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Fraternal enemies : Israel and the Gulf monarchies
\"Relations between Israel and the Gulf states are not anything new. In the immediate aftermath of the 1993 Oslo Accords, both Qatar and Oman established low-level yet open diplomatic ties with Israel. In 2010, Ha'aretz reported that the former Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, was on friendly terms with Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Zayed, her counterpart from the UAE, despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties between the two states. The shared suspicion towards the regional designs of Iran that undoubtedly underpinned these ties even extended, it was alleged, to a secret dialogue between Israel and Saudi Arabia, led by the late Meir Dagan, the former head of Mossad. Jones and Guzansky contend that, at the very least, ties between Israel and many of its Gulf counterparts are now more vibrant than hitherto realised\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Border walls
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, why are the notable democracies of the United States, India, and Israel building massive walls and fences on their borders? Despite predictions of a borderless world through globalization, these three countries alone have built security barriers totaling an astonishing 5,700 kilometers in length. In this groundbreaking work, Reece Jones analyzes how these controversial walls were justified, their impact on those living behind them, and the long-term effects of the hardening of political boundaries. Border Walls is a bold, important intervention that demonstrates that the exclusion and violence necessary to secure the borders of the modern state often undermine the very ideals of freedom and democracy the barriers are meant to protect.
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Sinai : Egypt's linchpin, Gaza's lifeline, Israel's nightmare
\"Enclosed by the Suez Canal and bordering Gaza and Israel, Egypt's rugged Sinai Peninsula has been the cornerstone of the Egyptian-Israeli peace accords, yet its internal politics and security have remained largely under media blackout. While the international press descended on the capital Cairo in January 2011, Sinai's armed rebellion was ignored. The regime lost control of the peninsula in a matter of days and, since then, unprecedented chaos has reigned and the Islamist insurgency has gathered pace. In this crucial analysis, Mohannad Sabry argues that Egypt's shortsighted security approach has continually proven to be a failure. Decades of flawed policies have exacerbated immense social and economic problems, and maintained a superficial stability under which arms trafficking, the smuggling tunnels, and militancy could silently thrive-and finally prevail following the overthrow of Mubarak. Sinai is vital reading for scholars, journalists, policy makers, and all those concerned by the plunge of one of the Middle East's most critical regions into turmoil.\"--Book jacket.
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Why Optimism About the Prospects of the Two-state Solution Is Justified
Tamir discusses why optimism about reaching a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine is justified. The results of the Israeli elections are adding to the fatalistic attitude prevalent in the Israeli public and in the international arena regarding the chances of saving Israel from a binational catastrophe. Contrary to skepticism about the chances of reaching a two-state solution, all polls show that the majority of the Israeli public prefers separation from the Palestinians over any other alternative. The alternative in which two communities of almost equal size located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and which have been in violent conflict for many decades will live in a common state seems to most Israelis to be a catastrophe, and rightly so. On the other hand, a deep and widespread distrust in the feasibility of the two-state solution has taken root in the Israeli public.
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The Abraham Accords: Illusion and Reality
The Abraham Accords were signed on Sep. 15, 2020, at the White House between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, and signed shortly afterwards by Sudan and Morocco. Though these accords allegedly articulated the importance of peace in the Middle East based on dialogue, cooperation, mutual understanding, and coexistence, they did not make any linkage between resolving the Palestinian issue, and making peace between Israel and the Arab states. Israel hoped that Saudi Arabia and more Arab and Muslim nations would join the Abraham Accords in due course. Yet, two years after the accords were signed no other Arab states have joined them. This is clearly because public opinion in the Arab countries, including Egypt and Jordan, opposes normalization with Israel as long as the Palestinian problem remains unresolved.
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اتفاقيات أبراهام والنموذج الجديد للتطبيع
سعت الورقة البحثية إلى تحليل \"اتفاقيات أبراهام\" بوصفها نموذجًا جديدًا للتطبيع بين إسرائيل وكل من الإمارات العربية المتحدة ومملكة البحرين، مع تسليط الضوء على السياقات السياسية والإقليمية والدولية التي أسهمت في بلورة هذه الاتفاقيات. مبينةً أن هذه الاتفاقيات مثلت تحولًا جذريًا في الموقف العربي التقليدي تجاه إسرائيل، إذ انتقلت من مبدأ \"الأرض مقابل السلام\" إلى \"السلام مقابل الاقتصاد\"، وهو ما أضعف الموقف الفلسطيني وأدى إلى انقسامات إضافية في النظام العربي. كما أشارت إلى أن هذه الاتفاقيات قد تجاهلت المرجعيات الدولية والقرارات الأممية المتعلقة بالقضية الفلسطينية، وارتكزت بشكل رئيسي على المصالح الاقتصادية والأمنية المشتركة، بدعم مباشر من الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. مبينة ما يترتب على هذا النموذج من مخاطر، مثل تهميش القضية الفلسطينية، وتعزيز النفوذ الإسرائيلي في المنطقة، وإضعاف الروابط القومية العربية، لتخلص في النهاية إلى أن هذه الاتفاقيات تعكس تحولًا في أولويات المنطقة نحو البراغماتية السياسية على حساب المبادئ العربية الراسخة. كُتب هذا المستخلص من قبل دار المنظومة 2025
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Hostile Homelands
'A valuable study, with rich insights' - Noam Chomsky
Under Narendra Modi, India has changed dramatically. As the world attempts to grapple with its trajectory towards authoritarianism and 'Hindutva' (Hindu Nationalism), little attention has been paid to the linkages between Modi's India and the governments from which it has drawn inspiration, as well as military and technical support.
India once called Zionism racism, but, as Azad Essa argues, the state of Israel has increasingly become a cornerstone of India's foreign policy. Looking to replicate the 'ethnic state' in the image of Israel in policy and practice, the annexation of Kashmir increasingly resembles Israel's settler-colonial project of the occupied West Bank. The ideological and political linkages between the two states are alarming; their brands of ethnonationalism are deeply intertwined.
Hostile Homelands puts India's relationship with Israel in its historical context, looking at the origins of Zionism and Hindutva; India's changing position on Palestine; and the countries' growing military-industrial relationship from the 1990s. Lucid and persuasive, Essa demonstrates that the India-Israel alliance spells significant consequences for democracy, the rule of law, and justice worldwide.
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Losing an enemy : Obama, Iran, and the triumph of diplomacy
The definitive book on President Obama's historic nuclear deal with Iran from the U.S. foreign policy expert and acclaimed author of Treacherous Alliance.
In Losing an Enemy, Middle East policy expert Trita Parsi examines President Obama's strategy toward Iran's nuclear program and reveals how the historic agreement of 2015 broke the persistent stalemate in negotiations that had blocked earlier efforts. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, accomplished two major feats in one stroke: it averted the threat of war with Iran and prevented the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb.
Parsi advised the Obama White House throughout the talks and had access to decision-makers and diplomats on the U.S. and Iranian sides alike. With his unique insight, he examines every facet of a triumph that could become as important and consequential as Nixon's rapprochement with China. Drawing from more than seventy-five in-depth interviews with key decision-makers, including Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, this is the first authoritative account of President Obama's signature foreign policy achievement.
\"A detailed and gripping account of the 22 months of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program that resulted in the 2015 deal.\"—John Waterbury, Foreign Affairs
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