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Western media’s bias shows in coverage of Fogel family murders

March 21, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — So constant are the lies told in mass media coverage of Israel-Palestinian issues that it is hardly worthwhile to critique individual articles any more. Following the horrendous murder of the Fogel family, a number of Internet—but not print—writers have pointed out that various mass media institutions have either not […]

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U.S. Middle East policy undermines friends, strengthens enemies

March 19, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel00For a comprehensive statement of current U.S. Middle East policy you can’t do better than the testimony of Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 17, 2011. It’s horrifying. Here’s my summary of the key point: The United States will

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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USA

TribeFest helped to build future San Diego Jewish community

March 18, 2011

By Miriam Maya and Doug White LAS VEGAS, Nevada–San Diego’s delegation of 49 young adults at the first annual TribeFest, hosted by The Jewish Federations of North America, was like no other. Our first indication of such was how we chose to identify ourselves. Imagine a large banquet hall in a cavernous hotel convention center with

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Why Hillary Clinton won’t serve a second term

March 18, 2011

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Uh-Oh! Egyptian revolutionaries ungrateful to Obama Administration

March 16, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Who’d possibly have thought it? Answer: Anybody who understands the Middle East. You see, the Obama Administration rushed to get rid of the Mubarak government in the belief that this action would make Egyptians see that they are simply wonderful people. This would assure that Egypt and America remained good

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Middle East, USA

Some Mideast tips for U.S. policymakers

March 15, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — People ask me what the United States should be doing toward the upheavals in the Middle East. Here’s a short, quick list of themes: 1. Understanding that there are some people who want real democracy and others who don’t, U.S. policy should be focused on battling the latter, especially

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Middle East, USA

U.S. policy makers should apply Cold War lessons to Middle East

March 14, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — I just don’t get it. The more degrees from famous universities U.S. leaders have, the less they seem to know, especially about history. Consider this in light of their inability to understand that not only al-Qaida but also Syria, Hamas, Hizballah, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the AKP government in

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International, Middle East, USA

Listening anew to President Obama’s Cairo speech

March 13, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — I listened again to President Barack Obama’s main speech on Egypt back during the revolution and two phrases caught my ear. They were both intended, perhaps, as bland rhetoric yet they carry an awesome amount of meaning. The first was this: “Suppressing ideas never make them go away.” At

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Middle East, USA

BIG (Buy Israel Goods) campaign set for March 30

March 12, 2011

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The Israel advocacy group, StandWithUs, is urging schools, campuses, synagogues, community organizations, and individuals to celebrate Israel by designating March 30 as the day to buy up Israeli goods at local stores. The date was chosen because the anti-Israel boycott campaign has planned a global boycott of Israeli products for the

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Arab revolts show domestic affairs, rather than Israel, top their concerns

March 12, 2011

By Barry Rubin LOS ANGELES–As we consider the lessons of the dramatic upheavals in Arabic-speaking countries one of the main ones is this: the overriding obsession with the Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel-Palestinian conflict, and Israel as the supposed cause of all regional problems has repeatedly blinded people to the realities of the region. The “normal” issues

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King’s hearings on terrorism important and necessary

March 11, 2011

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A wise Marine of our acquaintance wrote in response to the last JINSA Report: More episodic US policy! Is the survival of Qadaffi’s regime a strategic objective? Do we have a discrete concept for Libyan sovereignty that is aligned with any significant Libyan domestic political forces? Is our strategic

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BDS campaign an example of old-fashioned hatred of Jews

March 11, 2011

By Roz Rothstein and Roberta Seid LOS ANGELES –The boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against the state of Israel is nothing new. Prejudice, isolation and punishment of Jews, an earlier form of BDS has recurred over the past 2,000 years. In Europe and the Middle East, Jewish people were isolated, demonized, and

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Histadrut chief meets with American labor leaders

March 9, 2011

NEW YORK (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress in association with the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), has ben hosting a series of gatherings that has brought together Ofer Eini, Chairman of the Histadrut (Israel’s Labor Federation) and American union leaders in order to reaffirm Israel’s strong and longstanding relationship with the American Labor movement and to discuss

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King should broaden Homeland Security hearings to probe all extremist groups—ADL

March 9, 2011

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Noting that a serious examination of the homegrown extremist threat in the United States is needed, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, March 9, expressed concerns about the Homeland Security hearings opening this week in Washington. Robert G. Sugarman, ADL National Chair and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director issued the

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Western media’s bias shows in coverage of Fogel family murders

U.S. Middle East policy undermines friends, strengthens enemies

TribeFest helped to build future San Diego Jewish community

Why Hillary Clinton won’t serve a second term

Uh-Oh! Egyptian revolutionaries ungrateful to Obama Administration

Some Mideast tips for U.S. policymakers

U.S. policy makers should apply Cold War lessons to Middle East

Listening anew to President Obama’s Cairo speech

BIG (Buy Israel Goods) campaign set for March 30

Arab revolts show domestic affairs, rather than Israel, top their concerns

King’s hearings on terrorism important and necessary

BDS campaign an example of old-fashioned hatred of Jews

Histadrut chief meets with American labor leaders

King should broaden Homeland Security hearings to probe all extremist groups—ADL

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