AS A UNILATERAL ACT, Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip raises basic questions for both sides in the conflict. For Israel, there is the question of how to define its deed: “Should we declare that the occupation of Gaza is…
Article Author: Ben Efrat, Yacov
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…
Hamas: Present Absentee
The Summit at Sharm al-Sheikh FOUR MIDDLE EASTERN leaders assembled on February 8, 2005 at Sharm al-Sheikh: Ariel Sharon of Israel, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, King Abdullah of Jordan, and Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), the new President of the Palestinian…