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…ect Israel against condemnations and sanctions has proven the council's ineffectiveness in dealing objectively with the Arab-Israeli conflict. At the General Assembly, each state has an equal voting right, thus lending legitimacy to passed resolutions. In its deliberations, the...

…its majority Sunni Muslim population, furnishes a role model for the disenfranchised Sunni majority in Syria (and other Arab spring countries). Not only is Ankara encouraging revolution in Damascus, it is also living proof that Assad's politics of fear are outdated, that Syrians...

… and privilege had stoked increasing resentment among Israel’s disadvantaged Sephardi majority, with their roots in the Arab world and especially north Africa. Begin not only sensed this. While he’d never lost the formal bearing — or the accent — from his childhood in Poland, hi...

…r lasting for a generation, not just a few years. The struggle will require collaboration not just between the moderate Arab nations and Turkey — but a long- standing collaboration between the US, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029367

…v 10, 2010, at 9:49 PM, "Gmax" <[email protected]> wrote: I now refer to my most recent trip as that mad adventure. The Arabian Stallion I rode across the desert had 2 speeds. Fast and faster. Oh, did I mention his name was Obama? My hands are still clamped shut from trying to ho...

…is work provides a paper trail of the meandering and rocky path of the peace process. Relevant documents related to the Arab-Israeli conflict over the past century (since the Sykes—Picot Agreement of 1916) are compiled in this book. It provides an annotated and chronological over...

…ins in his experiences in the years after 1948, when he joined a military intelligence group running a loose network of Arab agents across Israel’s northern border. They provided occasional bits of 56 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027904

…e today, difficult to uproot. Western guilt is an extension of Steele’s notion. President Obama’s confessionals to the Arab world admitting that America has made “‘mistakes” and was not born a colonial pow er express this same tendency to appease through guilt. Hillary Clint on’...

…ng the main strategic challenge to the Jewish state. This alliance looks to be emerging as one of the net losers of the Arab upheavals of 2011. This, however, should be cause for neither satisfaction nor complacency for Israel. The forces moving in to replace or compete with Iran...

…me, Benny Begin had decided to run on the right. Also in the contest was Knesset member Azmi Beshara, the first Israeli Arab citizen to seek national office. When we chose “One Israel” as the name of our campaign alliance, it was not meant just as a catchy phrase. Though now a h...

…e Liberation Organization (PLO) was prevented from opening an information office in Washington, it was predictable that Arab-American supporters of the PLO would cry “First Amendment foul.” It was not as predictable that many Jewish supporters of Israel followed my lead in opposi...

…s said as much this weekend, noting that Libya was not a "vital national interest." But if Washington is looking for an Arab state in the throes of unrest, one that is key to its regional and national interests, planners might want to pay more attention to Syria, which is current...

…h less unique assets (supplying arms etc.). There is no prospect of UN cooperation. But a coalition of the willing (UK, Arab League) will give us the legitimancy we need. Very good prospect of military success. Reasonable prospect of success on humanitariean side. We should act,...

…ations against the Palestinians. While a new course should be set based on reconciliation and forgiveness, Israeli and Arab individuals charged with such war crimes and human rights violations must be prosecuted. The General Assembly should, therefore, establish an International...

… On Iran, they point out that it has very limited military power, even by regional standards (a small fraction of Saudi Arabia, for example). Its strategic doctrine is defensive. If— a big If— it has plans for nuclear weapons, that would be part of its deterrent strategy. Now who...