http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-battle-for-the-middle-easts-future-begins-in-yemen-as-saudi-arabia-jumps-into-the-abyss-10140145.html The battle for the Middle East's future begins in Yemen as Saudi Arabia jumps into the abyss An article by Robert Fisk, which proves and demonstrates how the "Imperial Powers" of Europe, namely the United Kingdom and France, completely botched the political structure and long term stability of the Middle East, in the years following the First World War. In recent years, United States foreign policy in the region has compounded and amplified an already volatile environment and made the situation even worse. When drawing artificial borders to give effect to the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1915/1916, the map makers did not understand, or completely ignored, all those factors which since the beginning of time, have been taken as the demarcation lines between countries. Borders have historically foll...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/splits-emerge-in-palestinian-national-unity-pact-already-9289846.html "Splits" emerge in Palestinian national unity pact Fatah and Hamas, sign a reconciliation agreement It is not in the interests of the United States or of Israel to have a "Unity government" in Palestine. Consequently they will use whatever means are at their disposal to discredit, demonise and destroy any prospect of a united PA. This "story" is just an opening salvo in a propaganda assault attempting to derail what appears to be a genuine attempt to improve the prospects for the Palestinian people. Whether Hamas and Fatah can form an effective, unified Palestinian government remains to be seen, but the world does owe them the opportunity to attempt such an idea without the mischievous interventions of Israel and the united States.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-yet-another-betrayal-of-the-palestinians-9290402.html Yet another betrayal of the Palestinians Robert Fisk 'Barack Obama becomes the latest US President effectively to give up on the peace process' The "peace process" is dead (if it were ever alive in the first place) together with the concept of a "Two state solution". The Israeli's have never really been committed to or interested in any form of agreement with the Palestinians and certainly since the "Cast Lead" atrocity of December 2008, have demonstrated a growing hostility to Palestine. Continuing expansion of Israeli settlements, more building and land grabbing in Jerusalem and on the West Bank, the gradational annexation of huge sectors of the occupied territories, thus ensuring that any concept of a "viable" Palestine was negated. Palestinians have been betrayed over many years and surely ...