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Hizbullah cell in Egypt: obstacles in the way of stretching beyond the borders
Issue 125: 24 April 2009
Dr Hassan Abu Taleb
The uncovering of a Hizbullah cell in Egypt arouses a host of questions regarding the group's principles, strategies and external relations. Indeed, the incident signifies the plight Hizbullah is now suffering on both home and external fronts. The problematic relationship with the Lebanese State and the group's pursuit to use the Palestinian issue to enhance the leverage of particular regional powers pose difficult challenges.
The move to form a cell in Egypt -led by Sami Shehab and including Egyptians and Arabs- implies that Hizbullah decided to stretch beyond the Lebanese borders and play a direct role in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict- in full coordination with the Iranian objectives. Central to Hizbullah's new policy were the Palestinian factions intent on continuing its course of military confrontation with Israel. Hamas is at the heart of this camp-the movement took over the Gaza Strip in June 2007 and insists on acting independently from the Palestinian Authority. |
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Obama's visit to Ankara and the future of Turkey's regional role
Issue 124: 14 April 2009
Bashir Abdel-Fattah
Obama's latest visit to Turkey could be seen as an opportunity to mend the cracks that surfaced between Washington and Ankara during Bush's term in office. Yet the visit stirred up much controversy over the potentials of the Turkish role in the region as well as the challenges it might face.
The US President was willing to use the visit to lay the ground for a strategic partnership between Washington and Ankara and bridge the gap between Islam and the west. He confirmed his support to Turkey's bid for EU candidacy and heaped praise on the country's secular and democratic legacy as well as its role in the Middle East and the Caspian Sea. As he was keen to emphasise his administration's commitment to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict via the two-state solution, the US President expressed his full support to the Turkish role in this regard-a position that could be seen by many as an explicit recognition of the Turkish mediation between Israel and Arab parties.
The Turks were heartened by Obama's statements vis-à-vis the Armenian and Kurdish issues. He said that he would not use the term 'ethnic cleansing' to describe the crimes the Ottoman Empire had allegedly committed in Armenia during the WWI-thought he called the Turkish parliament to open the Armenian file. He displayed an understanding to Turks' efforts to fight the (Kurdistan Workers Party) PKK, and said that such efforts work in tandem with the country's constructive role in support of the US war on terror. |
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