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June 30
Israelis discover more photos of 'terror children' - Telegraph
'If I had known my son was going to be a suicide bomber, I would have locked him in his room' - Telegraph
Is radical Islam in decline? - Jason Burke, Observer
More questions than answers  - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Determined Path to Defensive Shield - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz
It's Egypt's turn now - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
A million people under curfew - Gideon Levy, Haaretz
Fact as rumor - Doron Rosenblum, Haaretz
An open letter to President Bush - Jonathan Synder, Jpost
Dead man walking - Steve Martinovich, Jpost
Israel’s submarine menace raises stakes - Ed Blanche
Three Palestinian armies are  crowding the West Bank -Joseph Samaha
Akiva Eldar: Bush's vision is already irrelevant in the Middle East
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June 29
The suicide bond - Alexander Chancellor, Guardian
Isn't it time Mills & Boon gave Saddam a call? - Ben Macintyre, Times
Saudi religious establishment has its wings clipped - Jamal Khashoggi
Israel warned not to ‘rejoice at Arafat’s discomfort’  - IPR
Apportioning the blame for George Bush’s ‘disaster of a speech’ - APR
Iraq's fat cats beat the sanctions - Richard Beeston, Times
The search for reciprocity - Ibrahim Nafie, Ahram
Unilateral withdrawal? - Hassan Nafaa, Ahram
The way backwards  - Abdel-Raouf El-Reed, Ahram
The medium and the message  - Ayman El-Amir, Ahram
Reform, so they tell us - Osama El-Ghazali Harb, Ahram
Bush’s speech divides Europe and America - Patrick Seale
Iran and US engage in earthquake diplomacy - Ali Nourizadeh
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June 28
Who Shall Lead The Palestinians?
Iraq’s Kurds would do well to recall the lesson of T.E. Lawrence - Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi
Arafat's ‘career is over,’ but Palestinians will vote for him anyway - IPR
Arab Press Review: Can Arafat survive Bush’s ‘political death sentence?’
Cairo’s high court loses battle for independence - Steve Negus
Martin Woollacott: Marooned on his fantasy island, Bush stands firm
The emergence of the Sharon plan - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
With a victory like that - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
Zionism or colonialism? - Ze'ev Sternhell, Haaretz
Left and right, only sand in sight - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
Behind the suicide bombings - Arthur Cohn, Jpost
Face to face with hate - John F. Rothmann, Jpost
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June 27
Hugo Young: We've missed the point of Bush's Middle East policy
Anton La Guardia: Autocratic leader is persuaded by might not right
Sharon’s watch ticks off the seconds until the next war - Saad Mehio
Terrorism and the clash of barbarisms - Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Will US think tanks hatch a viable Mideast peace? - George Hishmeh
Murky machinations in US dragnet for Al-Qaeda - Ed Blanche
The fuses that blew from Bush's speech - Yisrael Harel, Haaretz
A democratic Palestine, with no discounts - Ari Shavit, Haaretz
The Jews are being pushed to the right - Eliahu Salpeter, Haaretz
Either rapprochement or confrontation - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Study: Syrian textbooks drenched with anti-semitism  - Jpost
Sharansky: Palestinian democracy is possible - Jpost
EDITORIAL: A Palestinian coronation - Jpost
Fire and Bible - Uri Dan, Jpost
What did Bush mean? - Yisrael Medad, Jpost
Bad reform - Richard Lynn and Barry Lunn, Jpost
Lebanon all over again - David Forman, Jpost
British government at odds over how to handle Bush plan - Rim Alaf
Israeli Press Review: Bush’s speech: What’s there to be happy about?
Bush crowned ‘secretary-general of the Palestinian Reform Party’ -APR
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June 26
Arafat’s Successor
Making Bush's vision realistic - Dennis Ross
Arab world looks the other way as race-based hatreds target it on two fronts  - Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Is Turkey turning toward the east? - Mohammad Noureddine
Israeli Press Review: Bush ‘red-cards’ Arafat and ‘joins’ Likud
Arab Press Review: Bush speaks at last ­ but Sharon wrote his speech
Robert Fisk: I wonder why Bush doesn't let Sharon run his press office
David Aaronovitch: Bush proposals make Mideast peace impossible
Yasser Araftat profile: Behind the myth - Phil Reeves, Independent
Bush's benchmarks - Times
Democracy for the Arabs - Telegraph
Arafat's time has gone, and Palestinians must vote him out - Telegraph
Bush's Arab strategy - David Hirst, Guardian
George W's bloody folly - Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
Why Bush stopped listening to Powell - Julian Borger, Guardian
Bush may be half-right, but he has broken the first rule - Independent
Amnon Rubinstein: We must be cautious in our jubilation - Independent
Another step toward nowhere - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
Who's facing reality? - Jpost
Both sides are wrong - Amira Hass, Haaretz
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June 25
Muslims Flex Their Economic Muscle -   Andrew Chang, ABC News
Israel’s new Merkava 4 tank clearly designed for war with Syria
WHAT IT MEANS: Politically, Arafat is a dead man walking -  Ha'aretz analyst David Landau
Analysis: Bush plan only fuels suspicion that US is firm ally of Israelis
A predictable failure will follow return to 1967 - IPR
Despite debate on validity, ‘martyrdom operations’ set to continue - APR
Israel consolidates strategic relationship with India - Ed Blanche
Analysis: Unfair offer changes nothing -Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian
Analysis: Sharon's victory - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Analysis: Yasser won't go - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
Actually, there are several military solutions - Eran Lerman, Jpost
Why our enemies are winning - Naomi Ragen, Jpost
Yes, suicide bombing pays - Evelyn Gordon, Jpost
Sharon may be signalling vision of future borders - Haaretz
Bad neighbors - Moshe Arens, Haaretz
Give us answers - not make-up - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
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June 24
Beyond separation - Abdeljabbar Adwan
Oslo is no more and the Palestinian Authority is on its deathbed - IPR
Why is Arafat ‘accepting’ what he ‘rejected’ two years ago? - APR
Syria as world leader - Jpost
Fenced in - Yosef Goel, Jpost
Converting to open-mindedness - Daniel Bloch, Jpost
An exercise in futility - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
The battle for public opinion - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz
A warm breeze from the Quai d'Orsay - Adar Primor, Haaretz
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June 23
Con Coughlin: Israel's Great Wall is only a short-term solution
Robert Fisk: Fatal vision: how Bush has given up on peace
Don't fence us in - Philip Sherwell, Telegraph
They come here to live... and, if God wills it, to die - Observer
It's like a kibbutz, only we're helping Israel to survive - Independent
Settling in for the long haul - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Bringing the conflict to a head  - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Are we our brothers’ keepers? - Editorial, Jpost
A Jewish state? - David Weinberg, Jpost
Fashioned in the womb - Sherri Mandell, Jpost
New degrees of political correctnes - Macr Levi, Jpost
So where is this one headed? - Uzi   Benziman, Haaretz
Send more teaspoons - Doron Rosenblum, Haaretz
Listening to Ted Turner - Gideon Levy, Haaretz
Syria: Public Statements Reveal Inner Conflicts - Stratfor
Why Bush Can't Give His Mideast Speech - Tony Karon, Times
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June 22
Sharon’s popularity takes a battering - IPR
Why do the Arabs still rely on Washington to broker a peace? - APR
Turkey’s identity crisis follows its players to World Cup - M. Noureddine
Civil wrongs - Maya Jaggi, Guardian
Bombs and fences - Graham Usher, Ahram Weekly
A gap in the clouds - Ibrahim Nafie, Ahram Weekly
Getting others involved - Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, Ahram Weekly
A second age of reason - Rushdi Said, Ahram Weekly
Forbidden to speak - Salama A Salama, Ahram Weekly
A tale of two world orders - Ayman El-Amir, Ahram Weekly
Tax, slaughter and lies - James Abou Rizk, Ahram Weekly
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June 21
Patrick Seale: Bashar Assad’s strong start endangered by persistent human rights problems
'Arabs and Jews could excel together' - Daniel Johnson,Telegraph
A failure of politics - Guardian
The terror is paralyzing every initiative - Haaretz
What's happening here starts over there - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
The Holocaust that won't go away - Francoise Giroud, Haaretz
And death shall have dominion - Doron Rosenblum, Haaretz
EDITORIAL: The Left’s burden - Jpost
Defining terrorism down - Saul Singer, Jpost
CNN's chain of bias - Toby Klein Greenwald, Jpost
Alternatives to American policy - Avi Bell, Jpost
It’s hope, Cherie, not despair - Mark Heller
The fence in Arafat’s kaffieh - Gerald Steinbewrg, Jpost
Zionism needs a border in face of suicidal society - IPR
Sharon’s recipe for ensuring more suicide bombings - APR
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June 20
Three meditations on cruelty - Cynhia Ozick, Jpost
Hate overrides love in US-Syrian relationship - Ibrahim Hamidi
Israel’s bank of military responses to ‘Palestinian terror’ is drying up-IPR
Bombing ‘reshuffles the cards’ ahead of Bush’s announcement - APR
In a maze of truths - Guardian
The curse of the infidel - Karen Armstrong, Guardian
The cost of exacting the territorial price - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
The speech that was never delivered - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
A nation's suicide - Haaretz
This is where our bodies are piled up - Israel Harel, Haaretz
So, where is it all leading? - Meron Benvenisti, Haaretz
Diplomatic defensive shield - Ari Shavit, Haaretz
Happy separation or messy divorce - Efraim Inbar, Haaretz
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June 19
Analysis: Israel's new tactics - BBC
Beyond the bombers - Times
Cherie Blair should not have apologised - Independent
An assault on hope - Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
Islam has a progressive tradition too - Hamza Yusuf, Guardian
Israel Terror Sharpens Bush's Dilemma - Tony Karon, Time
Spot the Pinocchio - Abdeljabbar Adwan, Daily Star
Iranian diplomacy shoots itself in the foot - Ali Nourizadeh, Daily Star
Muslim on inside track to Indian presidency - P.V. Rao, Daily Star
Arabs’ abandoned commitment to oppose a blitz on Iraq - Arab Press
PM slams idea of Palestinian state after new bombing - Israeli Press
What kind of a Palestinian state? - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Stepping up the IDF's operations - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Palestinians blame Israel - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
A speech in the shadow of terror's horrors -  Haaretz
Something there is that doesn't love a wall - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
Elections under siege - Amira Hass, Haaretz
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June 18
Palestinian reforms have multitude of motives - David Hirst, Guardian
Stop trying to behave like a Hollywood hitman - Independent
For a fence, despite its flaws - Haaretz
Zionism is equal rights for all - Ori Nir, Haaretz
Cavorting with triangulation - Jpost
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June 17
Bush Plans, Arab Expectations Aren't Lining Up - Washington Post
Mideast: Focus on the possible - A. Etzioni and S.Telhami , Csmonitor
Young Palestinians wild for `martyr' necklaces - S. Contenta, thesatar
A peace plan without a timetable isn’t a peace plan at all - APR
International pressure dilutes Cairo’s ‘witch hunt’ for gays - Steve Negus
Of threats real and fictitious, and settlers ‘losing for marbles’ - IPR
Thomas Friedman: Iran's Third Wave
Shimon Peres: Why Security Must Be Globalized
The semiotics of `fence' - Lily Galili, Haaretz
Who's afraid of an Oslo investigation? - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz
Moving toward full Palestinian control - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
Tower and stockade, 2002 - Nadav Shragai, Haaretz
Build the right fence - Jpost
Don't miss this opportunity, George W. - Daniel Bloch, Jpost
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June 16
Revive the 'Jordan option' - Neil Lockery, UPI
Why they become Muslims - Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI
Why Israel's 'seruvniks' say enough is enough - M. Sfard, Observer
Brutal, yes. Massacre, no - Peter Beaumont, Observer
Burning the Oslo candle at both ends - Gideon Levy, Haaretz
The fence - no easy solution - Haaretz
The fine art of threat management - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Keep being concerned - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz
No peace until the rule of law prevails - Amnon Lord, Jpost
Fat men and just desserts - Jpost, BY Stewart Weiss
Converging to combat anti-Semitism - Jpost, Wayne Firstone
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June 15
Anti-Semitism weapon turns dud but Jewish lobby remains potent - Dr. Fahed Fanek, Daily Star
Intifada sends Jewish state’s economy to the precipice - Israeli Press
Arabs wait for Bush to reveal his Middle East hand  -Arab Press
Contradictory rumours - Ibrahim Nafie, Aharam Weekly
Palestinian elections now - Edward Said, Aharam Weekly
Unhurried, ambiguous - Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, Aharam Weekly
The enemy within - Azmi Bishara, Aharam Weekly
A scoreless tie - Salama A Salama, Aharam Weekly
Powell is the Arabs’ best hope - Patrick Seale, Daily Star
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June 14
A Moroccan sanctuary for terrorists? - Atmane Tzagarte, Daily Star
Sharon ready to try his hand at economics - Israeli Press
Trying to make sense of Washington’s Middle East policy - Arab Press
Cappuccino Courage - Jpost
Oslo under fire - Saul Singer, Jpost
DETAINING AMERICANS - Jpost
Five comments on the situation - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
How the settlers are defeating the IDF - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
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June 13
Essay indicates Sharon’s true objectives - Adib F. Farha, Daily Star
Everyone may be talking of a Palestinian state, but no one is serious about it - Arab Press Review
Sharon shares anti-Syria intelligence with Bush - Israeli Press Review
Friendly summit - Uri Dan, Jpost
Why the settlements should stay - Hillel Halkin, Jpost
Nattering Norwegians - Sol Liebgott, Jpost
Sharon grants victory to Arafat - Yisrael Harel, Haaretz
The fruits of his stubbornness - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
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June 12
I was taxi driver for the suicide bombers' - Alan Philps, Telegraph
Arafat, Churchill and Roosevelt’s dog - Saad Mehio, Daily Star
Double loss: security and economic confidence - IPR
Whatever happened to all the talk of fresh US peace moves? - APR
Robert Fisk: Mr Bush's titanic war on terror will eventually sink...
Harvard - Jihad - Daniel Pipes, Jpost
Stop Apologizing for 1967 - Michael Freund, Jpost
Israel on the edge - Paul Johnson, Jpost
Shorten the lines - Ze'ev Shiff, Haaretz
The odd couple and the vanished excuses - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
Guide for the perplexed dove - Amnon Rubinstein, Haaretz
Long-term sieges - Amira Hass, Haaretz
After the Bush-Sharon meeting - Editorial, Haaretz
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June 11
Why Israel is cheering for Iran’s hard-liners - Ali Nourizadeh
Muslim police states are back in America’s good graces - A.Affendi
A mission to murder: inside the minds of the suicide bombers - Guardian
Violent death visited on everyday life - Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian
'Tel Aviv is unsafe, but New York? No' - Nicholas Wapshott, Times
Arafat’s big bluff - Oren Shachor, Jpost
Smarter than his administration - Editorial, Jpost
Engaged to terror - Michael Rubin, Jpost
The challenge from Europe’s Left - Ovadia Sofer, Jpost
A deluxe occupation - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
Sharon, Bush and Arafat: masters of the waiting game - Haaretz
Seeing over the horizon - Moshe Arens, Haaretz
Better to go out with a bang -Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
Arafat in the firing line as Arab peace plans proliferate - APR
Sharon dons politically layered bulletproof jacket - IPR
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June 10
Robert Fisk: Gangsters, murderers and stooges used to endorse Bush's vision of 'democracy'
Let NATO solve the Mideast crisis - Saad Mehio, Daily Star
Israel’s nightmare: Palestinians move toward own Sept. 11 - Ed Blanche
Joha and the enduring art of Israeli tale-telling - Abdeljabbar Adwan
Spinning success out of Mubarak’s diplomatic failure - APR
Sticking to the principles of the intifada - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
Resolution 242 is Sharon's new darling - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz
The outposts first - Editorial, Haaretz
Thomas Fridman: Where the bucks stop
Ariel Sharon: The way forward in the Middle East
Arafat is once again in the limelight - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Tom Friedman's settlement obsession - David Weinberg, Jpost
Jewish overseas communities in Occupied Territories by end of June-IPR
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June 9
Mubarak's mischief-making - Jpost
Guardian evangelicals - Zalman Shoval, Jpost
A political horizon is crucial - Haaretz
Who's the eccentric here? - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz
Fencing off the Jewish canton - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Too soon to hand out medals - Gideon Levy, Haaretz
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June 8
‘Why do they hate us?’ - Dr. Fahed Fanac
The Third Way: Designer, intellectual, kosher racism carves a fresh swath across the political terrain - Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Kuwaiti parliamentary crisis is nothing new - Hisham Aldiwan
Is Bush poised to let Israel ‘bury’ PA leader? - Arab Press Review
Mubarak throws his spear ­ and hits Bush - Abdeljabbar Adwan
Sharon’s stateside agenda is to trip up Mubarak and finish off Arafat - Israeli Press Review
Tales of apartheid - Azmi Bishara, Ahram Weekly
Interventionism bound to fail - Hassan Abu Taleb, Ahram Weekly
Dispensing with peace - Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, Ahram Weekly
Crucial conditions - Salama A Salama, Ahram Weekly
No magic wand - Islah Jad, Ahram Weekly
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June 7
Sharon closer to his goal of exiling arch foe Arafat - J. Bennet, NYT
Nicholas Kristof: All-American Osamas
Patrick Seale: Is Bush leading the world to disaster?
Islam is innocent of Fallaci’s accusations - Rim Alaf, Daily Star
Time for Palestinian suicide belt-bombers to desist - A. Adwan, D. Star
Further proof that US-Israeli ‘security solutions’ won’t work - APR
What next ? build a fence, eject Arafat or recoup all PA areas? - IPR
Reforming from within - Hanan Ashrawi, Guardian
Déjà Vu in Ramallah - Tony Karon, Time
There's a lot more talk than action - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Mubarak's Palestinian vision - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Arafat's fault, Sharon's responsibility - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
A trip in the shadow of terror - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz
Analysis: From Pakistan to Palestine - Caroline Glick, Jpost
Project moral purpose - Victor Davis, Jpost
From Berkeley to Jenin - Gerald Steinberg, Jpost
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June 6
U.S. impatience with Arafat could spur new IDF attack - Bradley Burston, Haaretz
Sharon plays for time in Washington - IPR
Damascus seeks American answers to its ‘legitimate questions’ - APR
Bomber's aim was to restart cycle of violence in region - Times
The Arab people's darkest hour  - David Hirst, Guardian
Bush must press for talks - Leader, Guardian
With Islamic Jihad in Damascus, Syria is also to blame - Ze'ev Schiff
A military operation the Palestinians see as`Israel's fault' - Haaretz
Suicidal logic - Editorial, Haaretz
Shihab 3 versus Ofek 5 - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
The fence may blend in with the olive trees - Meron Benvenisti, Haaretz
Refugees First - Avi Beker, Haaretz
Don Quixote diplomacy - Editorial, Jpost
Sorry, mistaken identity' by Uri Dan - Uri Dan, Jpost
WHAT IT MEANS: Ze'ev Schiff on the Megiddo bombing
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June 5
''They shoot reporters, don't they?'' - Yusuf Agha, YelloTimes
Thomas Friedman: The Land of Denial
Israel’s political system needs reforming, too - Abdeljabbar Adwan
Baghdad caught in a Catch-22 - Ghassan al-Atiyyah
Beilin says search for peace is Sharon’s ‘moment of truth’ - G. Hishmeh
Arafat scored an own goal when he jailed the PFLP’s leader - APR
Sharon to follow Mubarak to Washington - IPR
Bringing peace out of the shadows - Jonathan Freeland, Guardian
Reforms alone are not enough -   Ze'ev Schiff, Haretz
Despite everything, something's happening - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
What was is, and will be again - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
Analysis: Mubarak spins a vision - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
A fence just for security - Editorial, Haaretz
The Bush Doctrine, Part IV - Jpost
The particularity of Palestinian terrorism - Jpost
Pages of history - Daniel Pipes, Jpost
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June 4
A peace summit according to Sharon's demands - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz
'New' cabinet with mostly the same old faces - Danny Rubinstein
The ambivalence of Israel's Arab citizens - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
The oldest tree - Amir Oren, Haaretz
American democracy after Sept. 11 - Abdelwahab El-Affendi
What a peace conference shouldn’t do - Fahed Fanek
Anxiety fuels debate over security fences, glider attacks - IPR
What kind of regional deal is being ‘cooked up on a slow fire?’ - APR
Sides greet Tenet with slap at U.S. policies - Bradley Burston, Haaretz
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June 3
Palestinian reforms, yes, but not according to Israel’s formula - D. Hirst
Egyptian feminist keeps pressure on Arab regimes to back Palestinians
Clouds in the crystal ball - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
Signs of impatience from Washington - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Time to clean up the battlefield of a dirty war - Guardian
Reform in the territories for the Jews too - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz
The threat of deterrence - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
India takes a leaf out of Israel’s book - Abdeljabbar Adwan
Iran: conservatives and reformists heading for divorce? - Ali Nourizadeh
Cairo seen touting proposal for Palestinian ‘state’ in 2003 - APR
A hard look at escapism in Israeli mass psychology - IPR
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June 2
The occupied poor - Gideon Levy, Haaretz
Pi Glilot: Miracles have nothing to do with it - Ayala Tamari, Haaretz
Payback time - Alec Dubro, Haaretz
Part of the problem - Editorial, Jpost
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June1
Back to basics - Sherard Cowper-Coles, Jpost
Does America really want a democratic Palestine? - Rim Alaf
Eulogy to the loyal son of Turkey’s ailing regime - M. Noureddine
Special: Bahrain’s American guests and ‘Islamic cola’ - A. Khalaf
Measuring the steps - Ibrahim Nafie, Ahram Weekly
Matters of principle  - Gamil Mattar, Ahram Weekly
God and the cause - Diaa Rashwan, Ahram Weekly
Terrorism: uses and abuses - Ayman El-Amir, Ahram Weekly
Imperious blundering - Fouad Moughrabiri, Ahram Weekly
Paths to peacemaking - Guardian
‘Reforming’ the Palestinians, Saudi- and Egyptian-style - APR
Jewish woman ‘serves terror’ and shocks Israeli society - IPR

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