Iowa Round Table, 9\30\08 - McCain, talking about energy policy, stresses the importance of "ensuring that America is secure, and not dependent on oil from people like Hugo Chavez or other parts of the Middle East which is, we know, could be destabilized under certain sets of circumstances."

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Israel's weapons policy jeopardises the country's own security and undermines efforts to create a nuclear-free Middle East

Khaled Diab

o guardian.co.uk,
o Sunday August 24 2008 13:00 BST

Israel's interior minister Meir Sheetrit - who is vying to take over the reins from outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert - has struck a welcome note ( Read more... )

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Monday, July 21, 2008

By: Richard Becker

Only point of contention is who will do the job best

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama differ in their proposals for when and how the United States should begin a major troop withdrawal from Iraq, and under what conditions they would enter into negotiations with the government of Iran.

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Obama to Arabs Is an American With Muslim Middle Name (Update1)

By Caroline Alexander

July 21 (Bloomberg) -- A year ago, Palestinian medical student Wessam al-Ghoul in the U.K. thought Barack Obama would break new ground in bringing Middle East peace. Today, he says the Democratic presidential candidate is merely ``the lesser of two evils.''

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International Herald Tribune

By Michael Slackman and Isabel Kershner

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

AMMAN, Jordan: For what feels like forever, Israelis and their Arab neighbors have been hopelessly deadlocked on how to resolve the Palestinian crisis. But there is one point they may now agree on: If elected president, Senator Barack Obama would not ( Read more... )

July 15, 2008

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Adam Hanieh

Over the last six months, the Palestinian economy has been radically transformed under a new plan drawn up by the Palestinian Authority (PA) called the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan (PRDP). Developed in close collaboration with institutions such as the World Bank and the British Department for ( Read more... )

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