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…an election whose legitimacy was widely contested. Field Marshall Abdel Fattah a-Sissi is sworn in as President of the Arab Republic of Egypt following presidential elections held 26-28 May. Three Israeli teenagers were abducted in the West Bank. The IDF found their bodies on 30...

…is work provides a paper trail of the meandering and rocky path of the peace process. Relevant documents related to the Arab-Israeli conflict over the past century (since the Sykes—Picot Agreement of 1916) are compiled in this book. It provides an annotated and chronological over...

…ins in his experiences in the years after 1948, when he joined a military intelligence group running a loose network of Arab agents across Israel’s northern border. They provided occasional bits of 56 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027904

…essor of Public Affairs and International Studies; Lead Steward Director-General , Abu Dhabi Education Council, United Arab Emirates Chairman of the Board of Trustees Founder and Director Vice-Chairman Chief Executive Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bahrain Chairman, Paki...

…e today, difficult to uproot. Western guilt is an extension of Steele’s notion. President Obama’s confessionals to the Arab world admitting that America has made “‘mistakes” and was not born a colonial pow er express this same tendency to appease through guilt. Hillary Clint on’...

…ng the main strategic challenge to the Jewish state. This alliance looks to be emerging as one of the net losers of the Arab upheavals of 2011. This, however, should be cause for neither satisfaction nor complacency for Israel. The forces moving in to replace or compete with Iran...

…me, Benny Begin had decided to run on the right. Also in the contest was Knesset member Azmi Beshara, the first Israeli Arab citizen to seek national office. When we chose “One Israel” as the name of our campaign alliance, it was not meant just as a catchy phrase. Though now a h...

…e Liberation Organization (PLO) was prevented from opening an information office in Washington, it was predictable that Arab-American supporters of the PLO would cry “First Amendment foul.” It was not as predictable that many Jewish supporters of Israel followed my lead in opposi...

…s said as much this weekend, noting that Libya was not a "vital national interest." But if Washington is looking for an Arab state in the throes of unrest, one that is key to its regional and national interests, planners might want to pay more attention to Syria, which is current...

… To launch the system, known as SpanCash, Bajwa partnered in 2007 with Emirates Bank, which is controlled by the United Arab Emirates' sovereign wealth fund. It seemed the ideal collaboration for the Pakistani immigrant, who earned millions operating another Irvine company that m...

…h less unique assets (supplying arms etc.). There is no prospect of UN cooperation. But a coalition of the willing (UK, Arab League) will give us the legitimancy we need. Very good prospect of military success. Reasonable prospect of success on humanitariean side. We should act,...

…ations against the Palestinians. While a new course should be set based on reconciliation and forgiveness, Israeli and Arab individuals charged with such war crimes and human rights violations must be prosecuted. The General Assembly should, therefore, establish an International...

…ing an error on the scale of 1948, when the Palestinians had rejected the partition of Palestine and the creation of an Arab state; or in 1978, when by negotiating on the basis of Sadat’s Palestinian-rights framework, they would have ended up with a mere 5,000 Israeli settlers on...

… On Iran, they point out that it has very limited military power, even by regional standards (a small fraction of Saudi Arabia, for example). Its strategic doctrine is defensive. If— a big If— it has plans for nuclear weapons, that would be part of its deterrent strategy. Now who...

…National Fund, supported financially by leading Jewish figures in western Europe and the US, bought 2,000 acres from an Arab landowner near Wadi Khawaret. The area was set aside for three Jewish settlements: a moshav called Kfar Haim, where the land was divided into family plots,...