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Advertisements In my latest piece for Babylon Times, hosted by Souciant, I look at the phenomenon of Americans being “more Israeli than Israelis.” Actually, I contend it’s gone from being more Likud than the Israeli right to being more devoted to Israel than to the US for many.Continue Reading

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Advertisements This piece was originally published at LobeLog The anticipated meeting of the Middle East Quartet (the United States, Russian Federation, United Nations and European Union) took place Monday. The result was what has become pretty standard for Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy and peacemaking: nothing. The Quartet is incapable of doing anythingContinue Reading

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Advertisements The Senate passed a resolution last week threatening repercussions if the Palestinians press on with their bid for statehood. A similar House of Representatives resolution passed this week. The two bills, very likely drafted by AIPAC, cite a number of statements by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to support a very strongContinue Reading