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Israeli Officials Blame Obama For Failure Of Secret 2016 Peace Summit

Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that he attended a secret US-initiated summit with Arab leaders in 2016 meant to revive efforts toward a peace plan.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits between them during the annual ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, Israel (AP/Gali Tibbon)

(REPORT) --- The revelation of a secret peace summit held in early 2016 and ending in failure, has become a big political liability for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing criticism from the left for letting the talks pass by without making a deal, and from the right for participating in peace talks in the first

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The Fallacies Of The Anti-Islam Crowd

After the Cold War suddenly and unexpectedly ended, the U.S. national-security establishment lost its official bugaboos — communism and the Soviet Union.

Jacob G. Hornberger
بواسطة Jacob G. Hornberger
An American protester in Washington, D.C. holding a sign saying he's Islamophobic.

Ever since the 9/11 attacks, there has been a fringe element in American society that has claimed that the attacks were part of a centuries-old religious war between Islam and Christianity. They’ve claimed that Muslims constitute a grave threat against everyone in the United States and the Western world because Muslims are supposedly determined to

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Has Trump Killed The Two-State Solution?

Israelis, Palestinians & Americans weigh the prospects of a two-state solution under President Donald Trump.

Joe Catron
بواسطة Joe Catron
President Donald Trump escorts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

UNITED NATIONS --- Hours before hundreds of people protested outside the White House and hundreds more gathered at over a dozen demonstrations across the United States on Feb. 15, President Donald Trump took aim at more than a decade and a half of foreign policy during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “So

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Israeli Soldier Recieves 18 Month Sentence For Murder Of Wounded Palestinian

The victim’s family criticized the case as a “show trial” distracting from a deep culture of impunity for Israeli soldiers who execute Palestinians.

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
Israeli solider Sgt. Elor Azaria waits for the verdict inside the military court in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP/Heidi Levine).

(REPORT) --- An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian in an execution-style killing that a court deemed revenge was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in jail for manslaughter, sparking outrage among Palestinians and rights groups over Israel’s lenient treatment of soldiers’ excessive use of force in occupied Palestinian

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Trump’s Vague Condemnation Of Anti-Semitism Called “Too Little, Too Late”

President’s statement denounced as “a pathetic asterisk of condescension.”

Deirdre Fulton
بواسطة Deirdre Fulton
Jake Turx, a reporter for Ami Magazine, asks President Donald Trump a question at last week's press conference. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

(REPORT) --- President Donald Trump finally spoke on Tuesday about a recent rash of anti-Semitic threats and attacks in the U.S., telling one news outlet: "Anti-Semitism is horrible, and it's going to stop." The vague statement was the president's only response thus far to the latest wave of anti-Semitic acts—including 11 new bomb threats

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The Media Is Ignoring Damning Leaks From Syrian War

“Fabricated news and one-sided reporting have taken over the news agenda to a degree probably not seen since the First World War.”

Darius Shahtahmasebi
بواسطة Darius Shahtahmasebi
Syrian army soldiers march through the streets in the Ansari neighborhood, east Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Dec 23, 2016. (SANA via AP)

(ANALYSIS) --- When a magician is showing you a magic trick with his or her right hand, you should always watch what the left hand is doing. When it comes to times of war, one should always be skeptical of a government beating the war drum against another government or entity. Ask yourself: Why now, why this entity, and what is at stake? A good

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