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Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1122 - Syrian Opposition Divided On International Anti-Terror Coalition - 10/06/14

Introduction U.S. President Obama's decision to establish an international coalition to combat terrorist organizations, particularly the Islamic State (ISIS), met with mixed responses within the Syrian opposition; these responses ranged from qualified appreciation for the decision to strong objection to it. The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (NC), led by Hadi Al-Bahra, welcomed the decision, and even called for hastening its implementation, in light of the ...

N. Mozes

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1121 - Arab Liberals' Perspectives on the Arab Spring (2): Adonis and Sadiq Jalal Al-'Azm: Joint Struggle Shattered by Sectarianism - 09/30/14

Introduction The Arab Spring has assumed alternate shapes in different Middle Eastern countries. In Syria, the March 2011 demonstrations that erupted in Daraa and gradually spread nationwide were violently suppressed. This hastened their transformation into a heavily-sectarian armed conflict, which served as a magnet for militias and individual volunteers from the world over. The war wreaked havoc upon Syria's social fabric. The hostilities in the battlefield reverberated in liberal circles, ...

Y. Feldner

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1120 - The Power Struggle Between Khamenei And His Camp And Rafsanjani And His Camp – Part XI: Rafsanjani's Son Says: My Father Opposes 'Rule Of The Jurisprudent' But Won't Come Out Against Khamenei; Khamenei Tried And Failed To Remove My Father - 09/29/14

Introduction On August 20, 2014, the oppositionist Iranian daily Kayhan London published a previously unreleased 2012 interview conducted in London with Mehdi Hashemi, the son of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The interviewer, Iranian journalist Bijan Farhoudi, explained that he was publishing the interview now following his discovery that a recording of it had been obtained by the Iranian intelligence ministry and by investigators in the current trial of Hashemi in Iran, because he wanted to ...

Yossi Mansharof

Special Dispatch No. 5849 - Article On Al-Jazeera America Website: Beheadings In Saudi Arabia Also Merit International Concern - 09/28/14

The website of the U.S.-based Qatari TV channel Al-Jazeera America recently posted an article titled "Beheadings Remain Integral Part of Saudi Justice System." The article, by the site's digital producer Amel Ahmed, points out that Saudi Arabia sentences dozens of people to death by decapitation every year, for violent and even non-violent crimes, and metes out violent punishments even to political activists, as a means of stifling dissent. However, it says, while the beheadings carried out by ...

JTTM Weekly No. 115 - Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary - 09/23/14

The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...

Special Dispatch No. 5843 - Imprisonment For Iranian Intellectual Who Spoke Out Against Iranian Regime's Nuclear Policy - 09/17/14

On June 18, 2014, Iranian academic Sadegh Zibakalam was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of disseminating anti-regime propaganda, publishing lies, and insulting senior judiciary officials. 1 Zibakalam, a political analyst and lecturer at Tehran University, had criticized the Iranian regime's nuclear policy and its attitude towards Israel. In a January 2014 open letter to Hossein Shariatmadari, editor of the Kayhan daily and associate of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, he stated ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1117 - Understanding Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi And The Phenomenon Of The Islamic Caliphate State - 09/14/14

Introduction The successive atrocities committed by the Islamic State (IS, previously called the Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham – ISIS) have diverted the discussion away from an understanding of this organization's political program, creating the erroneous impression that it is simply a more vicious version of Al-Qaeda. According to this view, this organization presumably intends to attack the West by means of its foreign militants who hold Western passports and could return to Western ...

Yigal Carmon

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1115 - Articles In Palestinian, Egyptian, Saudi Press Call For Leveraging Gaza Ceasefire Into Political Initiative Leading To Peace With Israel And Palestinian State - 09/01/14

1. Introduction In the wake of the Gaza war, Palestinian President Mahmoud 'Abbas seeks to leverage the ceasefire agreement into a political initiative to attain an independent Palestinian state, an initiative to be carried out in coordination with Egypt and other Arab countries and while keeping the U.S. informed. 1 'Abbas, who hopes such a measure will boost the political standing of the Palestinian Authority (PA), said in a joint press conference with Egyptian President 'Abd Al-Fattah ...

B. Chernitsky

Special Dispatch No. 5829 - Lebanese Journalist Hisham Melhem: The Islamic State In Iraq And Syria (ISIS) 'Was Produced By A Very Ill And Weak Arab Body Politic' - 08/28/14

In an article titled "Enough Lies, the Arab Body Politic Created the ISIS Cancer," senior Lebanese journalist Dr. Hisham Melhem, who is Al-Arabiya's Washington bureau head and a correspondent for the Lebanese daily Al-Nahar , comes out against the prevalence of conspiracy theories in the Arab world, which, he says, are the Arabs' way of evading responsibility and blaming their problems on others. He focuses on the phenomenon of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS), pointing out that Arabs deal with ...

Special Dispatch No. 5822 - Despite Cairo Talks, Wave Of Arab World Condemnations Of Hamas Continues: This Was No Victory; Hamas' Foot-Dragging On Egyptian Initiative Increased Palestinian Losses; Hamas Should Be Replaced By Peace-Seeking Leadership - 08/18/14

As ceasefire talks commenced in Cairo in mid-July, the Arab press published many articles summing up the Gaza fighting and discussing the Hamas movement's profit-loss balance in the conflict with Israel. Alongside articles commending the Hamas movement's achievements and viewing them as a victory for the resistance against Israel, many Arab writers, including Palestinians, sharply criticized Hamas and its handling of the conflict. Some writers, while comparing the massive casualty rate in Gaza ...

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