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Jewish Voters, Do Not Let President Obama and the Dems Take You for Granted
November 1, 2010
With 78 percent of Jewish voters going for President Obama in the 2008 election despite his tendency to trivialize Jewish-Americans’ concerns about Israel’s security, is it any mystery that during the past two years,...
Ex-Iraqi MP urges U.S. to Form Moderate Arab-Israeli Alliance
October 27, 2010
Partnership based on economic interest could give US greater leverage against Iran, says Mithal al-Alusi, whose sons were murdered after he came to Israel in ’04.
Oil and water don’t usually mix. But one native son of the Middle East has...
Clooney to Obama: Stop a Genocide Before it is Too Late
October 25, 2010
Earlier this month actor George Clooney met with President Obama at the White House to urge him to prevent bloodshed in Sudan in advance of the controversial referendum planned for January 9 in which the mostly Christian South is predicted to...
A Waterway Alliance to Protect the Strait of Hormuz is President Obama’s Key to Mideast Peace
October 21, 2010
Oil and water don’t usually mix, but a native son of the Middle East has a suggestion for President Obama on how to combine these elements to promote peace in the region.
Mithal al-Alusi, a former Iraqi Parliamentarian, believes a key to...
Alusi: Normal Muslims Say, “Why are You Leaving Us in the Hands of the Iranians?”
October 20, 2010
Interesting piece in today’s New York Post about how Sunni sheiks and others in Iraq and Afghanistan are switching sides for fear that the U.S. will abandon them as President Obama draws down troops.
This state of affairs echoes what...
Maureen’s Hypocrisy-Fest
October 18, 2010
Just have to write a word or two about the hypocrisy of Maureen Dowd’s column today.
Generally I avoid writing posts that critique other journalists and columnists. We have enough malcontents disparaging us already–cranks of the...
The Original Darfur
October 7, 2010
Escaped slave and human rights champion Simon Deng arrived in Washington D.C. today, leading a group of several dozen determined activists who walked with him 300 miles from the United Nations in New York to the Capitol building to raise...
How U.S. Tax Dollars Enable Ahmadinejad to Practice Press Censorship at the U.N.
September 27, 2010
The brilliant and intrepid Claudia Rosett, the investigative journalist who exposed the oil for food scandal, has a sharp blog post about a shocking incident that took place at the U.N. last week when Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, kicked out...
Standing Up to Ahmadinejad at the U.N.
September 23, 2010
Crowds gathered yesterday at the U.N.’s Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to protest the appearance at the United Nations of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani addressed the crowd, saying:...
Escaped South Sudanese Slave, Human Rights Leader Simon Deng to Prez Obama: “We Can’t Wait!”
September 16, 2010
Human rights leader Simon Deng, a former Sudanese national swimming champion and escaped slave, has launched his 250-mile freedom walk from the United Nations to Washington D.C. this week to gain U.S. support for the independence of South...