michaeltotten.com - 1/25/2009
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Okay, I'm back from my brief visit to Israel. Sorry I haven't had time to write much in the last week. The American Jewish Committee scheduled back-to-back meetings from breakfast until dinner every day, and I took a token amount of time off to visit the Dead Sea for the first time with Max Boot ...
commentarymagazine.com - 1/27/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
I've just returned from a week-long trip through
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Israel's border with Gaza, and...
I'm reminded all over again of what has been beaten into me during my many visits to the Middle East: there is no solution to the problems that ...
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The Mother of All Quagmires
haaretz.com - 1/21/2009
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haaretz.com —
Israel's Supreme court overruled on Wednesday a parliamentary
panel which had decided to bar Israeli Arab parties...
from running in next month's parliamentary election. The court issued its decision in response to an appeal filed by Arab politicians ...
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Supreme Court revokes ban on Arab parties ...
commentarymagazine.com - 1/25/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
It is not only our enemies that will
be testing the young new American president. So will...
our allies. Or should I say ostensible allies? The latest test comes from Saudi Arabia. Prince Turki al-Faisal, a member of the royal family and a former chief ...
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The Laughable Saudi Peace Plan
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... in the last week. The American Jewish Committee scheduled back-to-back meetings from breakfast until dinner every day, and I took a token amount of time off to visit the Dead Sea for the first time with Max Boot and Mario Loyola. I met with Israeli military officers, academics, and journalists from the far-left to the far-right and at every point in between. Now that I’m home and can process everything I’ve learned, I can start writing again. Stay tuned. And thanks for your patience. read ...
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