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Excursions on the Middle East, politics, the Levant, Islam in politics, civil society, and courage in the face of unbridled, otherwise unchecked power.
Gingrich, channeling Joan Peters and dancing to the tune of his bankroller
"Abraham Hassel (ph) from Jacksonville, Florida.
Publisher of Atlanta Jewish Times resigns January 24, 2012, eleven days after his editorial advocating Mossad assassinate Barack
Andrew Adler suggested three options available to Israel: launch a pre-emptive war against Hamas and Hezbollah, attack Iran's nuclear facilities or "order a hit on the president in order to preserve Israel's existence." (Adler's despicable column was discovered by Gawker.)
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Sara Roy: "it is worth putting Hamas to the test."
One factor that prompted Yitzhak Rabin to make a deal with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat was the looming rise of Hamas in the early 1990s. That was two decades ago, but Israeli leaders still become apoplectic at the notion of dealing with Hamas. The prospect of a Palestinian unity government elicits a variety of threats from Israel, including cutting off water and electricity to Gaza, as Sara Roy notes in her incisive op-ed. Of course, given the coming rise of Islamically-oriented governments in Tunisia and particularly in Egypt, ostracizing Hamas is no longer a relatively easy matter.
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Current History, January 2012
Is the Labor Market Global? by Uri Dadush and William Shaw
Arab Revolts Upend Old Assumptions by Augustus Richard Norton
America’s Outmoded Security Strategy by David B. Kanin and Steven E. Meyer
The End of Easy Everything by Michael T. Klare
Destructive Creation and the New World Disorder by Paul Harris and Daniel Sarewitz
Why the World Is More Peaceful by Steven Pinker
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Arab Revolts Upend Old Assumptions by Augustus Richard Norton
America’s Outmoded Security Strategy by David B. Kanin and Steven E. Meyer
The End of Easy Everything by Michael T. Klare
Destructive Creation and the New World Disorder by Paul Harris and Daniel Sarewitz
Why the World Is More Peaceful by Steven Pinker
Another reason not to buy Cardscan to manage your contacts
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