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Not since 1931 has a first-time government failed to be returned to office and there has been no hung parliament since 1940.
For the ruling class, the inability of both major parties to form a stable government signifies that parliamentary mechanisms are becoming increasingly unviable under conditions of deepening global economic crisis and heightening geo-political tensions.

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Obama Administration's policy on strategic cooperation between the US and Israel
arlier this year, President Obama "asked Congress to authorize $205 million to support the production of an Israeli-developed short range rocket defense system called Iron Dome."
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- As I have noted previously, the real purpose of Iron Dome is pacification of Palestinians under occupation and siege, not to protect Israel civilians.
- Moreover, the system is prohibitively expensive. In his Haaretz column, Melman notes that each Iron Dome missile costs around $100,000 compared to the Qassams' approximate cost of $100.
- so long as "illegal settlements continue to be built in East Jerusalem and the West Bank," and "1.5 million people in Gaza continue to suffer without basic services and Palestinians in the West Bank are denied the freedom of movement and prosperity by the separation barrier and hundreds of checkpoints."
- In this analysis the Iron Dome, were it even effective against Qassam rockets and mortars, would be at best a means to avoid a peace agreement or redress of the points Kucinich mentions. Such a scenario, and the even more questionable one of the Iron Dome being primarily for export, begs the question: why is the Obama administration moving toward funding it?

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Jun

2009

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2009

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السؤال الأخطر، من زاوية التوازنات الإقليمية والدولية فى المنطقة، يصبح: كيف ستؤثر الانتخابات على قدرة إيران على إدارة المفاوضات المرتقبة حول دائرة نفوذها الاستراتيجى.
والمفاوضات الأهم التى ينتظر أن تبدأ قبل نهاية العام الحالى بين النظام الإيرانى وإدارة أوباما حول حزمة واسعة من الملفات (من قضية السلاح النووى إلى النفوذ الإيرانى فى المنطقة الممتدة من أفغانستان إلى اليمن مرورا بالعراق والخليج والمشرق العربى، وفى القلب منه لبنان وفلسطين)، يصبح السؤال: كيف ستؤثر هذه الأزمات على تلك المفاوضات المرتقبة والحاسمة؟
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- غير أن المؤشرات بدأت تتزايد على أن هذا المشروع بدأ فى الفترة الأخيرة يعانى من أعراض الظاهرة التى يطلق عليها الخبراء «التمدد الاستراتيجى الزائد»، ويقصد منها التورط فى عدد واسع من الجبهات بما يفوق موارد النظام من ناحية، ويلزمه بالتحرك عبر «خطوط إمداد» طويلة يمكن لخصومه مهاجمتها وضربها.