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“The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states,” clarified President Barack Obama in his keynote Middle East speech…

President Barack Obama crossed the Atlantic on Sunday night for a tour of the Old Continent including stops in Ireland, France and Poland. However, the only thing European that Americans have on their minds these days is the fall of IMF…

In the past, the balance of power went something like this: the Europeans ran the International Monetary Fund and the Americans headed up the World Bank. Now, with new emerging economic powers, Europe itself needing debt bailouts and the US…

Since the Arab Spring has also reached Syria, many Israelis feel as if the world around them is crumbling down: the new Egyptian government just decided to open up the border to Gaza at the Rafah crossing; the Palestinian factions Fatah and…

“There is a general disgust with existing leaders throughout the region,” points out Mouin Rabbani, a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies. “And Palestinians are no exception”. This mindset has found expression in growing…