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Curiel: 'the dramatic developments in the Middle East have rendered this tactic obsolete and even pathetic'

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Syrian diplomats find it hard to shake old rhetoric

Unfortunately there are Syrian diplomats who find it hard to shake the old rhetoric which uses the Israeli-Arab conflict to divert attention from the many serious problems plaguing a country like Syria.

By repeating the same allegations against Israel over and over again they hope to conceal the harsh reality suffered by the frustrated, repressed and futureless young population in their country. However, the dramatic developments in the ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Curiel: 'the dramatic developments in the Middle East have rendered this tactic obsolete and even pathetic'

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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