Middle East Post

In the beginning of September President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Netanyahu, King Abdullah, President Mubarak and President Obama are supposed to meet in order to declare the beginning of a new round of Direct talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

The negotiations are supposed to end in one year and bring a result that is supposed to give solutions for all the cases that Israel and the Palestinians do not agree on. Many analysts did not really see a good opportunity to achieve anything through these talks because of the formation of the Israeli government and Read more…

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One of the subjects which are worth discussing is the Israeli settlement – made products. In the latest report which the Israeli first channel made one can  easily notice that the Israeli settlements are facing many obstacles in marketing their products to the Palestinian territories and many companies around the world.

President Mahmoud Abbas signed legislation banning the sale of Israeli settlements products in the Palestinian territories. The Palestinian leadership stated that this step was made to put an end to the support which the Israeli settlements are getting by the Palestinians when they Read more…

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After his meeting with Israel Defense minister Ehud Barak, Gates seemed to agree that Syria is providing Hezbullah with missiles and scuds. Gates commented saying: “Syria and Iran are providing Hezbullah with rockets and missiles of ever-increasing capabilities,” and that “Hezbullah has far more rockets and missiles than most governments in the world.”

The tensions between Israel and Syria are increasing after the former threatened to respond by attacking both Syria and Lebanon if Israeli territories would be attacked with scuds. Read more…

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                Netanyahu stated today that moderate Palestinians should be strengthened and radicals should be weakened. According to him it is impossible to discuss the possibility of holding negotiations for a two states solution currently. Netanyahu stated again that strengthening the Palestinian economy is the best step which he plans to make regarding the Israeli – Palestinians conflict.   Read more…

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                Hamas and Israel are supposed to start a new Cease-Fire in forty eight hours. Although the negotiations between the two sides took a lot of time through Egypt, it seems that a new Cease-Fire is about to start. Many sources said that the period of the Cease-Fire will be between one year and year and a half. Read more…

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It takes one fool to drop a brick down a well, but more than ten wise men and women to extricate it. Eight years of the Bush-Cheney policy on Iran provide compelling support for this ancient Persian wisdom. What can we do to extract the brick from the well? What policies should the United States adopt toward Tehran?

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