Cairo Spring

January 31, 2011

There is a chance that, by the time you read these words, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will have checked into the five-star King Abdullah Hostel for Displaced Dictators in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. More likely, it will take a little while — days or perhaps weeks, though I don’t think so — for Mubarak to board the helicopter that will carry him to a private jet, which, in turn, will whisk …

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In The Middle East, Fighting Is Easier Than Peace

June 4, 2010

Decade after decade, the world’s most powerful leaders have tried to resolve the conflict between Israel and its neighbors, yet the two sides continue an endless cycle of provocation, counterattack and escalation. Why? I believe neither side knows what it would do with itself if it didn’t have perpetual conflict with outsiders to unify its society. The war now defines the warriors. Israel, which started its independent life 62 years …

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Israel Joins The OECD

May 13, 2010

In the interminable struggle between Israelis and Palestinians, any step forward by one side is automatically seen as a step backward for the other. Palestinians were, therefore, outraged this week when the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development invited Israel to join. But Israel belongs in the OECD, and allowing it to take its rightful place there does not set back the Palestinian cause. The OECD, whose membership comprises an …

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