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A Mock UNGA Resolution

Posted in Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, United Nations, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

For my International Law class (for those who don’t know, I’m working on my Master’s Degree at University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy), I was asked to write a UN resolution and a strategy for getting it adopted. I thought folks here might be interested in seeing what i came up with, as sort of a [...]

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Blind Mahmoud Abbas: A Case Study in Powerlessness

Posted in Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

My latest piece at Souciant examines the complete disconnect of Mahmoud Abbas from the reality of the situation the Palestinians are in. I ask why Israel should even be expected, by purely self-interest standards, to end its control over millions of Palestinians and examine how that calculus might be changed.

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J Street Looking Less And Less Like A Potential Game-Changer

Posted in J Street, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 27, 2012 | 5 Comments »

This article originally appeared on LobeLog.  Four years ago, there was some hope in Washington that J Street, the self-proclaimed “pro-Israel, pro-peace” Jewish lobbying group, could someday provide a counterweight to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). No one expected J Street to seriously challenge AIPAC after just four years. But the organization’s track record [...]

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Radio Show on Iran

Posted in Iran, Israel, United States, US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 26, 2012 | 2 Comments »

As I mentioned last week, I was on a radio show today on the subject of Iran, Israel and the US. Also on the show was the extremely informative Professor Ervand Abrahamian of Baruch College. It’s well worth listening to, and you can do so at this link.

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Netanyahu’s New Friends

Posted in Bibi Netanyahu, Fatah, Hamas, Palestine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at Benjamin Netanyahu’s ineffectual “threat” to cut off the negotiations to nowhere with the Palestinian Authority if they reunify with Hamas. Bibi clearly wants a situation where the US will back an Israeli refusal to continue negotiations, and Hamas joining a unity government gives him that. But [...]

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