Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 51

20-Dec-2010

POLITICAL COMMENT

Political Comment (20 December 2010)

Irans long-serving and respected foreign minister has been unceremoniously removed from his post as President Ahmadinejad tries to consolidate further his hold on power. George Mitchell is back in the region hoping to kick-start indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Hamas says that it will not, after all, accept a Palestinian state within 1967 borders. Abu Dhabis new...