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25/01/2011 Article

Misunderstanding Israeli Motives

Once Israel’s purpose is understood to be Zionist, the advantages and disadvantages of a Palestinian state coming into existence take on a very different balance.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Democracy, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Media, Palestinians

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Article posted on english.aljazeera.net Al Jazeera’s release of The Palestine Papers helps to make clear why there is no Palestinian state. It illuminates a key

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19/01/2011 Article

Building a Police State in Palestine

A police state is what is being assiduously constructed in Palestine, disguised as state-building and good governance.

/ Aisling Byrne

Tags: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Palestinians

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Article posted on www.foreignpolicy.com “If we are building a police state – what are we actually doing here?” So asked a European diplomat responding to

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14/01/2011 Article

Iran, the US, and the Balance of Power in the Middle East

If there is no security for Iranians, in their eyes there will be no security for Iran’s antagonists in the region.

/ Seyed Mohammad Marandi

Tags: Iran, Middle East, Obama administration, War in Iraq, War on terrorism

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The Islamic Republic of Iran’s interest in a stable Middle East is arguably greater than that of the United States—after all this is Iran’s neighborhood.

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13/01/2011 Article

Why the Demise of the Middle East ‘Peace Process’ may be a Good Thing

Recognizing that a two-state solution is no longer on the cards opens the way for other paths that don’t depend on Western mediation.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Diplomacy, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mediation, Middle East, Palestinians

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Article posted on The Christian Science Monitor Recognizing that a two-state solution is no longer in the cards opens the way for other paths that

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20/12/2010 Article

The Expiration of the ‘Peace Process’: Where now for the Middle East?

A ‘peace process’ that took Israel’s self-definition of its security needs has reached exhaustion.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Gaza, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Occupied Territories, Palestinians, West Bank

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Article posted on www.foreignpolicy.com A ‘peace process’ that, from its inception, took Israel’s self-definition of its own security needs as the sole determinate of the

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13/12/2010 Article

Tourists in Washington: Anatomy of a European Mideast Failure

Europe subordinated itself to the US principle that Israel's self-definition of its security needs should determine any negotiated solution.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Europe, Gaza, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Obama administration, Occupied Territories, Palestinians, West Bank

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Article posted on www.foreignpolicy.com The ‘weakness’ of Europe – and also that of the US – in the Middle East is not essentially one of

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02/11/2010 Article

The True Significance of Ahmadinejad’s Lebanon Visit

The significance of President Ahmadinejad’s visit was the popular articulation of this awakening, and the profound struggle ahead that it portends.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Iran, Israel, Middle East

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Article posted on www.raceforiran.com Firstly, let us put to one side the nonsense: The President of Iran’s visit was not about embedding Lebanon as a

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29/06/2010 Article

Iran and the end of Deference

The dismissive brushing aside of the results of those who had successful engaged Iran -Turkey and Brazil - leaves little on which to build. It leaves bitterness and mistrust on all sides.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Iran, United Nations

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Article posted on Middle East Channel, foreignpolicy.com, June 2010 The additional sanctions which the Security Council imposed on Iran earlier this month, and the additional

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29/06/2010 Article

The Shifting Sands of State Power in the Middle East

The prospective bitter struggle over the future of the region, and the shaping of Islam closely interconnected to the balance of power will not see a region any “easier” for the US to deal with.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Obama administration

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Article posted on The Washington Quarterly, June 2010 In his commendably candid interview with Time in January 2010, President Barack Obama noted that managing politics

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