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ainment begin? In March 1947, with Greece in danger of collapse from a Soviet-backed insurgency and Turkey under direct Russian pressure, President Truman went to Congress for major and immediate economic and military aid to both countries. That means weaponry, Mr. President. It was the beginning of t
balance is 'isolationism.' Despite sanctioning and negotiating with Iran, strengthening ties with East Asian states, attempting to broker peace in the West Bank and Syria, critics charge the Obama administration with 'turning inward' and a 'global retreat.' For Condoleezza Rice, reductions in the defense bu
gnify the president's failure to see clearly the morass into which his misguided Middle Eastern policy would ultimately lead the United States. But Truman is guilty, according to Judis, not only of a failure of perception. He deserves blame for lending his nation's support to a movement that was most
cemented the Palestinian political split, EFTA00684338 leading to rival governments, one run by Hamas in Gaza and the other by Abbas in parts of the West Bank, and was seen as perhaps the biggest blot on Dahlan's career. However, there are now signs of a possible rapprochement between Dahlan and the Isla
be feted at the Jewish Theological Seminary. When his old friend Eddie Jacobson introduced him as "the man who helped create the state of Israel," Truman responded, "What do you EFTA00684522 mean `helped to create'? I am Cyrus." Truman was referring to the Persian King who overthrew the Babylonians
ing. Even the support of American Jewry is not guaranteed. The high rate of assimilation combined with an aversion to Israel's settlement policy in the West Bank is distancing young Jews from Israel and causing them to become less and less involved and identified with Israel. Israel's official spokespeople
Entities connected to both Truman and the West Bank

Barack Obama
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George W. Bush
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Jerusalem
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United States
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Bill Clinton
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Lebanon
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Bashar al-Assad
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Marc Rich
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Middle East
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West Bank
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Tehran
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Fatah
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Cairo
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Hillary Clinton
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Hosni Mubarak
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Vladimir Putin
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Mahmoud Abbas
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