Natan Sharansky

'Arab Spring:' Live by the Media, Die by the Media

Dovid Efune | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Arab Studies, The Case for Democracy, Arab Spring, Tunisia, Natan Sharansky, Muslim Brotherhood, Coptic Christians, Egypt, Libya, Arab-Western Relations, Media, Islamist, Free Press, Media News
Dovid Efune

It is still unclear and appearing increasingly unlikely that the popular Arab uprisings of last spring will amount to any significant progress towards the creation of free and open societies.

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Iraqis Take to Street in Protest; "It Will Start Again Next Friday," Says Alusi

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mithal Al-Alusi, Election Fraud, Iraqi President Nouri Al-Maliki, Natan Sharansky, Iraqi Nation Party, Iraqi Protests, U.S. President Barack Obama, Mideast Protests, Appeasement, World News
Heather Robinson

Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi contacted me last Friday to report that major protests are taking place across Iraq. While there have bee...

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The Politics of Altruism

Dovid Efune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natan Sharansky, Henry Kissinger, Egypt Revolution, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Altruism, United Nations, Iran, The Case for Democracy, Realism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Dovid Efune

As widespread unrest throughout the Muslim world continues, A Case for Democracy by former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician Natan Sharansky is ...

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But is it Anti-Semitic?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elie Wiesel, Iran, Natan Sharansky, Ahmadinejad, Middle East, Genocide, Israel, Auschwitz, Death Camp, Nazi, Warsaw, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

There is nothing wrong with criticizing Israeli policies. But those who choose to mis-characterize Israel's self-defense as "Nazi" are factually and historically wrong and morally repugnant.

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Loving The Two-State Solution to Death

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Arabs, United Nations, Israelis Palestinians, Bush Two-State, Bush Middle East Policy, Clinton Israel-Palestine Peace Talks, General Dayton, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, Bush Isreali-Palestinian Conflict, UN Security Council, Hamas, Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Syria Hamas, Annapolis Peace Conference, Condaleeezza Rice Isreali-Palestinian, Bush United Nations, Natan Sharansky, General Jones, Israel Syria, Two-State Solution, United Nations' Resolution, US Foriegn Relations, Syria, World News
MJ Rosenberg

The sad fact is that the most significant Israeli-Palestinian legacy of the Bush administration is the coming to power of Hamas.

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