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Pakistan – Egypt parallels

Since the beginning of Pakistan’s constitutional crisis, I’ve been thinking of potential parallels with Egypt. These remain fairly superficial,

Muslim Brotherhood bloggers

Another population has started blogging: more than one hundred members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. Marc Lynch, Middle East scholar and author of the fine Abu Aardvark blog, notes that this

Spreading Democracy

Deep in the bowels of a Washington DC Think Tank, a recent college graduate—selected for her unquestioning and eager embrace of their cynical ideology—labors under the watchful eye of a

Israel is an unfinished business

The present dismal reality unfolding in the Middle East has clear historical roots and a journey into the past may help to illuminate what lies behind the destructive policies of

Thus Spoke Equality

Yet again, the Annapolis meeting between Olmert and Abbas is preconditioned upon the recognition by the Palestinian side of the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state. Indeed

Needing Peace

I received an email last week. Almost two pages long and with only enough sentence breaks to count on one hand, it was coming from a place I knew all

The Vital Need for National Unity of Fateh and Hamas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ call on November 15, for the Hamas “gang” to be ousted from Gaza is understandable, but misguided.

A Great Stage that Should Not be Missed

There is something unconvincing, even insincere, about the tentative steps and gestures being made by the parties trying to arrange the meeting in Annapolis, Maryland next week to re-launch Palestinian-Israeli