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May 18, 2011

Don’t Bother

Author: Rime Allaf

Publication: New York Times

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A Middle East Without a Peace Process

Author: Tony Karon

Publication: Time Magazine

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May 4, 2011

The Arab Spring is driving the Hamas-Fatah unity deal

Author: Robert Malley

Publication: Washington Post

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April 4, 2011

Heading toward an Israeli apartheid state

Author: Daniel Blatman

Publication: Ha'aretz

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March 23, 2011

Settling the Afghan War

Author: Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering

Publication: New York Times

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February 22, 2011

A veto marks Palestinian independence – from the US

Author: Tony Karon

Publication: The National

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The New Middle East

Author: Chuck Hagel

Publication: Omaha World-Herald

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February 14, 2011

What Israel Is Afraid of After the Egyptian Uprising

Author: Peter Beinart

Publication: The Daily Beast

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What Democracy Could Bring

Author: Ray Takeyh

Publication: New York Times

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Complicating the transition in US-Egyptian relations

Author: Daniel Levy

Publication: Foreign Policy

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General Brent Scowcroft, Eric Melby and Henry Siegman

General Brent Scowcroft, Eric Melby and Henry Siegman

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OBAMA MUST BROKER A NEW MIDEAST PEACE

As a new Middle East has begun to be shaped by citizens in individual countries, one issue appears conspicuously unaffected, at least on the surface: the Arab-Israeli dispute over Palestine.The US has more direct interests at stake in ensuring a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine than it does in the outcome in most other countries in the region, writes General Brent Scowcroft. Remaining silent on deadlocked negotiations over a two state solution, while encouraging greater democratisation in other countries, suggests a double standard that damages America’s image in the Middle East and the broader Muslim world.

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