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MIDEAST: Future of Fatah in Doubt
Analysis by Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - The future of Palestinian unity talks is far more complex than the bitter rivalry, bloodshed and division which represent the yawning chasm separating Palestine's two main political factions, Hamas and Fatah.
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MIDEAST: Nobel Laureate 'Abducted' by Israeli Navy
By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - Twenty-one international peace activists were seized by Israeli naval frigates in international waters Tuesday as their boat 'The Spirit of Humanity' tried to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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MIDEAST: Finding Fish, But Israelis Too
By Eva Bartlett
GAZA CITY - "They told us 'go west or we will shoot you'," says Ashraf Sadallah. "Initially, we refused, so they began shooting very close all around our boat."
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MIDEAST: When Drones Become Indiscriminate
By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERUSALEM - The concerted effort of international human rights activists to rein in violations of laws of war was given a major impetus when Human Rights Watch researchers presented a report Tuesday on the unbridled use by the Israeli military of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCLAV), commonly known as drones, during Israel's 22-day assault on Hamas in Gaza at the beginning of the year.
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MIDEAST: Not Correct Soccer, But Better
By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
SAKHNIN, Israel - In this Arab town in northern Israel, Michael Zantovsky, the Czech Republic ambassador, is throwing an end-of-term party, an event markedly different from customary diplomatic bashes.
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MIDEAST: Lest We Don't Forget
By Erin Cunningham
GAZA CITY - They are little white, yellow or green pills and are available almost anywhere. At the pharmacies or in the market, they are accessible, addictive and cheap.
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TURKEY: Military Ghost Rises Again
Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas
ANKARA - Less than two years after its discreet sealing, the truce between ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) seems to have ended.
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MIDEAST: Deal on Gaza Makes Headway
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERUSALEM - Under a complex twin-pronged initiative from the U.S. and Egypt, Israel's hard- line government is moving towards backtracking on two major planks of its policy in the occupied territories - resisting demands for a blanket freeze on all settlement building in the West Bank, and acquiescing in the end of its tight siege of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
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MIDEAST: Arabs Court U.S. via Baghdad
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani
CAIRO - Egypt finally appointed an ambassador to Iraq earlier this month after four years without diplomatic representation in Baghdad. While the last year has seen other Arab capitals do likewise, some critics question the wisdom of the move in light of Iraq's still volatile security situation.
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MIDEAST: Iran Crisis Ripples Outward
Analysis by Helena Cobban*
WASHINGTON - As the political crisis that erupted after Iran’s Jun. 12 elections enters its third week, it is becoming evident that this crisis will have repercussions in many parts of the Middle East - and far beyond.
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MIDEAST: Prisoners Shackled, and Hidden Away
By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel has accused the Israeli security forces of deliberately shackling Palestinian prisoners in a painful and dangerous manner, amounting to a form of torture.
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LEBANON: How Not to Oppose an Opposition
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Christian heads of both the majority and the opposition have raised their stakes ahead of the imminent formation of the Lebanese government headed by Sunni leader Saad Hariri.
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POLITICS: U.S. to Name Ambassador to Damascus after Four Years
By Katie Mattern and Ali Gharib
WASHINGTON - After informing the Syrian embassy in Washington on Tuesday night, the U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that President Barack Obama will be sending an ambassador to Damascus for the first time since 2005.
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In addition to the historically unbridgeable divide between Israel and the Palestinians, a split is broadening between the militant Hamas and the relatively moderate Fatah groups on the Palestinian side. Israel faces its own internal disagreements on such issues as Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. And with every opening divide, trouble in the region escalates. IPS correspondents provide the big-picture perspective on the Middle East.