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rey Goldberg Jan 23, 2014 -- Perhaps it's the altitude. Maybe it's the rich food -- or the rich people. Or maybe the word for chutzpah in Farsi is "Davos." For whatever reason, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, have been putting on a brass-neck display

pushy (or a bit too close to the truth) by the Iranian foreign ministry. Rouhani managed to be both impudent and on-message today in his address at Davos, where he announced "that one of the theoretical and practical priorities of my government is constructive engagement with the world." By "world,"

the two largest states on Israel's border, Egypt and Syria, it hasn't affected the stability in Israel's "near abroad"—the inner circle of Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan. Even a hardened skeptic should note that the prospects for progress in Israeli—Palestinian negotiations are higher today than at any

will be "America is back". Predictions that the US economy will grow by 3 per cent this year — added to worries about emerging markets — mean that Davos is likely to be bullish on America for the first time in years. But a revival of the US economy should not be confused with a EFTA_R1_02211214 EF

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anning to build a short pipeline to Jordan, a project that could help to stabilize the Jewish state's lone Arab partner and supply Palestinians in the West Bank. The Leviathan field's developers said Jan. 5 that they had signed a deal to sell 4.5 billion cubic meters of gas to Palestine Power Generation Co.

es, and jointly issued euro bonds. Fine, say the Brits. Have your Federal Republic of Europe. But count us out. EFTA_R1_00225774 EFTA01840718 At Davos in January, German Chancellor Angela Merkel defined her vision of Europe's future in classically federal terms. Does Cameron have an alternative vi

he Persians, without distancing himself from Israel. He backed Arab nations in their war with Israel in 1973, and denounced Israel's occupation of the West Bank. In 1975, Iran voted in favor of an Arab resolution at the United Nations that declared EFTA_R1_00225757 EFTA01840701 Zionism to be a form of ra

ty about American imperialism. Over the past year, the World Economic Forum—the same folks who run the annual gathering in the Swiss resort town of Davos—organized a unique set of discussions around the world with dozens of international leaders, from Saudi bankers to Singaporean academics, African

aeli Parliament is newsworthy enough. But it was what he said that caused an uproar: Mr. EFTA00684259 Schulz quoted a young Palestinian he met in the West Bank, who had asked him: "How can it be that an Israeli is allowed to use 70 liters of water a day but a Palestinian only 17?" Though Mr. Schulz didn't