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Promoting Incompetence in Iraq

Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Gens. George Casey, David Petraeus and Ricardo Sanchez have not… more

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The Friendship Offensive

Peace activists on Capitol Hill hope to stave off war with Iran through cross-cultural contact between ordinary citizens

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New Jewish Lobby Counters Neocons

On April 15, after 18 months of planning, a new progressive Jewish lobby called J Street was launched… more

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Why Is Yazan Sawalha in Prison?

Israel has detained the son of a prominent Palestinian peace activist, and refuses to say why.

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Youth Gone Wild

Jared Cohen's book Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels among the Youth of the Middle East seeks to understand an area of the world where hatred for his country and religion run rampant

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A Resolution Too Far?

U.S.-Turkish relations, already strained by the war in Iraq, are being tested further by the controversial congressional resolution recognizing the 1915 genocide of Armenians.

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Ehud Barak’s Second Coming

In Israel's current political atmosphere, the onetime dove returns dressed in a hawk's feathers

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Smearing Israel’s Critics

Former DePaul professor Finkelstein joins a growing list of academics censored for criticizing the Holy Land's foreign policy

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Palestinians in Iraq Face a Second Exile

Threatened in Iraq, these refugees have no country to return to.

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Iran and America’s Tug of War

Iran's real threat to the United States has less to do with nuclear ambitions and more to do with an explosive tension between politics and resources

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The Checkpoint Women of Israel

Machsom Watch advocates for fair treatement of Palestinians, drawing both resentment and respect from their countrymen

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Deconstructing Hezbollah

When George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13224 on Sept. 23, 2001, presenting a protocol to combat al-Qaeda… more

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Israel and Hamas Just Say No To Peace

Over the past 40 years, the Arab League's position on Israel has radically shifted. It's time for Israel to recognize the change.

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An Israeli Refuseniks Good Fight

In September 2003, in the midst of Israel's campaign of targeted assassinations against Palestinian terrorists, a 31-year-old Black… more

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For Israel’s Sake

The more we examine the disaster that is the Bush administration's Middle East policy, the more apparent becomes… more

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Lets be Realists, Let?s Demand the Impossible!

Why pragmatic politics are doomed to fail in the Middle East

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Examining Irans ties to Hezbollah

Just how much influence does the Islamic Republic wield over Hezbollah?

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Israels September 11 Effect

Israel is uniting in its war with Lebanon

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The U.S.-Israeli Somalia Plan

In his first visit to the White House on May 23, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told President… more

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Diplomatic Hypocrisy in the Middle East

In May, President George W. Bush and an adoring Congress offered lavish support for a unilateral plan by… more

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Irans Powerless President

Kaveh Ehsani speaks about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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Charting a Sane Course in the Middle East

When the planes crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, "everything changed." Or so people said.… more

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Hamas: Sharons Legacy?

Both the Israeli and Palestinian political arenas are in turmoil. In Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke has… more

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The Real Case for Israel

What lies behind Alan Dershowitz's campaign against Norman Finkelstein?

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Echoes of Baghdad

Naphtalene, the first novel by an Iraqi woman to be published in the United States, has taken a… more

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Ready for Dialogue

"I'm afraid that if I watch a lot of TV, I will start to hate myself as an… more

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Will Withdrawal Make Gaza a Frontier Ghetto?

Now that the withdrawal from Gaza is underway, and the settlers being relocated have failed to transform their… more

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No Negotiation

Sharon reveals his plans for the West Bank

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Hand Over the Keys

A generous gesture can make a difference

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The Gossip

"To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart." This pearl of wisdom from Marjane Satrapi's… more

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Fallujah 101

A history lesson about the town we are currently destroying.

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The No-Partner Myth

Will Israel take steps to address Palestinian grievances or continue myth-making?

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Inside Al-Jazeera

Samir Khader has covered and observed the war on terror through his work with the Arab news network,… more

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Portrait of a Rebellion

Shiite insurgency in Iraq bedevils U.S.

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Jobless Recovery

By outsourcing labor, U.S. planners of Iraqi “democracy” do not include unions

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The Blame Game

Heightened public interest in the workings of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, better… more

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Into the Fire

Baghdad—I heard the sound of freedom in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, the famous plaza where the statue of Saddam… more

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Life During Wartime

From a country torn by religious divisions and ethnic violence, Broken Wings breaks past the headlines to deliver… more

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Strange Motives

What was the logic behind Israel’s assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas?

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Remember Rachel Corrie

Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old senior at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, was killed by Israeli soldiers in… more

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