Analysen zur Situation im Nahen Osten

22.12.2004

Postmortem: Arafat’s Collective Image among the Palestinian and Israeli Publics

Ephraim Yaar and Tamar Hermann

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CGNews, October 29, 2004

The Tension between East and West

Dr. Shafeeq N. Ghabra

Founding President of the American University of Kuwait, Dr. Shafeeq N. Ghabra reflects on the deterioration of the relationship between the Islamic/Arabic world and the West and proposes ways of improving this relationship: "Focusing on our common ground increases opportunities and possibilities for both worlds. It is important and necessary that the East and the West re-evaluate their assumptions and opinions of each other. Neither western arrogance nor eastern righteousness is productive.

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Peace Index: July 2004

Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Dr. Tamar Hermann

The Peace Index project is conducted at the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research of Tel Aviv University, headed by Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Dr. Tamar Hermann. The telephone interviews were conducted by the B. I. Cohen Institute of Tel Aviv University from May 31 to June 2, and included 589 interviewees who represent the adult Jewish and Arab population of Israel (including the territories and the kibbutzim). The sampling error for a sample of this size is about 4.5% in each direction.

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Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 2004

On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse

Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin

Earl and Pat Martin look at the recent violence in Iraq through the eyes of religious pacifists.  In their article, they consider what it is that leads to such atrocities and conclude that in labeling each other as "terrorist" or "infidel," or "good guy" and "bad guy," we are supporting the assumption that it is appropriate to kill the "bad guy" and thus championing the right to kill.

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International Herald Tribune,  May 18, 2004

Arabs should also turn their fury at their own

Massoud A. Derhally

Acknowledging the American abuses at Abu Ghraib, as well as some questionable U.S. foreign policies, Derhally makes the case that Arab anger at America is also "a culmination of the frustrations in their own lives: the inability of people to vent their anger openly at their own governments, the failure to rise up against injustices committed in their own backyards, and the absence of checks and balances that in democracies ensure that those in authority are held accountable."

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CGNews, May 21, 2004

Reform in the Arab World: Tensions and Challenges

Shafeeq Ghabra

This insightful analysis by Shafeeq Ghabra, President of the American
University of Kuwait, reflects on past attempts and present steps needed
for reforms in many individual Middle Eastern states.  He further discusses
factors influencing the process of indigenous reform and the effect of the
continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to Ghabra, “Continuing
to underestimate the impact of events in Palestine will only undermine the
reform effort in the region and will reinforce anti-reform movements and
anti-reform elements in Arab regimes.”

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Thursday, April 22, 2004

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The U.S. doesn't care about Palestinians

Walter Russell Mead NYT

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Yediot Aharonot, Tuesday, April 20, 2004

What Kind of State Deserves to Exist?

Tanya Reinhart

Amidst the political storm in Israel regarding the "Gaza disengagement" plan, only one really meaningful fact emerges: Sharon received Bush's approval to proceed with his plan for the wall in the West Bank.

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Al-Hayat, March 7, 2004

The Islamic Movement And Its Assumed Political And Cultural Position

Ibrahim Gharaybe

In this article, Gharaybe addresses the question "How can the wider Islamic movement go back to its original political and cultural position of contributing to development and reform instead of being a political and security burden?" Giving a brief history of the Islamic movement, he argues that it no longer represents the opinions of the public it represents.

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The Daily Star, March 4, 2004

European perceptions, America's 'greater Middle East'

Volker Perthes   

Perthes addresses the European view on American's Greater Middle East plan.  He concludes that although European policy-makers also wish to bridge transatlantic gaps, and that they will not say 'no' to the American initiative, "they will certainly try to leave their mark on any common transatlantic plan that will emerge from it." 

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Haaretz, 25.2.2004

What scared those who sent the bomber?

Amira Hass

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Haaretz, 25.2.2004

To die in a terrorist attack means supporting the fence

Rogel Alpher

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Die Presse, 13.12. 03

Antisemitismusstreit – oder: Zur Politik des Verdachts

John Bunzl

Ein  Gespenst geht um in Europa: nicht nur der Antisemitismus selbst, sondern auch die Beschuldigung ihn zu verharmlosen oder gar zu leugnen. Ein Versuch, etwas Ordnung in ein hoch-emotionalisiertes Labyrinth zu bringen.

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Dezember 2003

The Arab Peace Initiative, Boosting Moderates

Hassan A. Barari

Researcher H. Barari outlines actions that both Palestinians and the wider Arab community could implement in order to revive the Arab Peace Initiative.  Placing the Israeli public in the centre of this equation, the author states that "only then can the new dynamics be created that would bring about a moderate and pragmatic [Israeli] government that would respond positively to the Arab Peace Initiative."

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Al-Hayat, November 24, 2003

The Arab Elite's Responsibility For Terror

Wahid Abdulmajid

In this article, Wahid Abdulmajid investigates a shift in Arab and Muslim sentiment towards terrorism in light of the bombings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco over the last year.  Abdulmajid addresses the Arab elite in his conclusion: "It is time for us to deal with terror not only as an outrageous crime, but also as a war against our nation and people."

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Washington Post,  November 23, 2003

It's Time to Tear Down the 'Arab Wall'

 Shafeeq N. Ghabra

Shafeeq Ghabra discusses recent political history in the Middle East and offers some concrete possibilities and alternatives for change.  He suggests that "Iraq's transition to a democratic government could mark the start of the fall of the "Arab Wall," the invisible barrier of authoritarianism and rigidity that isolates the region from the world."

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14.11.2003

Die „Genfer Vereinbarung“

Jörn Böhme

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The Daily Star, November 08, 2003

Change the Palestinian Condition, Not Just School Textbooks

Ziad Asali

While "the difference between the Palestinian and Israeli narratives continues to feed polarizing and centrifugal forces that fail to see the existential need for compromise", Ziad Asali recalls the controversy that surrounds the issue of the Palestinian textbooks.  The author reflects on the dynamics driving narratives that dehumanize and demonize the "other" and offers tracks of reflections to go beyond them.

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23.7.2003

Settlers positions towards withdrawal from territories

Summary of Peace Now study, July 2003

Yariv Oppenheimer

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July 2003

The Peace Movement Plans for the Future

Mark LeVine

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Heinrich Boell Foundation - Israel

Mai 2003

Foxtrott auf dem Vulkan

Von Schraga Har-Gil 

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9.4.2003

Irak-Krieg und Nahost-Konflikt

Muriel Asseburg

Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin

Beitrag zum Jour Fixe „Regionale Auswirkungen des Irak-Krieges" am 9.4.2003

Der vorliegende Beitrag setzt sich im wesentlichen mit der Frage auseinander, ob sich mit dem Krieg gegen den Irak die Chancen für eine friedliche Lösung des israelisch-arabischen Konfliktes erhöht haben.

zum Artikel

Muriel Asseburg

Die zweite Sharon-Regierung, Vorprogrammierte Stagnation?

SWP-Aktuell 9, Februar 2003, 5 Seiten

als pdf-Datei

20.1.2003

Die Entscheidung lässt noch auf sich warten

Israel vor den Wahlen

Schraga Har-Gil

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