Qifa Nabki
Israel
Five Thoughts on Turkey and the Flotilla Crisis
The following commentary was sent to me by a good friend and smart observer of regional politics. He comments occasionally at QN under the moniker “J of Chalcedon”… ** Here are five thoughts on the flotilla debacle, its gifts to Tayyip Erdogan, and Turkey’s ambitions for regional and international influence… 1) It allows him to … Continue reading
Changing Tides
The news out of Gaza is being covered by plenty of other able bloggers and analysts (like Steve Walt, Issandr El Amrani, Gideon Levy, and my buddy Sean over at the Human Province), so I won’t rehash what everyone’s already said except to make this very cynical point: high-visibility non-violent protests pack a disproportionately heavy punch … Continue reading
OneMideast.org Launches
I’m pleased to announce the launch of OneMideast.org, a website that has been in development for about a year now. Here’s the skinny on it: OneMideast.org is an online discussion arena intended for raising and debating ideas central to the Arab-Israeli peace process. The project, which represents the first joint Syrian-Israeli online dialogue of its … Continue reading
Assad Chooses Iran Over Golan?
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has turned down an offer from Israeli President Shimon Peres, according to which Israel would return the Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for a severing of ties between Syria and its allies in the Axis of Resistance (Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, etc.) The story in … Continue reading
SCUD-D vs. Fateh-110
The Syria-Hizbullah-SCUD crisis has generated an incredible amount of press in the last week. Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman was dressed down yesterday before Congress for defending Obama’s engagement policy with Syria, and Foreign Policy alone has carried something like three opinion pieces about the issue just in the past couple of days. (For … Continue reading
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