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How Saudi Arabia and Qatar are the Tortoise and the Hare of the Middle East 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
The toppling of Mohammed Morsi in Egypt was a major setback for Qatar. The uber-wealthy Gulf emirate had pumped billions of dollars into Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood government, only to watch it fall to...
Hamas, Egypt and the "Rule of Holes" 16 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
The rule of holes: when in one, stop digging. This proverb is apparently lost on the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. The faction, which controls the Gaza Strip, has been under intense fire from t...
Strangling Hamas 22 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
After six trips to the Middle East and tireless shuttle diplomacy, Secretary of State John Kerry somehow convinced the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel last week to agree upon "a bas...
Netanyahu, Abbas, and the Kerry Initiative 19 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Secretary of State John Kerry announced today that, after six trips to the Middle East, he has successfully convinced the Israelis and the Palestinians to establish "a basis" for resuming diplomacy. T...
What Morsy's Fall Means for Hamas 11 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
When Egypt's army toppled the Muslim Brotherhood from power last week, it also delivered a punishing blow to Hamas in Gaza. Fallen President Mohamed Morsy was one of the last remaining friends of Hama...
Congress to Qatar: Stop Funding Hamas 10 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Qatar's ambassador to Washington, Mohammed Bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi, is about to receive a letter that will put his diplomatic skills to the test. Congressmen Peter Roskam (R-IL) and John Barrow (D-GA)...
The Exit of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and the Need for "Real Political Reform" 23 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of newly appointed prime minister Rami Hamdallah on Sunday, according to WAFA, the Palestine Liberation Organization's news agency. Hamdall...
How Hamas Lost the Arab Spring 21 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is feuding with its former patron, Iran. Along with Hezbollah and Russia, Iran has stood squarely behind the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria while it slaughtered ...
How Dangerous Is a Terrorist with a Twitter Handle? 7 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
Sensational reports in the Guardian and Washington Post recently blew the lid off of the National Security Agency's (NSA) electronic surveillance efforts, which have harvested everything from phone ca...
Palestine's Nothing Man 4 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
"President [Mahmoud] Abbas has asked me to form a new government and I have accepted," said Rami Hamdallah, the president of Al-Najah University in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Sunday. In many way...
