Benny Morris

Alan Kuperman: Another Benny Morris School Armchair General

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Kuperman doesn't see Iranians responding to the bombing of their homeland by taking to the streets and chanting "Death to the Great Satan!" He sees grateful yokels yelling "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!"

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Bibi Goes to Washington: How About a Nuclear Free Middle East?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

It might be the case that Netanyahu has far more friends in Washington than does the president.

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President Obama Offers Iran "A Promise of a New Day"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Obama's promise of a new day in U.S.-Iranian relations must be given the opportunity to bear fruit free from outside intervention.

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Anti-Semitism in Islam--Not Decreed By Heaven

Haim Watzman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Haim Watzman

There he goes again--Benny Morris is giving the battle against Islamic anti-Semitism a bad name. But then he's not alone in fray. Nearly every passio...

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Professor Benny Morris: Nuclear War to Avoid Nuclear War

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

The terms "preemption" and "self defense" that Israeli hawks like Morris throw around are nothing but euphemisms for aggressive war and military violence.

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