Showing posts with label Geoffrey Aronson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geoffrey Aronson. Show all posts

Friday, 27 May 2016

Fabricating facts: An old-fashioned political tool (Geoffrey Aronson, Al Jazeera)

Those opposed to occupation in Palestine have a far more difficult challenge to undo the bitter fruits that the policy of creating facts has produced, writes Aronson [EPA]

It is said that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. As the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrates the anniversary of yet another year of Israel's occupation, the news from places as far flung as Moscow and Beijing must be gratifying indeed

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/fabricating-facts-fashioned-political-tool-160524094358015.html

Sunday, 24 April 2016

Israel, Golan Heights and the Syrian endgame (Geoffrey Aronson, Al Jazeera)

A view of the the Israeli-Syrian border in the occupied Golan Heights, near the village of Majdal Shams, Israel [EPA]

As the beginning of the endgame on Syria commences, Israel is signaling its intention to join in the feasting on Syria's decaying sovereignty - demanding international recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights captured from Syria in the June 1967 war.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/israel-golan-heights-syrian-endgame-160421062818750.html

Saturday, 9 April 2016

Syrian Civil War: Search for alternative trading routes (Geoffrey Aronson, Al Jazeera)

Few eyebrows were raised when Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced the inauguration of a new maritime link between the Turkish port of Iskenderun in southern Turkey and Jordan's Aqaba port during his recent visit.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/syrian-civil-war-search-alternative-trading-routes-160407113013098.html

Sunday, 3 April 2016

Donald Trump or Ted Cruz: Pick your poison (Geoffrey Aronson, Al Jazeera)

The United States presidential campaign has reserved the greatest reward for those - at least among Republicans - with the most sinister solutions to its problems.

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Personalities like Cruz and Trump are not cardboard characters, but serious contenders to be president of the US, writes Aronson [AP]

Geoffrey Aronson is a specialist in Middle East affairs.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Moscow and Washington are not that far apart on Syria (Geoffrey Aronson, Al Jazeera)

One of the positive and significant aspects of the Syria crisis is its effect on US-Russian relations. Russian President Vladimir Putin's unexpected decision to withdraw forces from Syria is merely the latest chapter of this fast-moving engagement.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/moscow-washington-syria-isis-160313072514575.html

Wednesday, 10 February 2016

The Moscow-Jerusalem axis over Syria (Geoffrey Aronson, Al Jazeera)

Russia's offensive in Syria is paying big dividends, and not only for the coalition assembled by Russian President Vladimir Putin. As a consequence of understandings reached between Putin and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the beginning of the Russian bombing campaign in September, Israel has become a silent if uneasy partner, along with Iran and Hezbollah, in the energised campaign to defeat the increasingly besieged opposition.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/moscow-jerusalem-axis-syria-isis-putin-russia-160209054103460.html