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10 Reasons I'm Throwing My Hat in the Ring for Helen Thomas' Seat

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joanne Bamberger

I'd like to think that our press corps has more important things to think about than where they get to sit at the daily White House press briefing.

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Goldstone: Discussed, but Not Read

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Zogby

Now that the report has been voted out of the Human Rights Council and forwarded to the Security Council, the gamesmanship continues. That it is back center stage is a good thing.

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What Ukraine's Gas Crisis Has In Common With Gaza

Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lionel Beehner

The trouble with Israel and Russia is not that their efforts will backfire, it's that they will likely achieve the exact opposite of their goals -- while both come off looking like unhinged bullies in the process.

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Fanaticism and Contempt

Maxwell Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maxwell Kennedy

Once the master of revolutionary war, Israel cannot seem to grasp the essential nature of asymmetrical warfare.

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Mitchell Bard is Wrong On Israel

Ben Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Cohen

Hamas did not start this conflict. Here's an extensive time line of events, making clear that Israel broke the ceasefire, not Hamas.

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Obama Camp "Prepared To Talk To Hamas," Says the Guardian

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Feldman

The Obama administration's emphasis on "talk" with Hamas will bring a significant moral shift in U.S. policy -- but it will not do away with some of the core grievances vis-a-vis U.S.-Israel relations.

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While Gaza Burns, the World Watches

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Margolis

Unless Israel can make five to seven million Palestinians disappear, it must find some way to co-exist with them. Israeli leaders on the center and right continue to avoid facing this fact.

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