28/06/2007 Article

Our Second Biggest Mistake in the Middle East

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mecca Agreement, Palestinians

7 comments

London Review of Books, June 28, 2007 ‘The situation in Gaza is dangerous, and the danger is that Hamas will take over and turn Gaza

Continue reading »
18/06/2007 Article

The Palestinian Question: What Now?

/ Mark Perry

Tags: Bush Administration, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mecca Agreement, Occupied Territories, Palestinians

7 comments

In “Gaza: Another Mess Made in U.S.,” Rootless Cosmopolitan’s Tony Karon likens the defeat of Mohammad Dahlan’s U.S.-backed Preventive Security Services to an earlier American

Continue reading »
23/05/2007 Article

Document Details ‘US’ Plan to Sink Hamas

/ Mark Perry & Paul Woodward

Tags: Bush Administration, Fatah, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mecca Agreement

4 comments

Asia Times, May 16, 2007 On April 30, the Jordanian weekly newspaper Al-Majd published a story about a 16-page secret document, an “Action Plan for

Continue reading »
17/05/2007 Article

Maliki and Sadr

/ Baghdad Correspondent

Tags: Bush Administration, Iran, Iraq, War in Iraq

No comments

American troops entering Baghdad on April 9, 2003 noted the strange quiet that enveloped large parts of the city. While Baathist gunmen continued to launch

Continue reading »
10/05/2007 Article

Blueprint for the Third Intifada – America’s Reverse Midas Touch

/ Paul Woodward

Tags: Bush Administration, Fatah, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mecca Agreement, Palestinians

2 comments

On May 4, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published an account of a U.S. security plan for Gaza along with “Acceleration Benchmarks for Agreement on Movement

Continue reading »
08/05/2007 Article

New Front Challenges al-Qaeda in Iraq

/ Baghdad Correspondent

Tags: Al Qaeda, Iraq, War in Iraq

1 comment

The establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq — an al-Qaeda inspired organization that threatened to split the Sunni resistance and sparked high-profile attacks against

Continue reading »
07/05/2007 Article

The Faltering Islamic State in Iraq

/ Baghdad Correspondent

Tags: Al Qaeda, Iraq, War in Iraq

2 comments

After the declaration of the Islamic State in Iraq, founded by al-Qaeda leader Abu Hamza al-Muhajir in January of this year, several Islamic resistance groups

Continue reading »
30/04/2007 News

Conference:
The Political Implications of the Hamas Electoral Victory

Tags: Fatah, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mecca Agreement, Palestinians, Political Islam

No comments

A Conflicts Forum conference sponsored by the European Commission, Beirut, March 2007 In March of 2007, Conflicts Forum conducted a workshop on the political implications

Continue reading »
22/04/2007 Article

Dancing with Wolves: The Importance of Talking to Your Enemies

/ Michael Ancram

Tags: Ceasefires, Dialogue, Diplomacy, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hezbollah war, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mediation, Middle East, War on terrorism

1 comment

A lecture delivered at the Middle East Institute, 1761 N St NW, Washington DC, on April 19, 2007 at 12 noon “It is often a

Continue reading »
  1. Pages:
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6