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“Why Lieberman?,” Written by Shai for Syria Comment The question has been bothering me, as well as many other Israelis (perhaps even most), for quite some time now. We didn’t need to wait this long, to hear the controversial speech at the UN, to ask why the Israeli Prime Minister hasn’t fired Lieberman. We asked [...]
Syria Comment’s Elie Elhadj supports the view of Yasin al-Khouli recently published in Syria Steps. Both analysts explain why Syria should push tourism and and abandon the time honored policy of promoting agricultural self-sufficiency. For too long, Syria has viewed food as a strategic product. For reasons of national defense and pride, Syria has poured [...]
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman on Syria (Haaretz): What about Syria? How are your relations with them going? And they ready or interested in talking with Israel? “We are engaging with Syria – President Obama is committed to using engagement as a diplomatic tool – and we are trying [...]
Rami Khoury at Daily Star: World Bank data shows that per capita Gross Domestic Product (at constant 2000 prices) for the entire Arab world actually declined from an average of $2,671 for the decade of the 1980s to $2,556 this decade (going even lower to $2035 for the decade of the 1990s in between). In [...]
The Sin in Syria is Low Wages By Ehsani for Syria Comment October 17, 2010 My motivation for writing this essay is to offer a counter argument to an article that I read this morning by a fellow Syrian who lashed out at the Syrian private sector. The article is by Abu Fares, “The Syrian [...]
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