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When it comes to issues involving Israel, politicians in Washington can become quite hysterical, making the dumbest remarks or doing the most illogical things. Evidence of such bizarre behavior abounds, and this week provided several examples. Read More »
Father Emil Salayta, head of the Tribunal Court of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Co-founder of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation; Lavinia Limon, Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), discusses refugee issues in the Middle East; Aaron Blake National Politics Reporter at the Washington Post discusses developments related to the current GOP presidential field.
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Air Date: 6/23/2011
Mona Yacoubian, Special Adviser, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention and Director of the Lebanon Working Group at the United States Institute for Peace; Mike German, Policy Counsel on National Security, Immigration and Privacy at the American Civil Liberties Union. Read More »
Back in 2009, when President Obama announced his political compromise plan for a "surge" in Afghanistan there were complaints from both "hawks" and "doves" alike. And so it came as no surprise that he would hear the same complaints this week as he announced the "beginning of the end" of the "surge". Read More »
The contest has begun to determine who will be the Republican candidate to square off against President Obama in 2012 national elections. For months now, individuals have been announcing either their intention to run or to form what are called "exploratory committees" to determine whether or not they should run. Read More »
Bulent Aliriza, Senior Associate and Director, Turkey Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Moeed Yusuf, South Asia Adviser at the U.S. Institute of Peace; Shane D'Aprile, Editor, Campaigns & Elections. Read More »
Air Date: 6/9/2011
Daniel Levy, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation; Chris Boucek, Associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Nuh Yilmaz, Director of the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA). Read More »
This week a bit of controversy erupted in Washington when it was announced that the performance of Malek Jandali, a Syrian musician, had been dropped from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's (ADC) annual convention. It appears that Jandali had insisted on including "Watani Ana", a song about freedom, in his repertoire—and that some leaders at ADC had been equally insistent that the song be dropped. With no meeting of the minds, Jandali was dropped from the program. Read More »
I am writing from the Middle East where I am catching an earful about last month's dueling speeches between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. To say that majorities here express deep disappointment in American leadership would not be accurate. They were already disappointed, now most have given up. Read More »
Air Date: 6/2/2011
John Zogby, Chairman and Chief Insights Officer at IBOPE Zogby International; Theodore Kattouf, President of AMIDEAST; Marwan Muasher, Vice President for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Read More »
Given the upheavals occurring across the Middle East, with some of the most difficult situations right on their doorsteps, it might be seen as remarkable that business leaders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Qatar demonstrate high levels of satisfaction in the current economic environment in their countries and optimism about the future. Read More »
Air Date: 5/26/2011
M.J. Rosenberg, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow, Media Matters Action Network; Khaled Elgindy, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy Brookings Institution; Jim O'Sullivan,Chief Analyst, National Journal Daily. Read More »
Reactions to President Obama's speech on developments in the Arab World were a striking reminder of just how deep and troubling the disconnect in the U.S.-Israel-Arab relationship, and how dysfunctional politics in the U.S. have become. Read More »
Air Date: 5/19/2011
Stephen Walt, Professor of International Relations at Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now. Read More »
A few days back, The New York Times reported that President Obama was planning to deliver a major speech designed to "reset" U.S. relations with the Arab World. I found the article troubling. Read More »
Air Date: 5/12/2011
Dina Amer, Egyptian Ameircan, CNN Field Producer, Egypt; Jawad Nabulsi, Egyptian Social Activist and Entrepreneur, Founder, Nebny Foundation; Kathy Kiely, Managing Editor of Politics, National Journal. Read More »
The killing of Osama bin Laden—a man who was responsible for numerous acts of mass murder—should have been the end of a story.
I have no doubt that the essential elements of how he met his death are true: that he was tracked down by intelligence agencies; that with the President's authorization, a meticulously planned operation was designed; and that after being presented with estimates as to the certainty of the target and prospects for success, the President dispatched a team to the site and in the process of carrying out the plan, bin Laden was killed. Read More »
Air Date: 5/5/2011
Ziad AbuZayyad, Co-Founder and Co-Editor Palestine/Israel Journal; Mark Quarterman, Senior Adviser and director of the Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation at the Center for Strategic International Studies; Ayman Mohyeldin, Correspondent for Al Jazeera. Read More »
The Israeli response to news that Palestinian factions had achieved a unity agreement was predictably irritating. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu derided the agreement in stark terms, saying that the Palestinians had a choice of either "Peace with Israel or peace with Hamas". His spokesperson reduced this bumper sticker rejection of Palestinian unity even further to "reconciliation or peace". Read More »
Amb. Chas Freeman Jr., former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Colonel Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay; David Mark, Senior Editor at Politico and moderator of "The Arena." Read More »
Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013
