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  • January 28, 2014

    Israel's occupation of Obama's Press Corps

    By Yvonne Ridley Hold the front page! The docile White House Press Corps has got itself all steamed up about something and finally taken a scalp. The Capitol Hill...

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  • January 28, 2014

    The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment

    by Peter Beinart In 2003, several prominent Jewish philanthropists hired Republican pollster Frank Luntz to explain why American Jewish college students were not more vigorously rebutting campus criticism of...

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  • January 28, 2014

    The White House makes the decision once again

    By Attorney-d. Mahmoud Ramahi Any neutral person looking at the Palestinian situation would see that there is an underlying theme: “negotiations” is a euphemism for Palestinian concessions. This is...

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  • January 28, 2014

    The road to South America

    By Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban Despite transport and communications difficulties in the 19th and early 20th century, our ancestors defied the dangers of oceans, death and disease to get to...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Supporting the wrong side

    Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban When Nelson Mandela stood to greet the thousands of people gathered to watch the world cup final in South Africa, everyone stood to show respect to...

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  • January 28, 2014

    American public opinion and the special relationship with Israel

    By John J. MearsheimerThere is no question that the United States has a relationship with Israel that has no parallel in modern history. Washington gives Israel consistent, almost unconditional...

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  • January 28, 2014

    American Democracy: Pro-Israel Tweedledum and Tweedledee

    By Maidhc Ó Cathail Helen Keller’s pithy observation about American democracy being little more than a choice “between Tweedledum and Tweedledee” was never more true than in the upcoming...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Tourists in Washington: anatomy of an European Mideast failure

    By Alastair Crooke The ‘weakness’ of Europe — and also that of the US — in the Middle East is not essentially one of waning power and influence. Although...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Obama's Israel Policy: Speak softly and carry a very big carrot

    By Maidhc Ó Cathail Even those familiar with the long and shameful history of America’s appeasement of Israel were taken aback by the Obama administration’s extraordinary offer to Benjamin...

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  • January 28, 2014

    AIPAC, a Not-So-Benign Night Flower

    One could be forgiven for thinking that the last three letters of AIPAC stand for “political action committee.” But since the American Israel Public Affairs Committee does not itself...

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