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arent by royal decree. = • In Tunisi=, the new government, led by the Ennanda Party, is being challenged by=the entrenched interests of the former Ben Ali government and by Salafist =ctivists. Judges went on strike after the Justice Minister fired 81 judges=on suspicion of corruption. Clashes between t
ments continues to stir political tensions. Is=aeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered 300 new homes to be built i= the Beit El settlement in the West Bank on June 6. The United Nations, th= United States, and European Union representatives criticized the decision= questioned its legitimacy, and decrie
Saudi Arabia was uneasy with 2011's outpouring of people power from the start, lest it flow into the kingdom as well. First, when Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali fled Tunisia, he and his family were welcomed in Saudi Arabia. Then, Riyadh worked EFTA_R1_02205167 EFTA02721247 to prevent the toppling of the
ony Blair. But it is perhaps the opinion of Palestinian citizens themselves that is most telling. A community leader in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank, once a center of conflict, compared the period before 2007, when "the camp was controlled by militias and thugs who partially financed their regi
apparent by royal decree. • In Tunisia, the new government, led by the Ennanda Party, is being challenged by the entrenched interests of the former Ben Ali government and by Salafist activists. Judges went on strike after the Justice Minister fired 81 judges on suspicion of corruption. Clashes between
ents continues to stir political tensions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered 300 new homes to be built in the Bcit El settlement in the West Bank on Junc 6. The United Nations, the United States, and European Union representatives criticized the decision, questioned its legitimacy, and decried
di had not struck him—and she was acquitted). But there was enough tension and discontent within the country—and in particular with Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali— that had it not been for the unfortunate Bouazizi, some other incident might well have caused the overthrow of the regime. Next, for a revolution
or threshold he will cross, but only if Abbas is willing to respond publicly in kind. Since Palestinians' major fear is that Israel will hold on to the West Bank, Netanyahu needs to clearly state that this will not be the case. Although Palestinians realize that Israel will not return to the pre-1967 borders
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