Dr. Samir Awad

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  "There is the question of what you are going to achieve by such talks," said Samir Awad, an international affairs professor at Bir-Zeit University.

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  Dr. Samir Awwad, a professor of Political Science at Birzeit University, concurred.
  
  "Palestinians were never living in a society of maximum freedoms and reporters have always taken social norms and cultural imperatives into account," he said, "but this is not a situation that the Palestinians are accustomed to and by and large we have been a free speech society."
  
  "There is a feeling in the air that there is a crackdown on Hamas from the Palestinian Authority security and a crackdown on Fatah from the Hamas security forces in Gaza," Dr. Samir Awwad, a professor of Political Science at Birzeit University, told The Media Line.

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  Palestinian president Mahmud "Abbas must announce a date for elections before October 25 so as not to create a constitutional void," said Samir Awad, a professor of international relations at the West Bank's Birzeit University.

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  It remains to be seen whether they will buy this faulty product Netanyahu is trying to sell them," said Samir Awad, political scientist at Birzeit University in the West Bank.
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  He refused to cease settlement expansion, and the kind of state he envisions would not be a truly independent state by international standards," Awad told IPS.
  
  "Palestinians would have no control over their borders, natural resources or air space, besides being a demilitarised state," added Awad.

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  It remains to be seen whether they will buy this faulty product Netanyahu is trying to sell them," said Samir Awad, political scientist at Birzeit University in the West Bank.
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  He refused to cease settlement expansion, and the kind of state he envisions would not be a truly independent state by international standards," Awad told IPS.
  
  "Palestinians would have no control over their borders, natural resources or air space, besides being a demilitarised state," added Awad.

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  Samir Awad, a political science professor at Birzeit University, said: "It would be a mistake to expect a popular wave of protest.

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  "The new government is very clearly one that is for the settlements, for increasing the roadblocks, and for ending the project of building a Palestinian state once and for all," said Samir Awad, a political science professor at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank.

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  Samir Awad, the chairman of the Faculty of Law & Public Administration at Birzeit University's Political Science Department on the West Bank, concurred, and told the Middle East Times that weakening the crescent would also involve Israel establishing quiet on its northern borders by reaching a deal with Hezbollah.
  
  This would include a comprehensive prisoner swap and the return of the Shebaa farms, as Israelis have no religious or ideological ties to Lebanon, Awad explained.
  
  But the danger remains in the U.S. administration being more interested in the Sunni alliance exerting pressure on Syria than coaxing the latter away from the Shia crescent, Awad said.

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  However, Dr Samir Awad, the chairman of the faculty of law and public administration at Birzeit University's political science department on the West Bank, believes Israel will continue its short-term strategy of managing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict instead of a long-term strategy of resolving the crisis and that this will, in turn, backfire badly.
  
  "I don't think Israel will cede hegemony of the West Bank or address core issues such as the division of Jerusalem, the right of return of the refugees or the settlements.
  
  "This will lead to the strengthening of Hamas in the West Bank, accompanied by the weakening of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority (PA), and a revolt of the people against his leadership for failing to deliver on core Palestinian demands and this is what Israel will have to contend with," Awad told Al Jazeera.
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  Awad believes it is possible for Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip to reach a state of mutual tolerance if not recognition in the next few years, as Israel's demands for a ceasefire are within the Islamic organisation's conditions.
  
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  Furthermore, neither Ma'oz nor Awad believe Iran is an existential threat to Israel's existence unless it is attacked first.
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  Awad concurs, saying part of this would be Israel establishing quiet on its northern borders by reaching a deal with Hezbollah, another Syrian and Iranian proxy.
  
  This would involve a comprehensive prisoner swap and the return of the Shaba' farms as Israelis have no ideological or land ties to Lebanon, explains Awad.
  
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  But the danger remains in the US being more interested in the Sunni alliance exerting pressure on Syria than coaxing the latter away from the Shia crescent, Awad adds.

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  Samir Awad, a political scientist from Birzeit University in the West Bank, says he does see some reason for hope following Mitchell's visit, but also warned of not being sucked in by U.S. rhetoric.
  
  "What really matters is deeds not words. We have to wait and see what transpires from Netanyahu's address on Sunday. Whether he will agree to cease settlement activity altogether and commit to a Palestinian state," Awad told IPS.
  
  "My guess is that some kind of compromise on the settlement issue will be reached where Israel will agree to freeze construction in some settlements.
  
  "In other settlements the U.S. might well agree to settlement enlargement, especially in those settlements which will be incorporated into Israel. Whether the PA will accept this remains to be seen," Awad told IPS.

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