The hawks, doves and lame ducks of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the standoff between hawks and doves has long rendered the quest for peace a lame duck.
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Imagine if Palestinian and Israeli kids took over the peace process
The future would look very different if we put the peace process in the hands of Palestinian and Israeli children.
Read moreIran and weapons of mass distrust
Will the conciliatory tones coming out of Washington and Tehran really be enough to bring the nuclear standoff with Iran to an end?
Read moreEnemy of the status quo in Israel and Palestine
At a time when the only Arabs and Israelis who met were soldiers and spies, an intrepid Egyptian woman crossed enemy lines into Israel.
Read morePaved with good inventions
The bumpy road to innovation in the Arab world is paved with good inventions that never see the light of day.
Read moreCan Obama fulfil the hype around his eastern promise?
Barack Obama’s first name derives from the Arabic for ‘blessing’, but would a President Obama be good news for the Middle East?
Read moreThe clash within civilisations
The “clash of civilisations” has been massively overblown. It’s blinded us to the fault lines which lie within cultural groups.
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