by John Kerry, former US Secretary of State Boston, December 15 – Almost to a man, we officials of Barack Obama’s presidential administration have dismissed the recent spate of normalized ties between Israel and various Muslim countries, having contended for ...
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by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) Washington, December 3 – A few days ago I felt compelled to remove a message I reposted from elsewhere on Twitter, a message that contained the oft-repeated slogan of Palestinian national liberation, “From the River ...
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By Rabbi Alissa Wise, Deputy Director, Jewish Voice for Peace Philadelphia, November 25 – Tikkun Olam isn’t meant to be easy. Difficult choices await us at every turn. The latest: follow the dictates of vaunted progressive figures such as Governor ...
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by the late Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator Jericho, November 16 – I died last week. You might think that prevents me from further expression of my political mantras and propaganda, but I’m not going to let a little death stop ...
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By Every Single Goddamn Person Involved in American Politics Washington, November 5 – It’s over. Or it’s just beginning. However you experience the aftermath of this exhausting election, we must all take a step back, take a deep breath, and ...
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By Mahmoud Abbas, President, Palestinian Authority; Chairman, Palestine Liberation Organization Ramallah, October 27 – The Palestinian national movement has seldom seen darker days. Arab nation after Arab nation has announced normalization with the Zionist entity, even as our cause languishes ...
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by Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Leader Beirut, October 19 – Boy, is my face red. I finished reading some background material on what scholars call jus bellum justum, the philosophy of the Just War, and only now did I realize the whole ...
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By Hassan Ali Paris, October 7 – In the final reckoning, when the time comes to reward those who contributed to the greater good and to assess the penalty for those who stood by – or worse, impeded progress toward ...
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by Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Truah – the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights New York, September 23 – The period from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur has always loomed large in my calendar, given its centrality in Jewish synagogue life and ...
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by Josep Borell, Chief of Foreign Policy, European Union Brussels, September 10 – Europe’s unified approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict grows in large part out of the Continent’s ambiguous legacy when it comes to the wholesale slaughter of Jews under ...
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