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Palestinians buck US, put UN resolution before Security Council demanding Israel withdraw from West Bank

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pressed the resolution despite US opposition. (AP Photo/Luis Romero) Arab nations backed Palestinians Wednesday, putting a resolution before the UN Security Council Wednesday that would demand an Israeli pullout from the West Bank and East Jerusalem…

UN marks Human Rights Day by promoting violation of human rights

Sixty-six years ago was the high water mark of global disapproval of xenophobia, and racial and religious discrimination. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and then gave Eleanor Roosevelt a…

An open letter to Barack Obama: World War III is here

Dear Mr. President, It’s been quite a summer. The world is not a pretty place right now but I see you have had a chance to play golf. In fact you’ve played golf through the worst of it. Right after…

Gaza Strip conflict: Time to face the ugly truth — the UN encourages terrorism

As the terrorist organization Hamas breaks yet another ceasefire, it operates with the firm belief that it will be protected on the international stage. That’s because the modern United Nations has become an instrument of war, just seven decades after…

The risks of Israel’s Gaza incursion

While Israel has demonstrated enormous strategic patience with Hamas’ over 1,500 rocket attacks which sent some two-thirds of Israelis into bomb shelters, the potential cost to Israel of even a limited ground incursion in northern Gaza — the death of…

A dramatic shift in Middle East alliances: Egypt, Israel and Hamas

Egypt’s initial failed effort to mediate an end to the latest confrontation between Israel and Hamas reflects a dramatic shift in Middle Eastern alliances since the last eruption of intense violence between Palestinians and Israelis, the third in nearly six…

Israel crisis: Obama’s obscene moral relativism

As Palestinian terror dramatically escalates, the Obama administration is working hard – not to defeat the terrorists, but to tie Israel’s hands behind its back. Sure, there is background noise paying lip-service to an Israeli right of self-defense and babbling…

Weak On Syria, Weak In The World

I am sure they are breathing a sigh of relief – if not celebrating – in Damascus, Tehran and Moscow. By that I mean that it looks like, at least for the short term, that President Assad has gotten away…

The US Must Follow Through On Middle East Aid Commitments

Douglas E. Schoen and Joshua Schoen The Arab Israeli peace talks are on the verge of being restarted after three years. This raises questions as to what the United States’ broader strategic interests are and what role Middle Eastern states…

Why Israel will rule the new Middle East

Jan. 30, 2013: Israel’s President Shimon Peres, right, listens as Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party, speaks during their meeting in Jerusalem. (AP/Reuters Pool) If you still think the future of Israel looks bleak,…