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io Free Europe and the National Endowment for Democracy. The same kind of determination has yet to be mustered in response to Stalin's imitators in Belarus and Central Asia, not to mention his star pupil in his old Kremlin stomping grounds. Article 7. EFTA00700306 The National Interest Why Russia R

n through tunnels, as Hamas does. But if money was all that mattered, Mahmoud Abbas would still rule Gaza. His Palestinian Authority (PA), based in the West Bank, sends money each year into Gaza at least four times the amount from the Emir. The PA is still paying the salaries of the 70,000 teachers and other

da." The Washington Post (5/25, 10.52M) says Biden is "expected to raise concerns about Russian troops massing at the Ukrainian border, as well as" Belarus. According to the Post, "U.S. officials are not expecting the meeting to produce major breakthroughs, nor do they consider it a reset in relations

Unless we preserve at least the potential of a two-state solution, the one-state reality that would emerge in its place won't just blow up Israel, the West Bank and Gaza; it could very well blow up the Democratic Party and every Jewish organization and synagogue in America." It is "vital," Friedman writes, t

ant to the President for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, and U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia. Kenneth Yalowitz served as U.S. ambassador to Belarus and Georgia. Article 5. EFTA00675623 Al-Monitor Why Palestinians Should Not Recognize Israel as Jewish State Nabeel Kassis October 25 -- Any

ntly the issue of Palestine has been pushed aside, so Israel continues to promote its policy of building new Jewish settlements in Jerusalem and in the West Bank. Gingrich, who was supported by the neoconservatives, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and many other pro-Israel lobby groups in Amer

oscow access to foreign bases. We have also seen this in Latin America. Moreover, Russia might still be supplying weapons covertly to Libya through Belarus, a habitual conduit of weapons to places where Russia wishes to retain deniability, since Libya has recently asked Belarus for more weapons. Syria

rwhelming support. The United States is expected to block the move in the Security Council -- and, of course, Israel will not alter its policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip because of a U.N. resolution. Now, with the Palestinian dream of statehood stymied at every turn, a new generation of activists are

ltic states? Is there a serious move to sign bilateral defense treaties with the endangered states (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus) or to bulk up the US presence in Central Asia? No, there is not, and President Putin knows it very well. The United States is a stronger power in

en a charade: all process and no peace while providing Israel with just the cover it needs to pursue its illegal and aggressive colonial project on the West Bank. Shlaim's op-ed appeared in the International New York Times, formerly the International Herald Tribune, rather than in the American print edition

e Central Asian countries as full members, with Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Iran and Mongolia holding "observer" status. Today Turkey—along with Belarus and Sri Lanka—rates as a "dialogue partner." Certainly Russia and Central Asia are important markets for Turkish construction, food and tourism ind

ry's inaugural foreign trip as secretary of state will be to the Middle East, where he will lay the groundwork for a presidential visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan in mid-March. The administration is at pains to lower expectations for these trips. "The president is not prepared, at this point in ti

, including Brazil, Argentina and Sweden, that went down the road toward nuclear weapons but stopped and went back. There are even a few — Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan — that inherited nuclear weapons when the Soviet Union collapsed but soon gave them up voluntarily. And yet, in the Iranian case, w

ifferent. On the Israeli side, the unabated building of illegal settlements and other facts on the ground, such as the Israeli-constructed wall in the West Bank, are destroying prospects for two states and are pushing the two peoples, unwillingly, toward a one-state solution instead. Demographic projections

alestinians from negotiating a reasonable two-state solution. How dare states such as Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Iran, Bahrain, Syria, Belarus and other tyrannies too numerous to mention -- but if you want to see the list, just go over to the next building -- read the list of nation states a

omen, and de facto discrimination against Israeli Arabs. Since the early 1970s, I have been a vocal and persistent opponent of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. And after the war in Lebanon, I protested the use of cluster bombs that, though lawful, unduly endanger the lives of civilians. I have neve