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…e. - Those pro-choice activists who refuse to call the cops when right-to-lifers picket in front of abortion clinics. One group that is in danger of being drummed out of the First Amendment Hall of Fame is the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Until recently, it was a char...

…mon’s main team. Rather than ignore Bibi, I was going to use my position as his former commander in Sayeret Matkal, someone who knew him well, to explain why Peres should lead Israel. “How many of us can really understand what it means to be a Prime Minister?” I began. “As head...

…to approve, “citing its obvious ties with known terrorists.” Ashton Complaint 191 596, 597; Burnett Complaint 1160, 61. One of Dallah Albaraka’s subsidiaries is Dallah Aveo Trans—Arabia Co., based in Jeddah. Ashton Complaint 1589; Burnett Complaint 153. Omar al Bayoumi, a sus- pe...

…l, was 26 years younger, projected greater youth, energy and confidence. When it was over, and Peres asked us how he’d done, we all hemmed and hawed. Only Avraham Burg was prepared to offer a clear verdict. He told Peres that Bibi had been the clear winner. Still, it remained po...

…on, like an embarrassing relative. In North Africa, the US military has taken a back seat while the work of toppling Colonel Muammar Qaddafi and driving back the jihadists in Mali has been left to Franco-British forces. Syrian policy is one of drift, where the administration find...

Article 1. Foreign Policy The Syrian Time Bomb Patrick Seale March 28, 2011 -- While one war rages in Libya, another rages in Washington as to the necessity of U.S. action there. Indeed, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said as much this weekend, noting that Libya was not a "vi...

…other trip by Madeleine and Dennis to the Middle East, it was clear that even the Americans were fed up. They knew that one side, at least, had been trying to get an agreement. They couldn’t understand why Arafat was unwilling even to accept the “pocket” proposals as a basis for...

… blood curdle. “Is that what you are?” There was pandemonium. Maybe Begin would have won anyway. But it was close, just one Knesset seat between the two major parties. And win, he did. I became increasingly convinced in the weeks that followed that Begin’s second government, wit...

… election list would all be from Labor, I ran the Prime Ministerial campaign under the broader banner of Yisrael Ahat — One Israel. I envisaged it as an alliance of at least several different parties with Labor at its center. I began with Bibi’s jettisoned Foreign Minister, Davi...

…self-contained, a man who spoke only when absolutely necessary, he also brought two different qualities to the mission. One was going to be indispensable: an almost squirrel-like ability to climb trees. Or telephone poles. The other, of which I was a bit more leery, was a total,...

…ning a nuclear weapon, and—as I’ve said in the past—all options must be on the table to achieve that goal. My policy is one of prevention, and not one of containment— and the President has made clear that is the policy of our government. As Secretary of Defense, I will make sure...

…near Washington. When we arrived, it was pouring with rain. The cabin assignments were also a surprise. I was given the one that Anwar Sadat had at the first Camp David summit in 1978. Arafat got Menachem Begin’s. Still, the cabins themselves, each named for a tree, were large an...

… that. Keep cool. Stay focused. Rely on your instincts. We’re ready for this mission. And we are going to achieve it.” One minute after four in the afternoon, we got the word to go. I was in the lead buggy, consciously trying to look like a civilian, not a soldier. It was about...

…eated Bayti Real Estate Investment Company -- Palestine to build and market Rawabi. But if two-thirds of the project's money is coming from Qatar, the vision behind Rawabi is Masri's. Massar owns a private equity fund that invests in Palestinian agriculture and natural gas distr...

…ve Syria a tangible stake in ensuring the peace lasted. In earlier talks, under Shimon Peres, Syrian negotiators had at one stage brought a message from Assad. What did we mean, he wanted to know, with all this emphasis on peace, peace, peace? Syria had peace with £7 Salvador, bu...