Why Benjamin Netanyahu Rejects Palestinian Statehood

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a post-Gaza War Palestinian state spurred a predictable global response—with UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres calling it “unacceptable,” President Joe Biden reiterating support for the “two-state solution,” and the European Union threatening “consequences” if Netanyahu’s government doesn’t change its course. But the back and forth between Jerusalem (which is fighting a gruesome war with …

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Charging Israel with Genocide is Orwellian

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Three months after a genocidal, anti-semitic terrorist group slaughtered 1,200 of its citizens in a barbaric fashion, Israel sits in the docket of the International Court of Justice, accused of committing genocide because it hasn’t defended itself from future attack as pristinely as the world demands. The court is holding hearings this week on an application that …

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Washington Must Not Plant the Seeds of the Next Israeli-Palestinian War

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Working with Arab governments and the Palestinian Authority on a plan for the latter to run Gaza after Israel’s war with Hamas, Washington must be careful not to plant the seeds for the next Israeli-Palestinian war. The risks are not inconsiderable, based on the nature of the Palestinian Authority, its leaders’ reluctance to meet Washington’s …

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Why is the Biden Administration Scared of Iran?

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With Israel and Hamas still vowing to destroy one another, and with full combat resuming after a tenuous truce, Washington says it doesn’t want to do anything to provoke Iran into a wider regional conflict. That’s reportedly why, in recent days, Washington and its European allies chose not to censure Iran over its growing defiance of International …

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The Case For A Full Israeli Victory Over Hamas in Gaza

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Israel is facing all-too-predictable global pressure to scale back its military operation in Gaza to spare innocent lives and prevent a regional conflict that could draw in Iran, the United States, and other nations. But critics have it backward. Those concerned about human rights and those seeking peace should be rooting for Israel’s full-scale destruction …

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A Wake-Up Call for Israel’s Critics

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With 1,300 Israeli Jews slaughtered and nearly 200 taken hostage, what’s more infuriating: that critics presume to tell Jerusalem how to conduct a war and run its government or that their views are shaped by blind ignorance and naïve hope? To its critics in America, Israel’s next steps are straightforward. Yes, hunt down Hamas, but don’t let …

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On Ukraine, Biden needs to step up and make the case before it’s too late

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As Europe’s fascists flexed their muscles in 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt cautioned: “Let no one imagine that America will escape; that America may expect mercy; that this Western Hemisphere will not be attacked; and that it will continue tranquilly and peacefully to carry on the ethics and the arts of civilization… There is a solidarity and …

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