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Monthly Archives: June 2017
The case for Kurdish independence
On Sept. 25, Kurdistan will hold a referendum for independence. For a number of reasons, the United States should welcome this development and support the referendum.
For starters, an independent Kurdistan is a good opportunity...
The US should work to pull Russia out of the Iranian axis
As we speak, the Russian-Iranian alliance alongside Russia’s overtures to Erdogan’s regime poses a major threat to US interests in the Middle East. In recent times, Turkey has threatened US forces in Syria. In...
Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis Is Fake News
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: One of the most widespread myths about Gaza is that it is wallowing in poverty and forever on the verge of a humanitarian crisis as a result of the Israeli and Egyptian...
Israelis Should Listen to Abbas – to Every Word
Ha'aretz's May 29 editorial was "Listen to Abbas." I want to join this call. Listen very carefully. Abbas is very careful to use the term "two states," but not "for two peoples." Because the...
Long-silenced songs of Holocaust survivors are rediscovered
When the death camps and ghettos of Europe were liberated at the end of World War II, a psychologist from Chicago visited former prisoners and recorded their interviews. Unheard for decades, a long-missing reel...
Actions speak louder than words…writes Michael Kuttner
Weasel words, duplicitous declarations and erroneous assertions have precipitated like springtime showers these last few days.
Analysing the torrent of verbal statements made it is not difficult to sift fact from fiction, actuality from wishful...
Timely new book sheds light on a long-standing problem
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg’s latest project sheds new light upon the reasons why brokering peace between Israel and the Palestinians often seem insurmountable. The book, “Genesis of the Palestinian Authority,” was written by...
Senate Kills Bill That Would Halt Saudi Arms Deals
The Senate voted to support a sale of $510 million in precision-guided munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, defeating a resolution to block the deal in a narrow 47-to-53 vote.
The bipartisan...
Do not “Dismantle” UNRWA; it is not within the scope of possibility. Reform...
Virtually every media outlet took the UNRWA condemnation of the Hamas tunnels found under an UNRWA school at its word. Yet no media outlet reminded the world that the UNRWA school teachers' union and...
Why Israel should recognize an independent Kurdistan
In the wake of Iranian aggression across the Middle East region, the most effective strategy that Israel can adopt to counter such a threat is to recognize an independent Kurdistan and to fully support...
