Author: Patrick Lang

A New Palestinian Legislature

by Patrick Lang The latest surveys show HAMAS, which obtained major success in the local elections against the group, al-Fatah, lead by President Mahmoud Abbas, will get more than one third of the votes in this election and...

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Lebanon, the Perpetual Pawn

by Patrick Lang (bio below) “No consensus exists on a vision for Lebanon. Hizballah’s strategic alliances with Syria and, more significantly, Iran make improbable a serious dialogue on disarmament, which the party’s...

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A Truce? – Unlikely

“As for similar operations taking place in America, it’s only a matter of time. They are in the planning stages and you will see them in the heart of your land as soon as the planning is complete.” But it also...

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Iran’s Countermove

by Patrick Lang (bio below) In my previous post, “And the Winner is – Saudi Arabia,” I argued that Saudi Arabia has recently made a successful effort to “acquire” Syria as a state operating within...

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Iranian Conference on the Holocaust

by Patrick Lang (bio below) “Last month, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech, “They have invented a myth that Jews were massacred, and place this above God, religions and the prophets.” He...

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