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Zvi Bar'el

Zvi Bar'el is the Middle Eastern affairs analyst for Haaretz Newspaper. He is a columnist and a member of the editorial board. Previously he has been the managing editor of the newspaper, the correspondent in Washington and has also covered the Occupied Territories.
 

Bar'el has been with Haaretz since 1982, and has written extensively on the Arab and Islamic world. In 2009, he was awarded the Sokolov prize for lifetime achievement in print journalism.
 

Bar'el has a Ph.D in the History of the Middle East. He teaches at Sapir Academic College and is a research fellow at the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as at the Center for Iranian Studies.
 

Latest Articles by Zvi Bar'el
Danger, female cartoonist

Dalal Ezzi is one of only a few female Arab cartoonists, in a world in which female cartoonists are rarely acknowledged.

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Baghdad Conference / First feelers between the big Satan and the axis of evil 0 comments
Will they shake hands?

Although the purpose of tomorrow's Baghdad summit is to deal with Iraq, the interesting and important part of it will be Iran-U.S. relations

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Will they shake hands?

Although the purpose of tomorrow's Baghdad summit is to deal with Iraq, the interesting and important part of it will be Iran-U.S. relations.

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Vilified for voicing dissent 0 comments
The landlords of the Middle East crises 0 comments
Waiting for the U.S. to tire 0 comments
Refugees, twice over 0 comments
Chapter and verse

Despite the Koranic citations quoted at Mecca, Hamas' religious agenda seems to have disappeared.

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The pharaohs versus the Bedouin 0 comments
Abdullah's problem

The Mecca summit is described in the media as the Palestinians' last chance, but it is really a contest over who will have the prestige of controlling the PA - Saudi Arabia or Iran.

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Minimum to lift economic siege 0 comments
Fatah-Hamas talks: The magic solution 0 comments
The economic noose is tightening 0 comments
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Ascendant players on the regional chessboard

Discussions this week on the crises in the Palestinian Authority and in Lebanon revealed emerging centers of influence in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria.

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High interest, no readers 0 comments
The Damascus meeting / Waiting for the Quartet 0 comments
Abbas-Meshal Summit / Calls for Brotherhood 0 comments
The good soldier of Syria 0 comments
Hamas and Israel / Road map to recognition 0 comments
ANALYSIS / Meshal declaration basic shift in Hamas position

The statement is meant to serve a domestic Palestinian political purpose to create the national unity gov't.

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And now, the fight for his memory

The Arab discourse is dealing with issues like whether the reaction to Saddam's death should be sadness or happiness.

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ANALYSIS - Saddam's execution: Settling accounts with Bush

In light of the U.S. role in Iraq, Saddam may come to be remembered as an authentic Iraqi leader.

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