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Will Israeli voters do the right thing? #IsraeliElections

Most Israelis regard themselves as right-wing. So how do they consider voting for the left-leaning Herzog? Maybe because ideology has died

Meron Rapoport

Mortgaging Syria’s future #Syria4YearsOn

Four years after their cry for change, Syria’s poorest people have only become more fragile and distressed

Jihad Yazigi

How Blair’s Egyptian gas gambit advances the Israeli energy empire #Energy

Egypt’s BP gas deal is step one of a US-UK driven scheme to stave off energy crises afflicting the West’s favourite regional tyrants

Nafeez Ahmed

Hope: The greatest weapon against the dogs of war in Syria #Syria4YearsOn

The cost of this war manifests itself in a blighted 'lost generation' of children languishing in poverty and deprived of a normal childhood

Edward Dark

‘Islamic State’ as a western phenomenon: Reimagining the IS debate #IslamicState

No matter how one attempts to wrangle with the rise of IS, the movement - as explainable historical circumstance - just doesn't add up

Ramzy Baroud

Can US-Israeli relations be repaired after Israel’s election? #IsraeliElections

Regardless of the Israeli election result, larger forces are at play that transcend the personality clash between Obama and Netanyahu and will likely sour the US-Israeli relationship

Kayvon Afshari and Michael Brooks

Syriza-led Greece marks out a new tilt to the East #MigrantlLife

Nationalist foreign minister’s warning to EU over ‘jihadist flood’ is part of a strategic realignment to the Middle East and the BRICS

Kevin Ovenden

Doubts and false expectations at the Sharm el-Sheikh carnival #EgyptTurmoil

Given Egypt's track record and current circumstances, what exactly is the Sharm el-Sheikh conference meant to accomplish?

Ayman Nour

PLO decisions on Israel must be implemented #Occupation

The PLO’s announcement to suspend ‘security’ cooperation with Israel is a welcome decision amid Israel’s continued abuses, but strong words must be met with changes on the ground

Sharif Nashashibi

Will foreign investors in Egypt have blood on their hands? #EgyptTurmoil

Foreign Direct Investment entering the Sisi regime will go towards bolstering a military that is set on enacting the most repressive regime in the modern history of Egypt

Amr Darrag