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Category Archives: Israel & Palestine
May 19, 2013
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Israel’s Other Enemy: The Blue Social Model
Public employee unions have a new international villain to add to their growing list: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bibi’s government is embarking on a fight to break the monopolizing power of Israel’s formidable port unions, the “gatekeepers for Israel’s … Continue reading
May 10, 2013
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Are Israel and Turkey Trying to Scuttle US-Russia Plan on Syria?
The dust is still settling after a hectic week in the Middle East, but it’s worth taking a look at an interesting chain of events. First, John Kerry traveled to Moscow and agreed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to hold … Continue reading
May 6, 2013
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Israel and Turkey Near Détente
Turkey and Israel are finally close to a reconciliation deal. Officials from both sides are meeting in Jerusalem to hammer out the details of Israeli compensation to the families of those killed in the Mavi Marmara clash of 2010, hoping … Continue reading
April 29, 2013
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Peace Is Not at Hand: Hamas Training Youth for Violence
A new generation of Palestinian boys aged 15 to 17 will learn how to use Kalashnikovs and throw hand grenades to fight “the occupation” at a weekly youth program run by Hamas that will seek to train 37,000 boys in … Continue reading
April 23, 2013
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Credible Threat? US Sells Weapons Package to Israel and Gulf Allies
The Obama administration seems to be trying a new tactic in its negotiations with Iran: using Israel as a credible military threat without having to threaten Iran itself. That’s the official read on yesterday’s $10 billion weapons sale to Israel, Saudi Arabia, … Continue reading
April 14, 2013
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Palestinian PM Resigns, Ignores US Request to Stay
US efforts to rekindle peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians have suffered their first major setback. After weeks of threatening to resign, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad fomally announced his resignation from President Abbas’s Fatah government on Saturday. Although … Continue reading
April 10, 2013
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Obama Administration Matures on Middle East Peace
A sign of creative thinking on the peace process: The FT reports that Washington is preparing a package of economic incentives for Palestinians in the West Bank with the aim of boosting commerce and employment in the territory. The hope … Continue reading
April 8, 2013
ESSAY
White House Bamboozled as Talks with Iran Break Down (Again)
Surprise, surprise: talks between Iran and the P5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France, UK, and Germany) broke down over the weekend with no agreement and no plan to meet again. The NY Times reports: Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy … Continue reading
March 31, 2013
ESSAY
Israel Joins the Natural Gas Revolution
Natural gas began flowing out of the Tamar gas field off the coast of Israel yesterday, in a sign of Israel’s changing position in the global energy landscape. The Tamar field is the smaller of two adjacent reservoirs, and developing it was the … Continue reading
March 25, 2013
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Israel-Turkey Détente Off to Promising Start
Following the US-brokered reconciliation between Israel and Turkey last week, officials on both sides have cooperation in sight, though improvements in relations will probably progress by baby steps. The FT reports on the early rewards of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s apology … Continue reading
March 22, 2013
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Obama Moves the Needle in the Middle East
There have been two significant breakthroughs as a result of President Obama’s trip to the Middle East. First, as most of the news outlets are reporting today, President Netanyahu picked up the phone to apologize to Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan … Continue reading
March 19, 2013
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Obama in Israel: It’s Not About The Lobby
As President Obama heads off for his first visit to Israel, we are getting the usual flood of poll results indicating that Americans want a pro-Israel foreign policy. Meanwhile, the world continues to marvel at American support for the frequently isolated Jewish state. Why, people ask, does the United States incur such risks and costs for the sake of this small country? Why does the United States direct so much foreign aid to it? Why does the United States take its part at the United Nations at such diplomatic cost?
The answer most people around the world give is a very simple one: America takes the positions it takes on Israel because of the power of “the Jews.” By their campaign contributions, by their (alleged) control of the media, by their (alleged) single-minded focus on Israeli interests, America’s well-organized, well-funded and very determined Jews succeed in controlling American opinion and American policy. The Jewish tail wags the American dog.
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March 18, 2013
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“Israel Lobby” Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be: Pollard Still in Jail
What happens when the all-powerful Israel lobby teams up with former US government officials and Israeli politicians to get its way? Sometimes, very little. Despite nearly three decades of lobbying for his release, Jonathan Pollard, a spy who received a life … Continue reading
March 15, 2013
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Americans’ Dislike for Egypt Increases to Twenty-Year High
On the eve of President Obama’s trip to the Middle East, this Gallup favorability poll highlights some of the challenges he will face. Most startling is the fact that Americans’ dislike of Egypt has increased to a twenty year high, … Continue reading
March 12, 2013
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Did the Palestinians Murder Baby Omar?
Eleven month old baby Omar died horribly and tragically during Israel’s eight day bombardment of the Gaza Strip last November, and a striking and heart-wrenching photograph of his distraught father became a centerpiece in the usual and predictable hate-Israel campaign that accompanied the military strike. Baby Omar, the son of BBC journalist Jihad al-Masharawi, died with two relatives and the deaths were widely attributed to a missile fired by an Israeli warplane. Continue reading
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