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Post Mortem: Obama Balks After Abbas Double Talks

Dan Calic — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:51:51 +0000

Another round of Middle East diplomacy has recently concluded with President Obama being the star attraction. He met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and King Abdullah of Jordan. The majority of media attention deservedly focused on the meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas. Reflecting on the press conferences held after meeting [...]

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Did An Opportunistic Obama ‘Play’ Netanyahu?

Dan Calic — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:28:34 +0000

Obama Got What He Wanted, The Question is Did Netanyahu? Many so called “experts” were scratching their heads trying to figure out why President Obama came to the Middle East. Some thought it might have been to kick start the stagnating “peace process” between Israel and the Arabs. However, it’s clear this wasn’t his intention. [...]

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Abbas Defies Logic….Again

Dan Calic — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:34:15 +0000

Mahmoud Abbas who has a history of making statements in direct conflict with facts has produced another one. However, before including his latest venture into the land of fantasy let’s take a quick look at his previous salvos. He’s accused Israel of being a “racist state.” Logic says otherwise, since Israel is the only free [...]

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Why the Left isn’t right

Dan Calic — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:56:59 +0000

How does Israel negotiate with people who don’t believe it has the right to exist? It has been said doing the same thing repeatedly yet expecting different results is one definition of insanity. One can make a case this applies to the Arab-Israeli conflict. For example, many look to a two state solution as the best [...]

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Why Hamas Will Never Accept Israel

Dan Calic — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:54:14 +0000

Moussa Abu-Marzouq, an Hamas official says they will accept a Palestinian state based on pre ’67 borders. He also indicates they will not recognize Israel and attacks against it should continue. According to Abu-Marzouq, the only difference between Hamas and Fatah is Hamas refuses to accept Israel and Fatah does. Whats’ Changed? Before anyone starts [...]

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Are God and Allah the same? Consider the facts-

Dan Calic — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:24:25 +0000

When speaking about God and Allah there’s no shortage of opinions. Many people think we all pray to the same god. This suggests the homogenization of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, as well as who God and Allah are. There are those who say Allah translated is another word for God. I am not prepared to [...]

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The Hypocrisy of Mahmoud Abbas

Dan Calic — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:41:22 +0000

How many times have you heard Israel accused of “ethnic cleansing,” being “racist,” or an “apartheid state?” It seems Mahmoud Abbas, whom most world leaders refer to as a “moderate,” can’t go too long without invoking at least one of these baseless accusations. Abbas might wish to consider the facts before he speaks. For example, he’s [...]

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