Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 3

17-Jan-2011

POLITICAL COMMENT

Political Comment (17 January 2011)

Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has responded to violent unrest in the country by announcing that he will not run for reelection in 2014. Lebanon's national unity government has fallen apart as the international tribunal investigating the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri prepares to hand down indictments. Israel is proceeding apace with the colonization of East...