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		<title>Israel Proposes Palestinian Statehood</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel is facing an unprecedented diplomatic challenge. The current government has had to contend with a host of plagues, most of which are the result of poor decisions made by previous Israeli governments. The disastrous consequences of the withdrawal from Gaza, the fallout from Operation Cast Lead, the fallout from the Mavi Marmara Flotilla, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=350&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One More Peace Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judea & Samaria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to toss my hat into the ring on the issue of “jump-starting” Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. There is no deficit of peace initiatives floating around out there, and at worst, I will simply have to buy another hat. Both sides seem to be content with negotiating with the media and courting public opinion. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=346&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Britain&#8217;s Iraq Inquiry &#8211; Lesson Learned?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Iraq War Inquiry has been dragging on since July 2009, and it’s ending is almost in sight. It’s chairman, Sir John Chilcot, hopes to issue a report by year’s end. It is increasingly clear that whatever tangible results that report may contain, they are likely to become lost in yet another wave of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=342&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in Translation: Tony Blair on Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 25 May, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a speech to an audience of business leaders at London’s Royal Institution, stating that US President Barack Obama is “frankly worried about the position that Israel is in.” Of course, Blair currently serves as the Quartet’s (the U.S., the EU, the United Nations and Russia) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=339&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apology necessary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 18:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you feel misled by the tags for polar bears, kittens and rainbows, I apologize and promise not to do it again.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=335&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Netanyahu’s consistency: an historical message for the future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 22:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arab-Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a foreign policy analyst, newspaper editor, pundit or just political junkie like myself, the last few days have been a real treat. From 19 May to 24 May, two world leaders – one the leader of the world’s only superpower and the other the leader of the world’s most historic people – [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=330&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pity poor President Obama</title>
		<link>http://themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/pity-poor-president-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 13:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pity the poor politician. Reading the newspaper over breakfast, he sees his policies assailed from both Left and Right. Pundits – who always know better two days after a decision is required – double-guess him. Of the many editorials that appear in the op-ed pages, few are supportive. And that is just what our tormented [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=325&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cairo &#8211; ad nauseum</title>
		<link>http://themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/cairo-ad-nauseum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 15:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over all, President Obama’s remarks on the Middle East and North Africa were a blend of idealism and pragmatism. These are two concepts that seldom are able to coincide at the same time in the same place. A full two-thirds of his speech addressed the much-heralded “Arab Spring” that has seen two authoritarian regimes swept [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=321&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Israel, Palestine and the UN</title>
		<link>http://themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/israel-palestine-the-un/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 09:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION Israel is facing an unprecedented diplomatic challenge at the UN this fall. The current government has had to contend with a host of plagues, most of which are the result of poor decisions made by previous Israeli governments, but not all. The disastrous consequences of the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip (Sharon), the fallout [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=317&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the next bin Laden?</title>
		<link>http://themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/where-is-the-next-bin-laden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 17:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A single fact has gone unmentioned in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s assassination. The American public is too busy pumping their fists in the air, but that is to be expected of the general public. Obsessed with ratings, America’s infotainment industry (the mainstream media) has ignored this looming issue, as well. Nature abhors a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themiddleeasthotspot.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6991795&amp;post=314&amp;subd=themiddleeasthotspot&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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