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The boomerang effect: How Netanyahu made Israel an American issue and lost

February 16th, 20180 Despite massive sums of money spent to channel public opinion in the United States in favor of Israel, unmistakable trends in opinion polls are attesting to the changing...

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What to look for in a politician

February 9th, 20180 By Lee H. Hamilton Have you already made up your mind about how you're going to vote — at least by party — in this year's important elections? I hope...

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Foreign policy for sale: Greece’s dangerous alliance with Israel

February 9th, 20180 The main motivation behind the closeness in relations is the Leviathan and Tamar gas fields, located in the territorial waters of several countries, including...

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Recognizing Black contributions and atoning for our past

February 9th, 20180 We need Black History Month, not only to teach us about often unacknowledged African American scientists, inventors, political leaders and scholars who have made...

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‘Whitewashing’ genocide in Myanmar

February 2nd, 20180 By Ramzy Baroud Although the genocide of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar has gathered greater media attention in recent months, there is no indication that the...

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Pence’s Middle East

February 2nd, 20180 The real danger of seeing the world through a narrow ideological lens is that while the lens may be your own, the world being viewed through it is not yours to...

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Without UNRWA I wouldn’t be alive today

January 26th, 20180 By Mohamed Mohamed It is regrettable that the most basic human needs of millions of Palestinian refugees are now being used as a weapon in the Trump administration's...

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The trials of Africa and the real Dr. King they want us to forget

January 26th, 20180 By Ramzy Baroud On January 15, millions of Americans commemorated Martin Luther Kings Day. Dr. King's famous speech, "I Have a Dream", was repeated numerous times in...

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L’Oreal does not celebrate diversity

January 26th, 20180 By Ruqaya Izzidien British beauty blogger Amena Khan announced that she has pulled out of L'Oreal's latest haircare campaign, after a series of tweets in which she...

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The presidency

January 19th, 20180 By Lee H. Hamilton Because we live in such tumultuous political times, it's easy to believe that today's intense public focus on the Trump presidency is something new...

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In words and deeds: The genesis of Israeli violence

January 19th, 20181 By Ramzy Baroud Not a day passes without a prominent Israeli politician or intellectual making an outrageous statement against Palestinians. Many of these statements...

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Trump’s ‘shithole’ remarks and America’s history of immigration

January 19th, 20180 By Amer Zahr It's quite popular these days to declare that Donald Trump's racist views on immigration are "un-American." He only wants White people coming...

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Shadow armies: The unseen, but real U.S. war in Africa

January 12th, 20180 By Ramzy Baroud There is a real — but largely concealed — war which is taking place throughout the African continent. It involves the United States, an...

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Ahed Tamimi offers Israelis a lesson worthy of Gandhi

January 12th, 20181 By Jonathan Cook Sixteen-year-old Ahed Tamimi may not be what Israelis had in mind when, over many years, they criticized Palestinians for not producing a Mahatma...

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Damn it! This is cultural genocide, Tabouli is ours!

January 12th, 20180 By James Zogby Between Christmas and New Year's Day, I became embroiled in what The Jerusalem Post termed a "Twitter war", which it claimed "raised eyebrows on both...

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Will 2018 usher in a new Palestinian strategy?

January 5th, 20180 By Ramzy Baroud 2017 will be remembered as the year that the so-called "peace process", at least in its American formulation, ended. And with its demise, a political...

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Taking stock as we begin a new year

January 5th, 20180 By Lee H. Hamilton This may seem odd, but as I look ahead to a year we all know will be momentous, you want to know what I feel most strongly? Gratitude. I'll tell...

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Everything wrong with the reaction to Ahed Tamimi’s prosecution

January 5th, 20181 Where were the international calls for compassion, the reminders that this was a potentially traumatized child? By Hiba Khan Everyone now knows that 16-year-old...

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What happens if Trump does stop aid to Palestinians?

January 5th, 20180 By Ali Abunimah A million Palestinians in Gaza depend on UNRWA emergency food rations. That number soared from just 80,000 in 2000, after years of Israeli siege and...

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What to Look For in 2018

December 22nd, 20170 By Lee H. Hamilton This was an interesting year that's just passed, wasn't it? And here's the thing: I suspect 2018 will be just as intriguing. Let's start with...

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Whitewashing: The media’s two narratives on terrorism

December 22nd, 20170 By Ramzy Baroud Within hours after Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi immigrant, allegedly detonated a pipe bomb in New York City on December 11, severely injuring himself...

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Both parties pushed Trump toward reckless action on Jerusalem

December 22nd, 20170 By Stephen Zunes President Trump announced on Wednesday, Dec. 6 that the United States will formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the U.S....

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Trump deepens America’s isolation

December 22nd, 20170 By Rashid Khalidi The brilliant diplomacy over Jerusalem of the self-proclaimed master deal-maker has produced a situation where it is now D. Trump vs. almost the...

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Trump’s decision crystallizes Palestinians predicament of entrenched American bias

December 15th, 20170 By Mary Turfah Last Wednesday, Donald Trump announced his plans to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as recognition, against that of the...

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What Trump has done: The entire U.S.-Middle East political framework just collapsed

December 15th, 20170 By Ramzy Baroud Now that President Trump has fully adopted the Israeli right wing political discourse on Palestine, the Palestinian Authority is in a very tough...

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Trump’s Jerusalem decision: A fatal and fateful blow

December 15th, 20170 By Dr. James J. Zogby President Trump's decision to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital was irresponsible and dangerous for more reasons than I can...

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On Jerusalem, Obama was no better than Trump

December 15th, 20170 By Khelil Bouarrouj President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital has simply exposed the grim reality of American peace mediation between...

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