MIDDLE EAST
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Israel, Hamas, and Iran in a perfect storm
By Raphael Benaroya The time was ripe for Hamas and its benefactor, Iran, to initiate this month’s unprovoked and unusually…
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The Jews ignore their history in the post-Christ era
There are questions that even today the historians don’t seem moved to investigate. Two important ones come to mind. Why…
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Can the world stop Israel and Hamas from committing war crimes? 7 questions answered about international law
By Asaf Lubin, Indiana University The deadliest fighting in years between Israel and Hamas had by mid-May killed over 200…
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Destroying again the peace of Jerusalem
Poets as diverse as William Blake and Yehuda Amichai have sung the praises of the heavenly Jerusalem, a land without…
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The West has no strategic interest in Israel
Yesterday morning I watched on BBC News the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, walking into the courtroom where he is…
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Downhill all the way in the Middle East
The Middle East is going to hell in a handbasket. Israel is about to hold its fourth election in two…
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Dynamics of the US – Saudi relationship in 2021
By Travis Washington We are two months into the Biden administration, on the heals of a Trump administration that saw…
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US policy on Syria needs to support long term reconstruction for all Syrians who need it
By Dr. Hany Al Banna March 15, 2021, will mark a grim milestone — the 10th anniversary of the beginning…
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Balancing regional interests in Syria is the only way reach a compromise solution
The Impossibility Of A Military Solution The Hybrid War of Terror on Syria cannot be resolved militarily by any of…
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The utopia of the Palestinian state
The Israeli society of the 21st century (80% of Jews compared to 20% of Arab population), would be a melting…
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