Tag: Mediterranean Countries
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Opinion | Trump’s Fate and Other 2024 Cliffhangers
[ad_1] Will inflation keep coming down? Will Ukraine be lost? Will Israel prevail in Gaza? [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | Notable & Quotable: The Interns Have Spoken
[ad_1] ‘We urge the Biden-Harris Administration . . . to support a diplomatic solution that will put an end to the illegal occupation and the Israeli apartheid.’ [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | The True Face of the Anti-Israel Movement
[ad_1] The response in anti-Israel circles to Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre has been clarifying. Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the tip of the spear on U.S. campuses, early on called the slaughter “a historic win for Palestinian resistance.” The tune hasn’t changed, even from the leaders pressuring President Biden. Nihad Awad, executive director of…
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Opinion | Can Washington Still Do Anything?
[ad_1] Can the United States government still act to solve problems and aid allies in the national interest? It’s hard to believe it has come to this, but that’s the underlying question as President Biden and Congress struggle to pass a spending bill to help Ukraine and Israel while improving U.S. border security. President Biden…
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Opinion | The Biden-Blinken Rules of War for Israel
[ad_1] War is back against Hamas, but will the Biden Administration let Israel win? Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the bad news to Jerusalem before the truce ended: He wants Israel on a short leash. Hamas fired rockets at Israel Friday morning, in violation of the pause, and failed to produce the remaining female…
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Opinion | Israel Faces Pressure to Yield to the ‘Terrorist Veto’
[ad_1] There is a tension between Israel’s two objectives of eliminating Hamas as a political and military force and recovering the innocent civilians kidnapped on Oct. 7. Weighing these competing priorities, Israel decided to pause its anti-Hamas military campaign in exchange for the return of some hostages. This policy’s wisdom is debatable. A greater hazard,…
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Opinion | Who the Israelis Are Releasing in Return for Hamas’s Hostages
[ad_1] Updated Nov. 29, 2023 8:42 pm ET Hamas continued to release hostages on Wednesday, for a total of more than 100 so far, a bit more than a third of the estimated 240 civilians seized on Oct. 7. In return Israel has freed more than 200 Palestinian prisoners, but nobody should think these prisoners…
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Opinion | The Proxy Wars Take to the High Seas
[ad_1] Houthi rebels seized an Israel-linked ship in mid-November. There may be more maritime terrorism. [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | Democrats Want ‘Conditions’ on Israel
[ad_1] Israel agreed on Monday to a two-day extension of its truce with Hamas to gain the release of more hostages, a priority of President Biden. But another idea is gaining ground among Democrats that is more dangerous: condition U.S. aid on how Israel conducts its war of self-preservation. The stipulation is said to be…