, 2003
When is a ceasefire more than a ceasefire? When it builds agreement amongst contesting groups and has the potential to transform into a real political process. Hamas is signalling such an opportunity in the crisis between Palestinians and Israelis. Ignoring it may have a price.
The prospects […]
Posted: December 1st, 2003 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Ceasefires, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinians.
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