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By Hasan Abu Nimah - Feb 02,2016
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is often extremely cautious in commenting on the Arab-Israeli conflict, careful not to provoke caustic Israeli responses.But recently, he came under attack by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish leaders in the US for “encoura
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jan 26,2016
Earlier this week, a 13-year-old girl was shot dead by an Israeli security guard near the Almon Jewish settlement, in the Jerusalem area, during an alleged stabbing attempt.Ruqayya Eid Abu Eid is not the first child to be killed by Israeli soldiers or armed guards upon stabbing a
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jan 20,2016
We in Jordan have been confident that despite the chaos spreading all around us and the many challenges at home, mostly related to regional troubles, we managed to remain a relatively prosperous oasis of safety and stability.To a certain extent that is true, but there are alarmin
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jan 13,2016
I cannot recall when and by whom the term “Arab Spring” was first coined as a brand name for the series of uprisings that hit many Arab countries about five years ago.Suddenly, at the beginning of the year 2011, many Arab capitals witnessed spontaneous demonstrations of crowds ca
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jan 06,2016
Since its creation, Israel had been boasting that it is the only stable democracy in the Middle East.
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Dec 29,2015
While at the door step of 2016, yet another year of the same: no hope looms in sight for any change in the steady drift from bad to worse, from chaos to savage violence, from fragmentation to disintegration, from failed state to no state, a situation that repeats itself across th
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Dec 23,2015
The Security Council resolution on Syria issued last Friday is no doubt an important step towards a possible political settlement for the five-year old Syria war.However, it may not be good enough to mark the beginning of a successful and smooth peace process.Apart from the fact
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Dec 15,2015
That the future of the Palestinian Authority has recently been discussed by a number of Palestinian analysts in the West Bank is not that unusual.
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Dec 08,2015
The massacre of 14 innocent civilians in San Bernardino, California, last week is yet another development in the lethal tactics extremists are deploying far beyond the lands their attacks would be expected most.Within the last few weeks, the same group, Daesh, attacked in Lebanon
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Dec 01,2015
The last thing the powers engaged in a difficult fight against Daesh needed to inadvertently slip in was a crisis among them.The so-called war on terror, specifically targeting Daesh at this stage, had already been struggling tirelessly to prove its effectiveness; it did not need

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