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Can Obama Redefine the "Real" in Realpolitik? The Nobel Committee Is Betting That He Can

Mark Levine | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, Occupied Territories, Middle East, Pakistan, Israel, Globalization, Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Afghanistan, World News
Mark Levine

It is up to Obama to use the Prize as an opening to pursue truly transformational policies on the world stage regardless of the potential political cost to him.

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UN Investigation of Israel Discredits Itself and Undercuts Human Rights

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Human Rights Council, Gaza, Richard Goldstone, United Nations, Israel Supreme Court, Hamas, Occupied Territories, Israel, World News
Alan Dershowitz

No wonder human rights experts, including Mary Robinson, refused to participate in this mockery, declaring that it was "guided not by human rights, but by politics."

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From Ni'ilin to Chernobyl and Back, in Under a Week

Hagai El-Ad | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza, Human Rights, Acri, Occupied Territories, Biometrics, Richard Goldstone, Democracy, Israel Supreme Court, Ni'ilin, Accountability, Privacy, World News
Hagai El-Ad

An IDF officer allegedly orders one of his soldiers to shoot a bound, blind-folded Palestinian detainee at close range.

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Obama is Doing Right by the Iranian People, So Far

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Lebanon, Hugo Chavez, Britain, Afghanistan, Iranian, President Obama, Sunni, Violence, Paramilitary, Hezbollah, Iran, Taliban, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Basij, George W. Bush, Arab, Revolution, United States, Protest, Tiananmen Square, Shiite, Occupied Territories, Mass Movement, Iraq, John McCain, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Occupied Territories, which Bush et al either supported or outright committed, actually strengthened the Ahmadinejad government.

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Disaster Tourism at the Edge of the Golan Heights

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Damascus, Six Days War, Egypt, Disaster Tourism, Occupied-Territories, Quneitra, Golan Heights, Syria Israel, Yom Kippur War, Israel, Old City, 1967 War, Syria, World News
Freddy Deknatel

Today the curious traveler can get a government tour after securing an easy permit in Damascus. It is perhaps the best and most disturbing example of disaster tourism in the Middle East.

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Business as Usual for Obama in the Middle East Will Doom the Chances for Peace or Stability

Mark Levine | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Jordan, Egypt, Occupied Territories, Pakistan, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Obama, Foreign Policy, World News
Mark Levine

Mideast Envoy Mitchell's remarks send a signal, both to Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and to the peace activists in both communities struggling desperately against their policies, that business will continue as usual under the Obama Administration.

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Israel is Crossing the Line

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

Read More: Taiwan, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Bibi Netanyahu, Condoleezza Rice, Middle East, George W. Bush, Occupied Territories, Douglas Paal, Israel, Settlements, Hillary Clinton, World News
Steve Clemons

Israel is now issuing instructions to the United States on what America's red lines with Iran should be. The implication of course is that Israel will take matters into its own hands if these lines are crossed.

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"Don't Let It Sink" : Making Coffee with Mahmoud Darwish

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Gaza, Occupied Territories, Pale, Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinians, Tzipi Livni, Occupied Palestine, Lebanon, Memory for Forgetfulness, Israeli Elections, Arabic Literature, Arabic Poetrty, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, War Poetry, Israel Gaza, Israel, World News
Freddy Deknatel

Under the terror of jets and shelling, the Israeli siege of Beirut, Darwish is making coffee.

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Who Will Save Israel from Itself?

Mark Levine | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel, Obama Transition, West Bank Israel, Gaza, Gaza War, Occupied Territories, World News
Mark Levine

Obama has been ridiculed for being a messiah-like figure. It's hard to imagine anyone less saving Israel, the Palestinians, and the world from another four years of mindless violence.

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An Open Letter to My Fellow Blogger, Daniel Pipes

Mark Levine | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Jazeera, Palestine, Snl, Hamas, Occupied Territories, Daniel Pipes, Gaza. Israel, World News
Mark Levine

January 7, 2009 Dear Dr. Pipes, After several years blogging "next" to you, as it were, on our blogs on History News Network (hnn.us), it was a plea...

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Statement on Gaza From California Scholars for Academic Freedom

Mark Levine | Posted 02.03.2009 | World

Read More: Peace Process, Occupied Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Clinton Obama California, Occupied Territories, World News
Mark Levine

Press Release January 3, 2009 California Scholars for Academic Freedom Condemn Bombing of Gaza Educational Institutions Contacts: Sondra Hale, 3...

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It's About Occupation

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 01.06.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Occupation, Occupied Territories, Israel-Palestine, Quneitra, Golan Heights, Israel Syria, Palestinians, Israel, Syria, World News
Freddy Deknatel

My old landlord in Damascus is from the Golan. Christian, he fled with his wife and children from Quneitra, the region's capital, after the city fell ...

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To Succeed in Israel/Palestine Where Clinton Failed, Obama Needs a History Lesson

Mark Levine | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Us Diplomacy, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupied Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Politics News
Mark Levine

If Obama limits his negotiating horizons to the failed visions of his Clinton-era Mideast team, the situation in Israel-Palestine is going to get a lot worse in the coming years.

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Hysteria in Gaza

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 01.27.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Occupied Palestine, Hamas, Airstrikes, Gaza, Israel, Occupied Territories, World News
Freddy Deknatel

Israel is trying to decapitate Hamas in Gaza, to use an favorite expression of military spokesmen and a docile American media, and the bodies are piling up. What is the limit?

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