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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”
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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”

Juan Cole

What I like about Pope Leo’s remarks is that he openly admitted that the Israeli government is die-hard opposed to a two-state solution

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The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

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By William R. Polk America appears once again to be on the brink of a war. This time the war is likely to be in […]

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"If you take down the central gov't...you could... see... pieces of Iraq fly off"- Dick Cheney 1994

“If you take down the central gov’t…you could… see… pieces of Iraq fly off”- Dick Cheney 1994

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By William J. Astore I spent four college years in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and then served 20 years in the U.S. Air […]

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Seven Key Takeaways From Eric Cantor’s Shocking Defeat

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No incumbent majority leader had lost a seat in Congress since 1899, when the post was first created. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) broke that streak last night. He’s announced that he’ll step down from leadership within weeks. Cantor’s stunning defeat…

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Egypt:  15-Yr. Sentence for Hero of Tahrir Revolution, blogger Alaa, 24 others

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By Joe Stork, Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – A Cairo court on June 11, 2014, sentenced the prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 […]

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