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…tting them. China tried to stop North Korea. The west tried to stop India and Pakistan, while hypocritically tolerating Israel and the replenished arsenals of France and Britain. No pressure made the slightest difference to anyone. If Iran really wants a nuclear weapon, it will...

… of abolishing the veil altogether is not tolerated by Khamenei. In addition to opposition toward the United States and Israel, the hijab is often considered one of the Islamic Republic's three remaining ideological pillars. "For Islamic Republic officials, the hijab has vast sym...

…ll international support, of its “occupation” fig-leaf for targeting and terrorizing the towns and villages of northern Israel. Shaul and a number of other generals in the kirya tried to make the security argument for keeping several small hilltop outposts just north of the borde...

…ailure, but what was potentially on offer: the creation of the Palestinian state he sought, with the full acceptance of Israel and the support of the world. I wish I could say I was optimistic when Clinton led the two of us into Laurel Lodge, the larger cabin a few hundreds down...

…that followed remain vivid in my mind not just for the obvious reason: they secured the survival of the infant state of Israel and saw it into a more assured and independent young adulthood. It was also the time when I grew from a young child —introspective and contemplative, awa...

…included Sony APRIL 2012 • AVENUE MAGAZINE | 63 Colin Firth and Livia Giuggiolo Natalie Portman Classic’s Footnote from Israel and A Separation from Iran. From the other side of the world both governments monitored their directors as the Sony boys kept the peace. Michael and Tom...

2011— Every few years along comes a brilliant Jewish writer called Tony with challenging views on Israel

inescapable accompaniment to Israel is Palestine. A two-state solution is the only strategic and moral answer to the wars since 1948 that have left countless Palestinians bereft of home and dignity

…ecific incident. The report could have provided legitimate grounds for Turkey to explain and justify its stance towards Israel. Now Turkey will have to try much harder to promote its position to the world in the absence of such support. However

it became clear that Israel had lost the public-opinion contest and may even be forced to relax the embargo on Gaza. Having found that it had done nothing wrong

… the intervening year since the original crisis. Ankara thinks that it is in the driver’s seat not just with respect to Israel

2011 -- Palestinians have everyone guessing about their next move. Defying the United States and Israel

…actical purposes] we are already at the U.N. It's there.... And all those who support the 1967 lines [the border before Israel seized the West Bank during that year's Middle East War] with mutually agreed swap [of land] should support our endeavor.

…ajority (53 percent) doesn’t believe that al Qaeda was responsible for the Twin Tower attacks—instead affixing blame to Israel

Syria established a partnership in 1979 with the newborn Islamic Republic of Iran. And once Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 in a bid to expel Syrian influence