AFTER HAMAS was elected, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) attempted to cooperate with it. This led Israel to claim there was no one to talk to. After Hamas took over Gaza, however, Abbas officially dismissed its government and set…
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Windows of Flopportunity
US President George W. Bush has meddled in three major theatres of the Middle East: Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon. As a result, the first is now in civil war and the remaining two are on the brink. Back in 2003,…
The Democracy Scam
ON her recent visit to the Middle East, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did not pass Egypt by. At the American University in Cairo on June 20, 2005, she talked about America’s struggle for democracy in the region. She…
The Retreat of Israeli Colonialism
On June 10-12, 2005, the Organization for Democratic Action conducted a seminar on the Rise and Decline of Empires. Ten lectures provided a basis for discussion among forty participants. The lectures focused on the differences and similarities among the Roman,…