Clayton Swisher

Director of Programs at the Middle East Institute

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Director of Programs at the Middle East Institute and author of The Truth about Camp David: The Untold Story about the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process

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Two weeks ago in Mecca, Saudi Arabia brokered a "unity government" deal between the Palestinian factions, Islamist Hamas and secular Fattah.

Another Roadblock to Peace in the Middle East

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Last week  UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said  the Israeli-Palestinian issue "carries a powerful symbolic and emotional charge...  like no other conflict in the world."  There was a…

Israel, the Palestinians and anti-Americanism in the Muslim World

Last week UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the Israeli-Palestinian issue "carries a powerful symbolic and emotional charge...  like no other conflict in the world."  There was a…

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