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JEWS AND ARABS: MEDIA AND CONFLICT

Hichem Karoui, July 25, 2001 (MMN)
Nothing may be more harmful to the cause of peace, these days, than the pretension to control most of what the media are dealing with, as regards the Middle East conflict. The problem is already enough complicated within its military dimensions, assuming that in the origin of the present outgrowing [...]

How the Arabs manage the crisis.

Hichem Karoui, July 24, 2001. (MMN)
The naivety of the Arabs is appalling. For days and weeks they were waiting for the G8 summit’s declaration about the Middle-East, as if – by a magical spell- it was going to allay all their pains and give the right remedy to the chronic illness of their region. Just [...]

RE-INVENTING SHARON? -NO, BUT JUST PRESSURING HIM.

Hichem Karoui, July 16 ,2001 (MMN)
Whereas in Cairo, Israeli Foreign Minister was talking about ” the need to change rhetoric”, and telling reporters that» the greatest mistake, the mother of mistakes is war”, the Israeli government was taking a new step to show that no flexible position would be allowed. It is noteworthy that the [...]

Israel, the West, and the Arabs Between misunderstanding and duplicity

Hichem Karoui, July 9 , 2001 (MMN)
You do not need to be fluent in Arabic or in Hebrew these days to know that the Middle East is thousands of miles away from the late peace process. Peace, precisely, is no longer alive even in the official and pro governmental Arabic newspapers. Take a look at [...]

SHARON’S DILEMMA: Gulliver and the Dwarfs!

Hichem Karoui, July 6, 2001. (MMN)
Whereas under secretary of state William J. Burns headed again to Beirut, in an attempt to manage the looming crisis between Israel and Syria via Lebanon, due to Hizbullah renewed activity in Shabaa farms and Israel harsh retaliation in the Bekaa, where a raid against a Syrian radar [...]