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Uh-Oh! Egyptian revolutionaries ungrateful to Obama Administration

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

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

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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BIG (Buy Israel Goods) campaign set for March 30

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

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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Histadrut chief meets with American labor leaders

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

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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ADL makes anti-bullying recommendations to White House

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, March 9,  submitted recommendations on how the U.S. government can more effectively address the issue of bullying and cyberbullying, ahead of a White House Bullying Prevention Conference on March 10. “Bullying and harassment is a continuing problem for school districts, parents and students across the nation,”

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J Street objects to King’s hearing on Islamic radicalization

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement as Congressman Peter King (R, NY-03) prepares to hold a congressional hearing on Thursday on “Islamic radicalization” in the United States: “J Street strongly objects to Congressman Peter King’s provocative and anti-Muslim congressional hearing scheduled for Thursday. We urge America’s political leaders

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Here are 3 helpful tools for analyzing national leaders

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There are those for whom the term “social science” is a contradiction in terms. There are few cases where my colleagues in political science, sociology, economics, psychology and our cousins have results at the level of the best work by physicists or chemists. “Medical science” also provokes doubt, especially when patients die

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Racial profiling still common in America, Leadership Conference reports

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)– The Leadership Conference, a coalition of Civil Rights organizations, reports that racial profiling by law enforcement agencies is still common in the United States, and that African-Americans, Hispanics and Muslims are the people most often targeted.   The group’s report, issued Tuesday, demands reforms.  Here is a link. The report was issued

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