Middle East Studies Online Journal

Hichem Karoui December 24, 2001 (MMN) ; Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online. With all his millions, his friends, his allies, his followers and the rest of the “team”, bin Laden is apparently not yet ready to let himself being captured and dragged before a court, like Milosevic… if he is still alive, should [...] . . . → Read More: CATCH!

Hichem Karoui December 23, 2001 Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online. Whereas the Arabs are – as usual- diving in deep waters of confusion about the schedule and the agenda of the pre-announced reunion of the Foreign Ministers, expected to support the Palestinians, all the other parties seem to know what they are standing [...] . . . → Read More: REACTIONS (2)

Hichem Karoui December 18, 2001 Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online. So, the U.S. and Israel’s officials reacted to Mr. Arafat’s speech by asking him for deeds not words. Otherwise, shut up and show us to which extent you can go in relaying the Israelis for repressing your own people! Well-done gentlemen! Bravo! That [...] . . . → Read More: Reactions (1)

Hichem Karoui December 17, 2001 Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online. Even before leaving the United States for his Middle East visit, Mr. Zinni’s mission was doomed: the Israeli assassination of Hamas military leader Mahmud Abu Hanud three days before the expected arrival of the US envoy had already reduced his chances of success. [...] . . . → Read More: BETWEEN ARAFAT AND SHARON

Hichem Karoui December 5, 2001 Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online. In a recent interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declared:” Arafat is not a particularly strong leader, and I don’t know that he has good control over the Palestinian situation”! Then he added: “He has not ever delivered [...] . . . → Read More: A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

Hichem Karoui December 5, 2001 Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online. Coming back from a meeting with President Bush in Washington, the Israeli Prime Minister seemed more than ever determined to carry out his “final ” program as regards the Palestinian Authority! Ordered to retaliate for the three suicide bombings of last weekend, his [...] . . . → Read More: SHARON’S FINAL PLAN

Hichem Karoui December 5, 2001 (MMN) ; Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online. The commemoration of the 58th independence anniversary in Lebanon took the aspect of a confrontation between the government and the opposition. The police crackdown on the students of St Joseph University was qualified as a mistake even by some members of [...] . . . → Read More: THE LEBANESE QUAGMIRE

Hichem Karoui December 1, 2001 (MMN) ; Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online. The slogan of the University of Louisville, (Kentucky) where Mr. Powell gave a long expected speech last Monday (Nov.19) is: ” Dare to be great”, as the Secretary of State himself reminded the audience. And since his speech was pre-announced and [...] . . . → Read More: AMERICAN NEW VISION in the Middle East