Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 25

22-Jun-2009

Political Comment (22 June 2009)

Iran's 12 June presidential election has plunged the county into its gravest political crisis since the 1979 revolution. The claim that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has now accepted the principle of a two-state solution to the conflict over Palestine turns out on closer inspection to be less than accurate, a fact that has not escaped the notice of the Palestinians. The Israelis are also continuing...