Prisoners of two Extremisms
My daughter is twenty-three years old and lives in Chicago. In these days she has enthusiastically participated in the demonstrations of solidarity with the Palestinian people that took place in…
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The meaning of Pope Francesco’s visit to Iraq
Lebanon, Syria and Iraq are three strongly related countries, and Pope Francesco’s visit to Iraq, happened during a pandemic, after the attack of January in Bagdad, where the authorship was…
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USA: when the teacher is wrong
When Donald Trump entered the White House as the 45th President of the United States of America on January 20th, in 2017, the influential Washington Post newspaper commented on the…
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Morocco, another step in relations with Israel under the light of the sun
Morocco and Israel, on December 10th, agreed to start the normalization of their diplomatic relations. This was announced by US President, Donald Trump, explaining that the decision is part of…
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Iran – The death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, another test of the vulnerability of IRI internal security
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is the scientist at the helm of the Iranian nuclear program, assassinated on November 27 in the Damavand region, northeast of Tehran, in his car. Badly injured, efforts…
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The Shadows of a Court
The Kosovo Special Tribunal based in Hague on November 5th indicted the President of the Republic of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Joining him are…
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Lebanon and Israel. Not peace’s negotiations, but equally important
Lebanon and Israel are two countries in a state of war. Yet an interesting signal came in early October. The two have given their agreement to start negotiations with the…
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Karabakh, a frozen conflict is not a closed conflict
On September 27th, the 30-year conflict in Karabakh was awakened. Heavy bombardments between the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continued as the two warring sides refused to hear repeated appeals from…
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Turkey and Greece – high tension
In mid-August, a Turkish and a Greek warship collided in the eastern Mediterranean, creating very strong tensions between the parties, the strongest since 1996. At first sight it seems only…
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UAE and Israel just a deal, not a peace deal
From the Middle East comes the news: the United Arab Emirates declares the end of the economic boycott of Israel. The news is the first step after the announcement of…