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lk for Newsweek from Washington, D.C. Ankle 2. The National Interest Why Israel Worries Richard L. Russell May 6, 2014 -- Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is momentarily breathing a sigh of relief now that he can blame Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas for scuttling the latest round of pea
inian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas for scuttling the latest round of peace negotiations. Abbas' reconciliation pact with Hamas in Gaza allows Netanyahu to wash his hands of the peace process—because militant EFTA00662702 Hamas will not even acknowledge Israel's right to exist—to focus on more acu
ely to become a wider war in the Middle East. Second, think about the Baltics. Imagine a scenario in which we see a replay of Crimea or Donetsk in Latvia where one quarter of the population are ethnic Russians or Russian speakers. With or without Putin's encouragement, several hundred of them occupy
o when it comes to relative power, Israel enjoys an immense edge, which the Israeli government has no intention of surrendering. For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the "peace process" is not a means to settle differences through compromise or give-and-take. It's a mechanism to enshrine hard-earned Israeli adv
ive-and-take. It's a mechanism to enshrine hard-earned Israeli advantages in perpetuity. Several years ago, in outlining his own "vision of peace," Netanyahu spelled out the implications of this approach. "If we get a guarantee of demilitarization," he remarked, "we are ready to agree to a real peace ag
he 1980 Solidarity movement, asked rhetorically at the aforementioned panel: "Will a European or an American want to go to war to defend Estonia or Latvia, both of them members of NATO and the EU, if Putin invades them 'to protect the large ethnic Russian minorities' there?" The audience responded wit
Ugly Israel's election has done a lot to reveal the challenges facing the country and the intentions of the men who seek to lead it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's outright rejection of a Palestinian state and his racist rant against Israeli Arab voters on Tuesday showed that he has forfeited any claim to rep
ama administration for seeldng a nuclear deal with Iran, but that seems to have done little to enhance his support in Israel. In his desperation, M r. Netanyahu resorted to fearmongering and antiArab attacks while failing to address the issues that Israelis said they were most worried about, namely the high
inst the Baltic States, Carson said, "We need to convince them to get involved in NATO and strengthen NATO." Except that the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) are already in NATO. Hewitt also pressed Carson on his understanding of Islamic history. After Carson traced dips, utes in Islam bac
by the U.N. as a future state for the Palestinian people. And with each new BDS headline, the ferocious reaction from the movement's critics, with Netanyahu and his AIPAC fulminations in the vanguard, has risen exponentially. I think it's safe to say BDS is in the "then they fight you" stage. Some wrong
on the capital. Two NATO F-16s are shot down during a reconnaissance flight close to the Lithuanian-Russian border. Russia declares war on Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Invoking Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty — an attack against one member shall be considered an attack against all — the Unite
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h and South America. Asia and Europe. After ten days of harsh competition. Jean Luc Brunel crowned the winner. Coto Lapna. or eighteen yecnold from Latvia whom as a result of coming in first place was awarded over three hundrea thousand dollars worth or niodekig contracts The city or Quito. Ecuador w
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Barack Obama
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George W. Bush
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Bill Clinton
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Donald Trump
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Joe Biden
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Jerusalem
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Marc Rich
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Vladimir Putin
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Prince Charles
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Prince Andrew
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Hillary Clinton
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Bloomberg L.P.
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