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Tag: Middle East

Instead of BDS, support progressives in Israel and Palestine

July 3, 2015 Adam Levin International One comment

When Noam Chomsky thinks the Left has gone too far, it’s probably time for some reassessment. The famed intellectual and linguistic philosopher wrote an

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Israel’s elections: Crucial to understanding the conflict’s future

December 12, 2014 Adam Levin International Leave a comment

Social media speculation is hypocritical on a number of issues, but Israel is a particular example. The “Fuck Israel” Facebook pages and posts grew

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Russell Brand analyzes Obama’s ISIS/ISIL war speech

September 22, 2014 Madonna Gauding Foreign Policy, Obama, War One comment

When I watched Obama’s first speech on his plans to go after ISIS (now ISIL), I felt physically ill. As I watched his strange

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ISIS: A tragedy, but also an opportunity

August 7, 2014 Adam Levin Foreign Policy, International Leave a comment

By now, the world has heard about the so-called caliphate set up around Mosul in Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

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Tax dollars at work: American foreign aid to Israel

January 2, 2013 Nicole Lopez Foreign Policy, History, Human Rights, Ideas, International 2 comments

While waiting for a connecting flight in the Dallas, Texas, airport, I witnessed a woman turn to a man and ask him to watch

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Israel: One person’s inner conflict

December 13, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Ideas, International Leave a comment

The real-world, political/military/cultural conflict between Israel and its neighbors is bad, and the war inside my head is getting worse. Israel and I are

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What’s going on in the Middle East?

September 24, 2012 Madonna Gauding Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Violence Leave a comment

Sam Seder, guest host on September 15 of MSNBC’s Up  w/Chris Hayes, provided an informative survey of recent news from the Middle East and moderated

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