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Sep 18, 2014, 5:56 AM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 275

More Gazans said risking sea passage for better life in Europe | The Times of Israel 'Hundreds of Palestinians drowned in Mediterranean in recent days amid a surge in migrants following summer conflict ' It seems there are those willing...

Sep 17, 2014, 6:52 AM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 274

Gaza war set to reverse Palestinian economic growth. 'World Bank says economy expected to shrink by nearly 4% this year but could rebound in 2015 if Gaza reconstruction begins' If Gaza reconstruction begins, it will take a massive...

Sep 16, 2014, 6:57 AM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 273

Israel's security needs 'billions' more, Ya'alon says | The Times of Israel 'Amid budget battle, minister warns that failure to allocate more money to defense would be ‘irresponsible’ ' 'Billions more on defense' would indicate that projected expenditures have risen...

Sep 15, 2014, 8:37 AM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 272

IS says it has beheaded British aid worker David Haines | The Times of Israel 'Terror group releases video apparently showing killing, threatens another alleged British captive' And the not unnatural Western and, in many cases, Eastern response to these...

Sep 14, 2014, 9:20 AM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 271

Pope urges world to shed apathy in face of 'third war' | The Times of Israel 'Pontiff laments human toll of ‘senseless massacres,’ crimes and destruction, says ‘humanity needs to weep’ ' The problem here, of course, is that the...

Sep 12, 2014, 10:30 PM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 270

Weak leadership in US, Israel is making region more dangerous | The Times of Israel 'Obama insists on tackling IS, not Iran, while Netanyahu does nothing to keep the West Bank from deteriorating' Today, just after the thirteenth anniversary of...

Sep 11, 2014, 12:22 PM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 269

Israel likely committed war crimes in Gaza, group charges | The Times of Israel 'Human Rights Watch says Israel fired indiscriminately in two cases and used disproportionate firepower in a third' IDF opens criminal probe into 5 cases in wake...

Sep 10, 2014, 2:29 PM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 268

Palestinian killed by Israeli fire during West Bank clash | The Times of Israel 'Army says that rioter threw an explosive at soldiers in refugee camp to arrest suspect, who returned fire with live ammunition' And so the process continues,...

Sep 9, 2014, 9:49 PM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 267

Video shows Islamic Jihad digging new Gaza tunnels | The Times of Israel 'Al-Jazeera TV reporter descends beneath the border with Israel to see preparations for ‘next battle’ ' In a more perfect world, this apparently endless conflict between Israelis...

Sep 8, 2014, 12:11 AM

The complete idiot’s guide to Mideast peace – part 266

Heading toward a renewal of the Gaza conflict? | The Times of Israel ' 'Two weeks after the fighting stopped, there’s been no progress in rehabilitating Gaza or resuming Israeli-PA talks. Abbas and Hamas are getting impatient' In the end, where is...

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Engineer, Virgo - now retired having worked 30 years in the field of medical diagnostic imaging for a major German multinational. Based in UK .