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Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Ranjit Singh

Ranjit Singh is assistant professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was a member of the NDI/Carter Center observation teams sent to the Palestinian territories in 1996, 2005 and 2006.

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The Hamas Headache

Two days before the January 25 Palestinian legislative elections, Birzeit University professor and Hamas campaign adviser Nashat Aqtash found himself in an unusual situation. Bound by US regulations forbidding direct contact with Hamas, the joint National Democratic Institute (NDI)/Carter Center ele

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