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U.S. President Joe Biden during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
The winds blowing from Gaza threaten the US’s Middle East standing
Events in the besieged strip, and across the wider Middle East, have overtaken U.S. efforts to reassert its influence over the region.
By Paola Caridi October 23, 2023
A Bethlehem-area activist hangs U.S.-made tear gas grenades used by the Israeli military in nearby Aida Refugee Camp on trees decorated for Christmas in Bethlehem's Manger Square, West Bank, December 2, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
PHOTOS: This tear gas brought to you by the U.S.A.
Text by Ryan Rodrick Beiler On the same day that Bethlehem’s minister of tourism noted that the US government provided $400,000 to decorate the city for Christmas, local activists brought a few more US-sponsored ornaments to show to visitors in this West Bank town at the height of its tourist season. The activists delivered used…
By Activestills December 3, 2013
Illustrative photo of a bombed out building in Homs, Syria (FreedomHouse/CC)
U.S. Jewish groups use Holocaust guilt to push for Syria strike
A policy decision on American military action in Syria cannot be justified by an analogy between Syrian suffering under Assad and Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.  Two weeks after a chemical attack in Syria killed at least 1,400, including 400 children, and one week after U.S. President Obama announced he favors a limited military strike…
By Mairav Zonszein September 5, 2013
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How American Jewish leaders are undermining two-state solution – via Jerusalem
Considering the U.S. sees East Jerusalem as the future capital of a Palestinian state within the framework of any viable two-state solution, mainstream American Jewish leaders’ insistence that Israel should be listed as the birthplace in Jerusalem-born American citizens’ passports undermines U.S. foreign policy and the two-state solution.  This article was originally published in The…
By Mairav Zonszein July 28, 2013
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