The New Middle East (72 page)

 
33
   Gabe Fischer, ‘Israel’s middle class erodes’.

 
34
   Hermann,
Atmor, Heller and Lebel,
The Israeli Democracy Index 2012
.

 
35
   Gad Lior, ‘Israel’s Jewish Population Passes 6 Million Mark’, ynetnews.com, 28 March 2013.

 
36
   Kufr Qasem, ‘What’s the point?’,
Economist
magazine, 12 January 2013.

 
37
   Yesh Din: Volunteers for Human Rights, ‘Supreme Court Extends Sentence of Settler for Assaulting Palestinian Youth’, 13 August 2012.

 
38
   Yaakov Katz, ‘ “60 percent of Israelis won’t serve in IDF by 2020” ’,
Jerusalem Post
, 18 November 2011.

 
39
   Amos Harel, ‘Sharp rise in number of religious IDF officers’,
Ha’aretz
, 15 September 2010.

 
40
   Josh Rogin, ‘Bill Clinton: Russian immigrants and settlers obstacles to Mideast peace’,
Foreign Policy
, 21 September 2010.

 
41
   Thomas L. Friedman, ‘My President Is Busy’,
New York Times
, 10 November 2012.

 
42
   ‘Barak: Lieberman’s comments on Abbas harm Israel’s interests’,
Ha’aretz
, 30 September 2012.

 
43
   Barak Ravid, ‘Lieberman, Mossad chief meet in bid to end row’,
Ha’aretz
, 20 November 2011.

 
44
   Hermann, Atmor, Heller and Lebel,
The Israeli Democracy Index 2012.

 
45
   Avner Inbar, ‘Israeli Hasbara: Myths and Facts’, Molad, December 2012
.

5: America’s Pillars of Sand

 
  
1
   US Department of State, ‘Remarks with Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon After Their Meeting’,
28 January 2011.

 
  
2
   US Department of State, ‘Remarks with Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiménez After Their Meeting’, 25 January 2011.

 
  
3
   UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, ‘Human Rights and Democracy: The 2012 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Report’, April 2013, p. 210.

 
  
4
   Stephanie Nebehay, ‘U.N. rights boss urges Bahrain to rein in forces’, Reuters, 17 March 2011.

 
  
5
   Associated Press, ‘Bahrain: 21 Medics Cleared of Charges in 2011 Protests’,
New York Times
, 28 March 2013.

 
  
6
   Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, ‘Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa’,
19 May 2011.

 
  
7
   Christopher M. Blanchard, ‘Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations’, Congressional Research Service, 27 November 2012.

 
  
8
   Transcript: ‘Obama’s speech Against The Iraq War on October 2 2002’,
NPR, 20 January 2009.

 
  
9
   The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, ‘Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough’,
28 March 2011.

 
10
   Zahra Babar, ‘Sectarian Politics in the Gulf’,
Center for International and Regional Studies – Georgetown University
, 9 October 2011.

 
11
   James Mann,
The Obamians: The Struggle Inside the White House to Redefine American Power
, Kindle edition, Viking, England, 2012, loc. 119.

 
12
   Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the UN, ‘Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Li Baodong after Adoption of Security Council Resolution on Libya’, 17 March 2011.

 
13
   The US Embassy cables, ‘Qatar using al-Jazeera as bargaining tool, claims US’, US Embassy, Doha,
Guardian
, 19 November 2009.

 
14
   John Kerry, ‘Restoring Leadership in the Middle East: A Regional Approach to Peace’, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., 4 March 2009.

 
15
   Wikileaks,
09STATE131801, TERRORIST FINANCE: ACTION REQUEST FOR SENIOR LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON TERRORISM FINANCE
, dated 30 December 2009.

 
16
   Blake Hounshell, ‘The Qatar Bubble’,
Foreign Policy
, May/June 2012.

 
17
   Background briefing for author from senior Arab diplomat.

 
18
   
The Gulf Security Architecture: Partnership with the Gulf Co-operation Council, a Majority Staff Report Prepared for the Use of the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate: One Hundred Twelfth Congress Second Session
, June 19, 2012.

 
19
   Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, ‘Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa’
,
19 May 2011.

 
20
   
Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry
presented in Manamah, Bahrain, on 23 November 2011.

 
21
   ‘Foreign News: Decline of Empire’,
Time
magazine, 9 August 1954.

 
22
   Peter L. Hahn,
United States, Great Britain, And Egypt, 1945–1956: Strategy and Diplomacy in the Early Cold War
, The University of Carolina Press, 1991, p. 159.

 
23
   Nichols,
Eisenhower 1956
,
p. 200.

 
24
   Dana Adams Schmidt, ‘1950 PLEDGE CITED’,
New York Times
, 29 October 1956.

 
25
   ‘Text of Eisenhower Broadcast on the Middle East crisis’,
New York Times
, 1 November 1956.

 
26
   Nichols,
Eisenhower 1956
, p. 203.

 
27
   Ibid., p. 207.

 
28
   Bush,
Decision Points
, p. 2.

 
29
   Ibid., p. 398.

 
30
   Ibid., p. 396.

 
31
   Ibid.

 
32
   Rice,
No Higher Honor
, p. 326.

 
33
   United Nations Development Programme, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development,
Arab Human Development Report 2002,
UNDP, 2002.

 
34
   Bush,
Decision Points
, p. 398.

 
35
   Associated Press, ‘Dem front-runners play defense at Soldier Field’, NBCnews.com, 7 August 2007.

 
36
   Karen J. Alter, ‘Is “groupthink” driving us to war?’,
The Boston Globe
, 16 September 2002.

 
37
   Bush,
Decision Points
, p. 397.

 
38
   Ibid., p. 410.

 
39
   Charles Krauthammer, ‘An Arab Spring?’,
Hoover Digest
, 30 April 2005.

 
40
   ‘Secretary Rice Holds a News Conference’,
Washington Post
, 21 July 2006.

 
41
   Rice,
No Higher Honor
, p. 510.

 
42
   Stephen Grey, ‘America’s Gulag’,
New Statesman
, 17 May 2004.

 
43
   Patrick Tyler,
A World of Trouble: America in the Middle East
, Portobello Books, 2009, p. 8.