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Palestine

November 10, 2009

12:27 PM

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Abbas Quits: Why You Should Care

It is easy to see why Mahmoud Abbas keeps throwing in the towel. It hasn’t gone so well for him since he took over the Palestinian Authority with the promise of leading Palestinians down the moderate path to statehood and dignity. His Fatah party lost elections to Hamas and lost control over parliament. Then he lost the Gaza strip in an armed takeover by Hamas. All the while, Hamas continued ... read more

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Michael Tobin

September 30, 2009 7:58 AM

Proof of Life; the Kidnapped IDF Soldier

For the last 3.5 years, with each breathless, erroneous report that has jumped up on a web site stating that the release of Gilad Shalit was imminent, those of us who followed his captivity ... read more


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David Lewkowict

July 2, 2009 9:59 PM

Cynthia Mckinney Does it Again

UPDATE 07-03-09 Former United States Congresswoman from the state of Georgia and Green Party Presidential candidate remains detained in Givon prison in Ramla, Israel.  McKinney was aboard the Greek flagged humanitarian relief boat Spirit of ... read more