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Kerry’s Latest Mideast Trip Doomed Before It Starts

Posted in Israel, Palestine, United States, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 22, 2013 | 1 Comment »


John Kerry’s charade in Israel and Palestine is growing exceedingly tiresome. As I explain in Lobelog today, Israelis are laughing at him, other US diplomats are sneering and Palestinians, as usual, are just frustrated.

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Poll Shows Overwhelming US Popular Opposition to Greater Involvement in Syria

Posted in Syria, United States, tagged , , on May 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


Public opinion on foreign policy matters is a fickle thing, considering how ill-informed of world news people are in the isolated and exceptionalist United States. Unfortunately, the politics of ignorance still plays much too big a role in US foreign policy decision-making. That’s why it is such a relief to see poll results like this one, from a HuffPo/You.gov poll: (more…)

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Some Hear Death Knell for a Two-State Solution

Posted in United States, US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


My report for IPS on John Kerry’s recent activities and a panel held last week in the halls of Congress featuring Steve Walt, Phil Weiss and Henry Siegman.

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Kerry in the Mideast: Tilting at Windmills

Posted in United States, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


John Kerry is no fool, and he is far from ignorant about either the Israel-Palestine conflict or the domestic politics surrounding it. So who is he trying to kid with this all out blitz of Israel-Palestine diplomacy? I examine it at LobeLog.

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The American Problem

Posted in United States, US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


Israel is acting like any small, but relatively powerful country would act when it feels afraid and has blanket and unqualified protection for any of its acts from the world’s only superpower. It is the United States that is acting abnormally and entrenching this vexing conflict. I elaborate at Souciant today.

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