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More Voices Urge Obama to Rein In Netanyahu

From On December 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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WASHINGTON, Dec 6 2012 (IPS) - Increasingly distressed over the possible consequences of Israel’s recent steps to punish the Palestinian Authority (PA) and consolidate its hold on the West Bank, a number of prominent voices here are urging President Barack Obama to exert real pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [...]

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Symptoms of the Bush-Obama Presidency

From On August 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Reposted by arrangement with Tom Dispatch

The Saved and the Sacked

By David Bromwich

Is it too soon to speak of the Bush-Obama presidency?

The record shows impressive continuities between the two administrations, and nowhere more than in the policy of “force projection” in the Arab world. With one war half-ended [...]

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