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s of the GCC, held in Riyadh last weekend, has supposedly endorsed the Qatari nomination. It is worth noting that all former Secretaries-General of the Arab League have been Egyptians, with the exception of Mr. Chedli Klibi of Tunisia, who assumed the post after the League's headquarters were moved to Tunis upo
y Council: (1) it allowed two Iranian warships to cross the Suez Canal on their way to Syria; and (2) it permitted Hamas officials to travel though Rafah's crossing, thus reversing President Mubarak's policy on this issue. • Sources claim that Egypt is also determined to improve relations with Syria,
s with Iran. The two countries began to consider the resumption of direct flights between the two nations after 32 years. Also in 2010, the head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, urged member countries to acknowledge the new geopolitical realities in the region: namely, the rise of non-Arab countries such as Tu
the popular sentiment in favor of the Palestinian cause, the new Egyptian leadership initiated two important policy shifts. First, it re-opened the Rafah border, which has allowed most residents of Gaza to escape the suffocating siege imposed by Israel. Second, Egypt has played an active role in faci
hamed Amr issued a bland statement<http://english=ahram.org.eg/News/S8130.aspx> calling on Israel to stop the fighting, and =as taken the matter to the Arab League, which, in addition to being feckle=s, won't discuss the fighting in Gaza until Saturday<http://www.chicagotri=une.com/news/sns-rt-us-arableague-gaz
Mr. Thrall suggested, would be a three-=arty deal in which Hamas vows to contain Gaza's more extreme elements in=exchange for improved trade through Rafah, the border crossing controlled =y Egypt, as well as Kerem Shalom, the commercial crossing managed by Israe=. "The new X-factor is that Egypt is no
f the popular sentiment in favor of the Palestinian cause, the new Egyptian leadership initiated two important policy shifts. First, it re-opened the Rafah border, which has allowed most residents of Gaza to escape the suffocating siege imposed by Israel. Second, Egypt has played an active role in facili
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Barack Obama
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Hosni Mubarak
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Cairo
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Bashar al-Assad
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United States
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tunisia
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Damascus
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Lebanon
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Tehran
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Yemen
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George W. Bush
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Fatah
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Saddam Hussein
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Bahrain
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al-Qaeda
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Muslim Brotherhood
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Department of Justice
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