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Posted in Egypt, Event Transcript, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
TIME: 10:30-11:30, Wednesday 16th December 2015
VENUE: Committee Room 15, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
SPEAKERS: General Yosef Kuperwasser, Former Head of Israel’s Military Intelligence &
Dr. Jacques Neriah, former Diplomatic and Political Adviser to the late PM Yitzhak Rabin
To attend please RSVP to: rsvp@henryjacksonsociety.org
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Originally published in Real Clear World
Today’s Middle East is arguably more volatile and more dangerous than it has been for centuries. The rise of Islamic State and the prospect of a nuclear Iran each represent an unprecedented threat to global …
Originally published in Bild
Jordanien reagierte sofort auf die Tötung des Piloten, die auf Video aufgenommen wurde – und ließ gestern zwei Islamisten hinrichten. Unter ihnen die Frau, die ISIS im Austausch gegen Moath freipressen wollte
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Terrorexperten wie Davis Lewin (Henry Jackson …
This is a summary of an event with Dr Tariq Tell, Political Economist at the Centre for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, American University in Beirut, on 23 January 2013; it reflects the views expressed by the speaker and not …
Posted in Jordan, Middle East, Opinion Editorial, Spotlight
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It was only a matter of time before the Arab Spring would come to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Protests in Amman, among other Jordanian cities calling for political reform, which started in March 2011, have grown in size, …
Executive Summary
• Important legislative elections expected this year in Jordan and in the Palestinian Territories are likely to increase the power and influence of Hamas and the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF).
• In the longer term, the growing influence …
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Posted in Event Audio, Human Rights, Jordan, Terrorism & Security, United Kingdom
Abu Qatada has described himself as “a simple teacher of Islam” with “a big mouth and a big belly.” A Spanish judge called him Osama bin Laden’s “right-hand man in Europe.” To the British government, he is now simply a …
Posted in Jordan, Middle East, Spotlight, Terrorism & Security, United Kingdom
If anybody remained under the impression that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) cared about Britain’s security then yesterday’s events must finally have persuaded them otherwise.
The ECHR ruled that Al Qaeda associate Islamist cleric Abu Qatada could not be …
Posted in Islamism, Jordan, Religious Fundamentalism, Terrorism & Security, United Kingdom
While the world has been ‘buzzing’ over President Obama this past month, a very interesting development is taking place in the Middle East.
The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) announced on 10 May 2011 that Moroccan and Jordanian membership is being considered.
The GCC is …