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Alan Melkman
Registered: 14 January 2011
Location: Hampstead

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To win you need to attack

By Alan Melkman, March 15, 2011

Below are two extracts from today's 'Daily Alert' (www.dailyalert.org). They characterise two opposite approaches to arresting the deligitimisation and demonisation of Israel. The two approaches are not mutually exclusive.

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Is the UN fit for purpose?

By Alan Melkman, March 8, 2011

I'll start by admitting that Hillel Neuer of UN Watch is one of my heroes. Yet again his organisation is exposing the blatant politicising and hypocrisy of the UN Human Rights Council. Despite the frequent highlighting of this subversion of truth and morality over many years the UN has done practically nothing.

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Egypt - the six phases of the revolution

By Alan Melkman, February 12, 2011

Most, if not all, expert commentators tell us that no one knows how events will unfold in Egypt. Whilst this is true, since no one can know how the future will turn out, I think they are derelict in their duty by not giving us their informed views. Obviously, they fear they may be wrong

However, for an opinionated individual like myself, possibly being wrong has never been a problem, so let me give you my take on what will happen.

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There must be a better way....

By Alan Melkman, February 6, 2011

Often blogs comment on events that have occurred and then look at what might happen next. This one is different. It starts with what will happen in the future and then predicts what is likely to happen as a result and why it serves no real purpose.

Tonight Channel 4 airs the first of a four part series ‘The promise’. Judging by the advanced publicity and what I’ve been told it is about how the early idealistic efforts to re-establish a Jewish homeland turned into ethnic cleansing of the Arabs and worse by the Jews.

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Egypt - it ain't going to turn out well!

By Alan Melkman, February 1, 2011

Has there ever been a more ignorant, arrogant and amateur US administration led by a brilliant law professor who even makes Jimmy Carter look like an insightful intellectual? Its response to events in Egypt will hopefully mark the low water mark in its foreign policy failures, although I fear it will attempt to plumb even more profound depths in the future.

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Palestine 9 Israel 0: If the Middle East conflict were a game of football.

By Alan Melkman, January 25, 2011

In the battle for the hearts and minds of the public Israel has suffered its worst defeat for many years, if not ever. The revelations, publicised by Al Jazeera, that the West Bank leadership offered Israel a couple of years ago nearly everything it was demanding and that Israel turned them down flat is deeply damaging. At the time the Israeli government was led by Ehud Olmert, a middle of the road moderate according to the BBC. It confirms the Israelis as arrogant, unreasonable, intransigent and not wanting peace. (Bit like ManU maybe).

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