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Israel's main battle tank Merkava IV. Source: http://www.armyrecognition.com

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The rivalry and cooperation between Israel and Russia in the field of armament industry

Both, the Russia Federation as well as Israel, are countries with developed armament industry and defence sector. For Israel, which has been dominating the world rankings of arms expenditures per capita for a long time, it is, as its representatives declare, a question of survival in the region where its existence is often perceived by the neighbours with animosity or overt hostility. In the Russian Federation, armament industry, as one of few…

Equipment destroyed an Israeli air strike in September 2007. Source: www.time.com

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The affair around Syrian nuclear program

Syria has registered a very positive development in the field of international politics in the last months. After signing the Agreement of Doha between Lebanese antisyrian coalition and prosyrian opposition forces, France as the presidency country of the European Union showed an effort for reinforcing political and – as it was shown later – also economic relationships with Damascus (1), which can also be demonstrated by the successive meetings of Presidents of both countries…

Golan Heights and Israeli settlements. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk

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Israel and Syria negotiate for peace after eight years again, now it’s Lebanon’s turn

Two states, which have been formally in state of war since the so-called Six-Day War in 1967, restored indirect peace negotiations headed by Turkey, which has strived to act as a catalyst for peace in the Middle East for a long time. It was not until May 2008 that all sides confirmed officially this message, although negotiations had already been under way for several months by that time. Israeli occupation of the strategic territory…

Supporters of Hamas in protest against the closure of the Rafah town border, September 2007.

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Israel’s concessions: Whose turn is it now and why?

On 8th May, Israeli state commemorated the 60th anniversary of its establishment according to Jewish calendar. The Israelis celebrated the 60 years of the existence of their state by air shows, concerts and picnics. The Palestinians, who dub the origin of Israel “nakba” – disaster, installed Palestinian flags, black standards and mourning bands on their houses and called for an one-hour strike. On 15th May…

Protester with portraits of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bashar al-Assad and Hassan Nasrallah. Source: www.britannica.com

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Regional Interests of Syria

The capital of Syria Damascus has been the capital city of Arab culture since January, and it will be until the the end of 2008. Although Syria was the only state left out of the Middle East tour of the U.S. President George Bush Jr. in January, it cannot be said that we have not heard of it throughout last months. It was also in relation to the attack of Israeli air forces on the Syrian territory in September, in relation…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Source: AFP

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Teheran has been uniting ideology and pragmatism

After 3rd December, 2007, when the US National Intelligence Council released a report, the advocates of the attack on Iran were deprived of one of the reason for its conduction. In the report called Iran: Nuclear intentions and capabilities (1) the CIA claims “with a high degree of certainty” that Teheran terminated its nuclear program yet prior to 2003 and doesn’t resume it nowadays.In spite of the statements…