The Middle East Monitor has published this article US presidential candidates threaten a just peace in historic Palestine 11/12/2015 Image from Middle East Monitor In recent weeks the race for the White House and the top job of president of the United States of America has been dominated by Republican hopeful Donald Trump. His …
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My latest column for the Middle East Monitor Britain’s security dilemma: to bomb or not to bomb? 30 November 2015 The issue of whether Britain should join the multitude of nations already bombing Syria is one of the most important questions facing parliament for some time. Prime Minister David Cameron made the case for bombing …
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Middle East Monitor published the article below on 16 November 2015 Israel's dilemma: Jerusalem divided or united for peace? Image from Middle East Monitor Israel annexed East Jerusalem shortly after capturing it from Jordan in the Six Day War of 1967. For decades it has claimed that East and West Jerusalem are part of …
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The Middle East Monitor published this article, my first for the website. Friday 30 October 2015 Palestinians have a problem with occupiers not Jews One extremely disturbing feature of the recent clashes between Palestinians and Israelis has been what seems a deliberate framing by Israel of the reasons behind the knife attacks as simply hatred …
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The Middle East Eye has published this, my first column, for them Iran deal shows sanctions on Israel necessary for peace 22/7/2015 The deal signed recently to limit Iran’s nuclear ambitions to a peaceful, non-military programme followed years of difficult negotiations that were underpinned by stringent sanctions. In its report “Impact of Sanctions on Iran,” …
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