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  • January 28, 2014

    Does US want democratic Egypt?

    Cairo: It’s understandable that each country is entitled to pursue its national interests, and that one country’s national interest may partially conflict with that of another. But it’s difficult...

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  • January 28, 2014

    FP Top 50 Inadvertently Reveals Israel's Dominance of the GOP

    Foreign Policy magazine has compiled a list of the 50 Republicans who have the greatest influence on the GOP’s foreign policy. “Politics is mostly about people – and nowhere...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Romney's blunders

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may have been to Harvard University, but his recurring gaffes suggest that he is not ready to be commander-in-chief of the world’s biggest superpower....

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  • January 28, 2014

    Israel: guaranteed US election winner

    THE results of US elections are eccentric. While re-electing Barack Obama to the White House, voters also chose members of the opposing party as their representatives in Congress. Pundits...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Israel is a threat to US democracy

    The US State Department is circulating a confidential letter urging European Union (EU) members and other “friendly” countries to help block Palestinian attempts to secure non-member Observer State status...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Cultural bias in the US media

    Edward Said’s scholarly work on Western media coverage of Muslim and Arab countries showed that it has been shaped by discreet cultural biases or political motives. This fact couldn’t...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Waiting for Obama

    US President Barack Obama will pay a visit to the Middle East next month. This will be his first trip to Israel in particular since his election in 2008...

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  • January 28, 2014

    Israel Lobby out in force to block Hagel's appointment as US Secretary of Defence

    Anti-Hagel groups in Washington are doing all they can to block Barack Obama’s nominee for the post of Secretary of Defence, Chuck Hagel. The anti-Hagel alliance, led from behind...

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  • January 28, 2014

    From red lines... to white flags

    When US Secretary of State, John Kerry, and his Russian counterpart and host Sergei Lavrov, make an announcement on having reached an agreement to hold an international conference on...

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  • January 28, 2014

    "My enemy's enemy is my ally:" For Congress delegation to Cairo, that enemy is Islam

    Michele Bachman, Steve King and Louie Gohmert’s visit to Egypt has been an interesting turn for the three Congress members. During their visit to Cairo they met the interim...

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