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US Attitudes, Discourse on Israel Shifting to Realism
A dispassionate examination of Israeli policy and its negative impact on the US at the Wilson Center by 5 former ambassadors is summarized at the […]
Turkey, Brazil Come out against new Iran sanctions at Security Summit
Presidnt Obama’s nuclear security summit scored an early victory on Monday, since Obama was able to announce that Ukraine would give up its stock of […]
Israelis Could Expel Thousands of Palestinians from Palestine
New Israeli regulations allow authorities potentially to imprison or expel from the West Bank tens of thousands of Palestinians. The Israeli right has long favored […]
170 Killed in Afghanistan as Gates, Cheney, Palin Wrangle over Karzai
170 people were killed in Afghanistan during the past week in political violence, according to an interior ministry spokesman. Radio Azadi reports in Persian that […]
Blog Migration
Old-time readers please bear with me as I move the blog to a new hosting server and a new publishing software (Wordpress). And, don’t worry, […]
President Weakened, but Pakistani State Kills 100 in Bombings, Clashes
On Saturday, fierce Pakistani fighter-jet bombardments of suspected militant positions in Khyber left dozens of persons dead and local tribal leaders livid at what they […]
Migrating Blog: Offline Temporarily
Sorry, folks, I have to migrate my blog to a different server and publishing software this weekend. As a result, the site will be offline […]
Israel’s Netanyahu Blows Off Obama’s Nuclear Summit
The audience at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference is said to have gone wild with applause when Liz Cheney announced the decision of Israeli Prime […]
Air Farce: Qatari Diplomat Cuffed on Plane for Smoking, & Bad Joke
Karl Marx once remarked that every historical event occurs twice, first as tragedy and then as farce. On Wednesday evening we got the farcical version […]
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