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Peace talks doomed to failure |
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By Ismail Patel on
06/12/2007 13:51
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Any initiative that brings Israelis and Palestinians together should be welcomed, no matter how unlikely it is to change the facts on the ground. But however much hope the world had for peace in the run up to the Annapolis conference on Tuesday, it was clear that little would be achieved in this gathering of the down and discredited.
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Duplicity over Darfur? |
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By Ismail Patel on
06/09/2007 09:52
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Since the intensification of the Darfur crisis in 2003, Muslims in the West have been accused of turning a blind eye to the estimated 400,000 people killed directly or indirectly by the actions of Sudanese Government and its sponsored militia – the Janjaweed. I felt this most vehemently as I toured universities lecturing on the situation faced by Palestinians.
Invariably, pro-Israeli students would accuse me of duplicity for not mentioning the plight of Africans in ...
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Reaching the Summit |
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By Ismail Patel on
13/03/2007 10:32
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Saudi Arabia is emerging as a key diplomatic force in the Middle East, but the pitfalls in the way of progress cannot be underestimated.
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Talking it over |
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By Ismail Patel on
05/02/2007 17:10
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Military and political victory in the Middle East has arrived at a new definition. It no longer requires conventional all out success but simply survival at the end of the aggression or alternatively, preventing the opposition from achieving their goal.
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We shall not be moved |
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By Ismail Patel on
30/01/2007 14:32
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Tate Britain has entered the debate over the Iraq war by exhibiting placards, postcards and banners that were assembled by Brian Haw in Parliament Square, opposite the House of Commons.
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To be a Civilised Nation |
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By Ismail Patel on
09/01/2007 10:24
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All civilised nations have one thing in common; they surrender the interests of the individual in favour of the whole of society. A nation can be judged on this basic precept, and those that are still emerging from the ‘cave’ are perceived to prioritise personal interest over the communities they live in/represent. This is starkly exemplified by the Corruption Perceptions Indexes year after year, with the countries hitting the bottom in direct correlation with underdeveloped social networks.
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