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  • January 28, 2014

    Made in America - the Peoples' Revolution

    US administrations have been blighted since 9/11 by a deadly cocktail of arrogance and ignorance with a twist of strong desire for revenge thrown in. But before you take...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Avi Shlaim on the Neo-conservative Middle East War Agenda

    By Stephen J. SniegoskiA friend of mine, Phil Collier, is an avid student of and sometime writer on Middle East affairs (and a National Master in chess); he informed...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Israel and the U.S.: A lopsided relationship

    Los Angeles Times. .  Andrew J. Bacevich 05/12/2010The United States today finds itself in the position of a suitor proffering his beloved ever more munificent gifts while receiving in return ever more...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Israel harms Palestinians, but also itself

    My concern for the Israeli-Arab conflict is a personal one. I was raised in a Jewish neighborhood — three synagogues within three blocks of our home in Springfield, Mass....

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  • January 28, 2014

    "Doomed to Disappoint"

    Barack Obama gave a major speech on the Middle East today and it is clear from the subsequent commentary that he impressed few people. The main reason is that he...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Hysteria of pro-Israel bias

    When it comes to Israel, politicians in Washington can get hysterical, making the stupidest of statements or acting idiotically. Evidence of such behaviour is common and varied; this week,...

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  • January 28, 2014

    America couldn't veto Palestinian admission to the UN

    The United States of America is preparing to use its veto in order to block Palestine’s admission to the United Nations as an independent state. However, it is doubtful...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Stop all US aid to Israel

    I am keeping a photograph that took up two pages in a London newspaper last week. It shows a noisy demonstration in New York against Wall Street and the...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Obama's God complex

    The fatal shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin shocked a nation, inspired tens of thousands to march for justice and even prompted the US President to declare, “If I...

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  • January 28, 2014

    The Jewish lobby and the race to the White House

    With the approach of the 2012 U.S. presidential elections scheduled for November, difficult questions have arisen about the significance of the Jewish lobby in those elections on the one...

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