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May: No rushing the peace process
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The Palestinian-Israel conflict cannot be resolved anytime soon JERICHO, WEST BANK – This palm-fringed oasis in the Jordan Valley has been continuously inhabited for 10,000 years. That justifies it billing itself as the “oldest city in the world.” Officers of the Palestinian National Security Force (NSF) headquartered here will proudly tell you that it’s now…
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May: The kingdom, the power and the petroleum
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Saudi Arabia’s plan to become a start-up nation RIYADH – Saudi Arabia is changing. When government officials here tell you that, you take it with an oversized grain of salt. But when Saudi human rights activists say the same, you pay attention. “Baby steps,” is how one bright young woman phrases it. She has studied…
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May: Putting a price tag on the United Nations
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American taxpayers may be paying out a lot more than it’s worth This may come as a shock: It’s possible, not likely but possible, that a committee of officials from the Defense, State and Justice Departments, as well as the National Security Council, will conduct a review of the disproportionate funding the United States provides…
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May: Defending the civilized world
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Eradicating ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ will require a long war In an inaugural address that was more purposeful than poetic, President Trump last Friday vowed to “unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate from the face of the Earth.” I hope we can agree, across party and ideological lines, that those…
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May: Defining violent extremism down
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There are Iranian moderates; Rafsanjai was not among them Death, where is thy sting? For Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, it certainly didn’t come from the mainstream media. The 82-year-old former Iranian president died of a heart attack earlier this month. The New York Times called him an “influential voice against hard-liners” and “a main voice…
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May: Trump’s first 100 days
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A unique opportunity to start making America sovereign, secure and economically dynamic again It’s apparent that Donald J. Trump was – to employ a neologism coined by President George W. Bush 16 years ago – misunderestimated. But those who gave odds that he couldn’t transform from a successful businessman into a successful politician are now betting he…
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May: Throwing Israel to the UN’s wolves
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Obama encourages Israel’s enemies, caliphate-builders among them Palestinian Islamic Jihad is, as its name suggests, an organization committed to jihad – against Israel most urgently, though not exclusively. So when the U.N. Security Council on Dec. 23 passed a resolution condemning Israel, PIJ spokesman Dawood Shihab was pleased. He called it a “victory.” He wasn’t wrong.…
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May: How Obama is like Ike
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His dalliance with Iran mirrors Eisenhower’s courtship of Egypt The Islamic Republic of Iran is, according to no less an authority than the U.S. government, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. Its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, suicide-bombed U.S. Marines in Beirut in 1983. Iranian-backed Shia militias killed hundreds of American troops in Iraq more recently.…
