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April 30
Roger Cohen: Fayyad's Road to Palestine
Israel's choice: Make peace or disappear
Yoel Marcus: Netanyahu and Barak know that the time for peace is now
Study: Guidance needed to apply sanctions against Syria
The U.S. must defend the integrity of Iraqi elections
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April 29
Three Points of View: The United States, Pakistan and India
Borrowing from Gandhi? Palestinian passive resistance gains followers
Why West struggles to rein in Iran's nuclear program
Iraq-Iran border post: From 'Checkpoint Charlie' to tourist gate?
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April 28
Iraq: A Super Shia Bloc and Iranian Calculus
Claude Salhani: Time to sheath the sword
Privilege pulls Qatar toward unhealthy choices
Elliott Abrams: Who Speaks for the Palestinians?
Dana Milbank: Man's worst friend?
Roger Cohen: Beating the Mideast’s Black Hole
Aluf Benn: Pushing for a provisional Palestinian state
Chuck Freilich: Israel must prepare for nuclear terror threat
Geopolitical Diary: United States, Iran, Arabs and Israel
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April 27
A new style of politics in the West Bank
Roger Cohen: Sour taste of armed insecurity
Action against Iran? Do it at your peril
The Almanac of Al Qaeda
Terror financing: Still hard nut to crack
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April 26
Ray McGovern: Is Iran Really a Threat?
Akiva Eldar: Who killed the Mideast peace process?
Feature: Sharing a West Bank highway proves a tall order for Israel, Palestinians
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April 25
Memo to Mitchell: Bring a peace plan or stay home
Zvi Bar'el: U.S. isn't a neutral mediator between Israelis and Palestinians
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April 24
Iraq: Bombings and the Sunni Electoral Reminder
Iraq: Sectarian Tensions and the al-Sadrite Re-emergence
Iran: Quds Force in Venezuela
Muhammad Diyab: Five Billion Lashes
Root Causes in the Middle East: What If There Wasn’t an Israel?
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April 23
Dirty Bombs Revisited: Combating the Hype
Patrick Seal: Israel's Messianic Terrorists
The Arabic language: A God-given way to communicate
Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad’s Plan
Islam Qasem: Sino-Saudi Axis on the Horizon?
Libya: Gaddafi's son takes role as liberty defender
In Arab world, power passes through bloodline
Yoel Marcus: Netanyahu isn't, and never will be, a true leader
Akiva Eldar: Netanyahu's 'no freeze in Jerusalem' declarations are hollow
Did Bush save America?
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April 22
US warms to strike on Iran
Geopolitical Diary: How Iran's Military Exercises Impact the U.S.
Egypt: Mubarak's Succession Strategy
Egypt: The ElBaradei Candidacy
Iran -- Accepting the unacceptable
Ari Shavit: Obama must stop demanding the impossible from Israel
Iran: Where Will the Opposition Stand?
Osman Mirghani: Crisis on the Nile
Ali Ibrahim: The Globalization Volcano
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April 21
George Friedman: Baghdad Politics and the U.S.-Iranian Balance
Gobal Intelligence: Considering a Possible Super Shia Bloc in Iraq
Analysis: Israel has ample reason to worry in its 63rd year
Were the Israeli withdrawals a failure?
Shahar Ilan: The collapse of religious Zionism
Researchers: Israel's economy is headed for disaster
Aluf Benn: How will Netanyahu respond to Obama's ultimatum?
Patrick Seale: The Iranian Enigma
Salam Fayyad plan: A gamble that might work
Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad
As al-Qaida expands, enter Ilyas Kashmiri
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April 20
Iraq: Al-Iraqiya's Bluff
Iraq: The Implications of the Strike on al Qaeda
Mustafa Fetouri: More than good intentions needed to reform Libya
Ayoob Kara: How to bring Syria to the negotiating table
Murad Bustami: The long-term cost of violence
Fatah Behind Bid to Reshuffle the PA Cabinet?
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April 19
Kenan Mortan: Syria’s time has come
Michael Lind: Hysteria that plays into the hands of Osama bin Laden
Iran: One sanction that might work
James Zogby: Those we honor and why
Saad Jawad: Israel has become a burden and liability to America
Mark Perry: Little Baghdad
Itamar Rabinovich: Israeli policy-makers, take note
Phillip Knightley: When they’re dying for a cause
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April 18
Tehran: twinned with Jerusalem?
Iraq: Fears of predominantly Shiite forces taking over after U.S. leaves
Greece: New Evidence and Possible Future Unrest
Feature: Weapons Galore in Yemen
Season for assassinations - Mark Medish & Joel McCleary
David Ignatius: The case for spreading press freedom around the world
Zvi Bar'el: Will sanctions against Iran really serve the West's interests?
Yair Sheleg: The connections between Israeli greed and the existential threat
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Who is Benefiting from Barghouti's Imprisonment?
Catrina Stewart : The decline of Israel’s left
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April 17
Claude Salhani: Time not on Mideast’s side
HDS Greenway: The age of loose nukes
The Iran Pretense: Obama's diplomacy depends on Iran's goodwill
Arab-Israeli water feuds get worse
Melik Kaylan: The U.S.' Iran Problem
Benny Morris: When Armageddon lives next door
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April 16
Gods amd Monsters: Fighting American Wars From On High
Robert Parry: Israel, the US and Propaganda's Power
Reading Obama's Lips: No New Settlements!
Tariq Alhomayed: Why are the Iraqis in Saudi Arabia?
Osman Mirghani: Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear Intimidation
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April 15
Analysis: Obama phrase highlights shift on Middle East
Chinese firms boost nuclear threats: Proliferation aids terrorists
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April 14
Simon Tisdall: Fuelling the Middle East arms race
Water: Driving Israel’s Need for More Land and More Power
Geoplolitical Diary: Iran Lays Out Its Terms
Global Intelligence: Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Resurgence
Rami Khouri: An American Middle East Peace Plan
Analysis: Obama comfortable as head of nuclear summit before world leaders
Iraq war: a baffling defense of Bush policy from a former Pentagon insider
David Makovsky: Obama and Netanyahu can't afford to disagree
Analysis: Obama puts his own mark on foreign policy issues
Russia's Nuclear Material: Experts say terrorists can get it
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April 13
Iran talks big on missile capabilities
Does Israel have nuclear weapons?
Shadi Hamid: Can Obama erase ‘Bush nostalgia’ in the Middle East?
Orni Petruschka: Jewish state won't exist without a Palestinian counterpart
Emile Hokayem: How will Iraqis judge the outcome of occupation?
Nesrine Malik: The Saudi housewife who spoke out
Nehemia Shtrasler: The Holocaust won't protect Israel forever
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April 12
James Zogby: Double Standards won’t Lead to a Nuclear-Free World
Sudan election: Voters savor a tiny taste of democracy
Nuclear security ... really!
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April 11
In Turkey, military's power over secular democracy slips
David Ignatius: The vice president bears good news from Iraq
Jeff Gates: Was Israel ever legitimate?
Avner Cohen: Israel missing a chance at nuclear global legitimacy
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April 10
Russia's Growing Resurgence
Political stirrings in Egypt, a land of little change
Bashir: The only choice left in Sudan elections
Why Israel's Netanyahu will skip Obama's nuclear security summit
Iraq: Election Sets Off New Political Tussle
Kirkuk in Transition: Confidence Building in Northern Iraq
The Perfect Handshake with Iran: Prudent Military Strategy and Pragmatic Engagement Policy
Breaking the Middle East Impasse: How it Might Happen
Ran HaCohen: Israel, a New Decade
Legal clouds grow thicker around Israel's Olmert
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April 9
Mexico: The Struggle for Balance
Israel could opt for nuke strikes on Iran
Will US nuke Iran?
In Israel, reality hides under a 'top secret' stamp
Israelis and Palestinians ponder possible imposed peace settlement
Patrick Seale: Obama's Triumphs and Failures
Turkey: Rifts Within the Military
When suicide bombing is simply strategic suicide
Will Obama recognize Egypt's turning point and get on board?
An Iraqi perspective on the recent elections
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April 8
Baghdad bombings: Did Al Qaeda rent rooms to blow them up?
Sadr followers snub Allawi and Maliki. Who will lead Iraq?
The Iraq war: still a massive mistake
Jim Lobe: Obama Said to Mull Israel-Palestinian Peace Plan
Anwar al-Awlaki: Is it legal to kill an American in war on terror?
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April 7
Iran: Headed for a nuclear train wreck
Israel unveils defense shield for Merkavas
Russia's 'Black Widows': Terrorism or Family Revenge?
Iraq: A New Militant Tactic
Gilles Kepel: Interlocking crises strangle Mid-East
Salam Fayyad: Last Hope for a Two-State Solution?
Rami Khouri: The Israeli-American-Arab Dance Will Resume
Robert Parry: Obama Threatens Iran with Nukes
Sandy Tolan: Ramallah is not Palestine
Uri Avnery: How short is the Iran fuse?
Palestinians try less violent path to resistance
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April 6
Mexico and the Failed State Revisited
Interview: Allawi says Iraq impasse drags on
China: An Iron Ore Ultimatum?
Tony Karon: A Growing US-Israeli Feud?
Selig Harrison: Barack Hasn’t Banned the Bomb
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April 5
Iran-bound powerboat raises fears
How Russia nourishes radical Islam
Tough technocrat in charge as Dubai's old guard returns
Are Israeli Arabs the new African Americans?
Revenge of black widows
Michael Lynch: Obama Misses the Big Oil
Tariq Alhomayed: Persuade the Stupid or Alert the Intelligent?
Mshari Al-Zaydi: What Will Happen in Iraq?
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April 4
Inside the world of the 'Kennedys of the Gulf'
World's tallest tower in Dubai reopens
Do Iraq's Women Miss Saddam?
Iraqi Christians under fire
David Ignatius: How to use Afghan culture to devise a political strategy -- and exit
Salama A Salama: The final summit?
James Zogby: Americans and Palestine
Abdel-Moneim Said : Iraq is an Arab test
Gideon Levy: Palestinian aspirations are clear, but what does Israel want?
Zvi Bar'el: A third intifada would work wonders for Israel's battered image
Hossam Tammam: The regime and the Brotherhood
Jill Kamil: Heralding Easter
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April 3
To Pressure Iran, the U.S. Leans on Dubai
In Egypt, Christians celebrate Easter Sunday under shadow of Christmas attacks
Easter Sunday: A Syrian bid to resurrect Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ
American Jihadis: Blame violence-prone boys, not Islam
Israel, Gaza tensions: Why Egypt helps maintain the blockade
What makes bombers tick
Jonathan Ben-Artzi: Peace for Israelis and Palestinians? Not without America's tough love
Mark Tooley: Exploiting Lent to Attack Israel
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April 2
Israeli tank-defense system: A major game changer
Palestinian PM: We will have a state next year
Patrick Seale: Bringing Democracy to the Arabs
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: The Iraqi Pilgrimage to Iran
Alain Gresh: Israel’s Undiplomatic Diplomacy
Afghanistan: The Taliban's Point of View
Pakistan: Offensive in North Waziristan and Orakzai
Ramzy Baroud: The Israeli Lobby v. America
Shahid Alam: Fractures in the US-Israeli Relationship?
Anthony DiMaggio: The Afghanistan Paradox
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April 1
The Hutarees: Exposure and Vulnerability
U.S.: An Anomalous Missile Launch?
U.S. worries as Iran slips in backyard
Deborah Amos: Democracy and ‘Iraqcracy’
Rivals claim major coups in intel war

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