commentarymagazine.com - 1/25/2009
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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 of Saudi intelligence, has penned an op-ed for ...
michaeltotten.com - 1/27/2009
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michaeltotten.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
israelnationalnews.com - 1/25/2009
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israelnationalnews.com —
(IsraelNN.com) A Palestinian Authority (PA) court has sentenced
a 28-year-old PA policeman to death for allegedly spying
for Israel, and the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel thinks the United States envoy to the Middle East should be aware of this ...
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PA Court to Execute 'Spy for Israel' - Defense/Middle ...
brusselsjournal.com - 1/18/2009
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brusselsjournal.com —
A second front to the conflict in the
Gaza Strip has opened up in Europe, where a
wave of reprisal attacks against Jewish targets is stoking fears of a wider resurgence of anti-Semitism on the continent. Far from simply being a spate of isolated ...
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Anti-Semitism Sweeps Europe in Wake of Gaza Operation
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Extremist Opposes Arab Peace Initiative
Wonk Room —
Presumably from a comfy chair somewhere safely out of the line of fire, Max Boot declares the 2002 Arab peace initiative to be “laughable“:
The plan, in case you’ve forgotten, calls on Israel to withdraw completely from the lands occupied in 1967, including East Jerusalem, returning to the lines of June 4 1967; to accept a mutually agreed just solution to the refugee problem according to the General Assembly resolution 194; and to recognize the independent state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital. In return, there would ...
Giving Friedman the Boot
Yourish.com —
... , Saudi Arabia isn’t offended by Israel’s “occupation,” it is offended by Israel’s existence. As Max Boot wrote: ...
The Laughable Saudi Peace Plan
Israpundit —
by Max Boot, Contentions blog, Commentary Magazine, Jan. 24., 2009
Max BootIt 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 ...
Boot v. Peres on Arab Peace Initiative
Matthew Yglesias —
... Here’s Max Boot, hawkish pundit deems the Arab Peace Initiative “laughable” and says “That this is not actually a solution to the Israeli-Arab dispute should be obvious to anyone with even a modicum of understanding of the region.” ...
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A Saudi Prince's Threat to the Obama Administration
danielpipes.org 1/27/2009 — [FPM title: "Royal Grumble"] His Royal Highness Prince Turki al-Faisal is a leading Saudi powerbroker. Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal threatens the U.S. government. Born in 1945 in Mecca to the future King Faisal, his official biography informs us Turki ...
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