Rime Allaf - Articles

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107. The US Must Rein In Israel Rime Allaf - Jun 2010 New York Times It usually takes a high number of Palestinian deaths for the news media to deem the tragedy worth reporting. Unfortunately, regular killings of Palestinians by the Israeli army — or by Israeli settlers — are unnoticed and unmourned.... 106. Forever containing Syria Rime Allaf - May 2010 Middle East International In a region known to be volatile and susceptible to changes, the degree of predictability regarding accusations about Syria’s offenses, real and alleged, creates a strange element of stability, practically bordering on the absurd. There is one thing of which we can always be sure: Syria can do no good, as far as its critics are concerned, with its refusal to change its behaviour, and to turn its back on various parties with whom it has been allied for years, for the honour of being taken out of its ‘isolation’ and reintegrated with the ‘international community’.... 105. 'Til Israel do us part? Rime Allaf - May 2010 Bitterlemons International So much commotion has been made about the recent so-called American engagement with Syria that one would think the two sides were embarked on the road to eternal matrimony after a whirlwind romance. The tongues of die-hard neo-cons, Likudniks and March 14 fantasists were immediately set wagging about the folly--and even the treachery--of US plans to pick up where things had been abruptly left five years ago by sending an ambassador back to Damascus.... 104. Reverse engagement Rime Allaf - Mar 2010 Bitterlemons International The Obama administration is still an international novice compared to other governments around the world, but it can already claim to have achieved results with its approach to the Arab-Israel problem. Every time US officials have made a request or embarked on a trip aiming at resuscitating a process of some sort, they have been met, sometimes preemptively, with a significant Israeli gesture.... 103. Musical chairs and other diplomatic games Rime Allaf - Feb 2010 Middle East International While the Obama administration appears to have decided to take the road of dialogue and engagement with Syria, Rime Allaf suggests its belated overtures to Damascus reflect Israel’s current needs rather than a genuine break with the Bush approach.... 102. Syria: Back to pole position Rime Allaf - Jan 2010 Middle East International A Syrian president’s visit to a Saudi king would not have triggered much interest a few years ago, but the meeting between Bashar al-Asad and King Abdallah in Riyadh on 13 January was headline news in the Arab media. It marked a major step on the road to Syrian-Saudi recovery from near-breaking point, and the full resumption of a leading Syrian regional role.... 101. Netanyahu's "yes we can" moment Rime Allaf - Oct 2009 Al Jazeera Big speeches with grand accompanying events, marking an umpteenth rekindling of the strangest and longest peace process, have been Middle East fixtures for decades, as have the inevitable follow-up periods of analysis and projections. No matter where the respective leaders in question stood on the scale of left to right, or to which party they belonged, little new ever emerged - it was a vicious cycle of déjà vu.... 100. Anatomy of a botched sabotage Rime Allaf - Sep 2009 Bitterlemons International Years of accusations, recriminations and outright demonization have rendered most Syrians stoic and resilient about their reputation as radicals, rejectionists and rebels. None of these terms is meant to include even benign interpretations of leftist idealism.... 99. The dilemma of Arab nationalists Rime Allaf - Jun 2009 Bitterlemons International While the entire word is gripped with the political turmoil in Iran, its closest neighbors have been collectively pretending not to notice there really is a problem at all. At first unable to contain their enthusiasm with the opposition to a regime they've collectively hated for 30 years, various official media outlets have mellowed their tone and practically reverted to the "domestic Iranian matter" line.... 98. Insult to Injury (Arab Reactions to Events in Iran) Rime Allaf - Jun 2009 New York Times It has practically become the norm for Arab people and the regimes that rule over them to have different reactions to big events happening in the region. This is also the case with Iran, but in very different ways....

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