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A squandered opportunity

When he took office, US President Barack Obama made it a priority to restore US credibility after the damage done by his predecessor. Obama pledged to revamp America’s relationship with

Beyond Islamists

This nagging issue just will not go away: How do local or foreign governments best deal with leading Islamist groups in the Middle East and South Asia? Do you engage,

Bahar lashes out at American funding of Iron Dome

First deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council Dr. Ahmed Bahar has lashed out at the American Congress for agreeing to finance the "Iron Dome" system to defend Israeli settlements

Abu Zuhri: Obama’s statement proves unlimited support for Israel

Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, said in a press release on Tuesday that American president Barack Obama's statement on the occasion of Nakba affirmed his administration's bias in

The Structural Hopelessness of US Policy Toward the Middle East

Daniel Larison has made one of the strongest arguments I’ve seen for the structural hopelessness of US policy toward the Middle East. In response to my piece calling on Obama

Either one state for all, or open-ended conflict

Reluctant voices in Washington D.C. have finally admitted that the persistence of the Palestinian plight, namely the continued Israeli efforts to liquidate the Palestinian cause by way of building more

Massive protests in Pakistan against IOF bid to raze the Aqsa

Muslims in Pakistan joined their faith fellow around the world in condemning the violation of Muslims' scared places by the usurper Zionists in occupied Palestine.

United States-Israel Showdown?

If President Obama plays his cards right, he could bring down the extremist government of Bibi Netanyahu. But that depends on whether Obama displays the guts and gumption necessary for

Howard Zinn’s ‘War on Terror’ Critique

The historian pointed out that even if the US experienced few battle casualties in its invasion of Iraq, casualties would mount afterwards in the occupying army from sickness and trauma.

Who “Won” Libya?

The debate over credit for Libya’s shift away from “rogue state” policies, most especially by settling the Pan Am 103 Lockerbie terrorism case and abandoning its weapons of mass destruction