Republican Realists Call for Major Course Change

Some of the Republican Party's most venerable foreign policy strategists are calling urgently for a major course change in U.S. policy in the Middle East, but neither the administration of President George W. Bush nor Republicans in Congress appear inclined to pay...

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The Return of the Neocons

In the weeks before the Israeli re-invasion of Lebanon, Israel's amen corner launched a preemptive attack against the enemy – Condoleezza Rice. Richard Perle, writing in the Washington Post, lashed out against the "dithering" of the Bush administration:...

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‘Respecting Lebanon’s Sovereignty’

Nothing compares to Israel's open, independent, and pluralistic media in times of war. Saturday we had the pleasure of watching Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman give an especially repulsive horror show on Israeli public television (Channel 1)....

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Remembering Hiroshima

Sometimes, something happens that is so awful that we find ourselves rationalizing it, talking as if it had to happen, to make ourselves feel better about the horrible event. For many people, I believe, President Truman's dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug....

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Is the US Encouraging Israel to Attack Syria?

Despite Israel's repeated insistence that it does not want an armed conflict with Syria, could the United States be encouraging the Israelis to attack Syria, or to goad the Syrians into attacking Israel first? According to Sunday's Jerusalem Post, IDF officials have...

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Oil Spill Hits Lebanon, No Cleanup in Sight

Byblos, Lebanon – Israeli air strikes on an electricity plant have released oil that has now spread over much of Lebanon's coastline. More than 15,000 barrels of oil have hit the coast after the bombing of five of six storage tanks at the plant in the coastal...

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Backtalk July 29, 2006

The Human Shields of Nazareth Dear fellow activists, … Jonathan Cook's article clearly demonstrates that yet another journalist (Matthew Price) within the BBC has been "reporting" fallacies and hinting at a pro-Israeli stance. This must be combated by truthful...

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