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IRAN: THE RISE OF A REGIONAL POWER
Volume 10, No. 3, Article 10/10
September 2006
One of the most important developments in the early twenty-first century Middle East is the rise of Iran to become a regional great power. This has come about...
Commentary: The Pope’s Statement; Questiona about Yaalon; Livni and Abbas
It seems as if the Pope has told it like it is with regard to Islam -- referring in an academic context to a propensity within this religion for violence. And see what happened:...
Commentary: The Livni-Rice Meeting and More
Foreign Minister Livni is in Washington and met with Sec. of State Rice. When a joint press conference was held, Livni made the statement that: "... stagnation is not Israel's government's policy." And there...
Israel Lifts Its Blockade On Lebanon
Israel decided today to lift the sea and air blockade that has been in place on Lebanon since fighting erupted in mid-July between Hezbollah and the IDF. The decision to lift the blockade was...
When the Israeli gov’t reminds the world of the “road map”, does PM Olmert...
Israel Government meeting about the Prime Minister's statement on the Roadmap
Jerusalem, May 25, 2003
A. The Government of Israel, today (Sunday), May 25, 2003, considered the Prime Minister's statement on the Roadmap, as well as...
American officials: NEXT HIZBULLAH WAR EXPECTED TO BE FIERCER
The next round of Israel's confrontation with Hizbullah was expected to be more fierce than the 33-day war concluded in August.
U.S. military analysts expect Israeli ground forces to move rapidly to destroy Hizbullah's short-range...
Perpsective on Negotiations to Release Convicts
None of this has been confirmed yet -- the word is coming via reports from Arab papers. In one version PA President Mahmoud Abbas provided details for a newspaper in Bahrain, El-Halij. Another version...
Commentary on Possible Commission of Inquiry
Defense Minister Peretz has come out in favor of a formal commission of inquiry with regard to the war, which puts him in opposition to Olmert and definitely strains the coalition. Look for a...
AND THE WORLD LIES: The Anatomy of Refugeehood
Let us begin with a story. A well-known and familiar story. In a certain well-known and familiar country that was once under Ottoman rule lives a large Muslim minority. The relations between the majority...
Commentary: Olmert’s Refusal to Establish a Commission of Inquiry and Other issues at hand
Prime Minister Olmert angered many members of Knesset across the political spectrum -- including some within his coalition -- when he declined, earlier this week, to set up a full inquiry regarding the war...
