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ould only embolden Assad and could easily result in an even greater increase in chaos and bloodshed in Syria, with potential spillover into Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. Meanwhile, Russia maintains a complex relationship with its other longtime ally in the region, Iran. Historically, first under the tsa
call. In the furor that exists in the U.S. today about BDS and the right and wrong of a cultural boycott of Israel, a quote from one of my heroes, Mahatma Gandhi, has been on my mind. He prophetically said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." The BDS movement i
cally said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." The BDS movement is fulfilling its promise and fits Gandhi's description. Once dismissed by many as a futile strategy that would "never work," BDS has gained much ground in recent weeks, bringing with it th
es that the Syrian recognition of the Palestinian state today means that the al- Assad regime may give up the idea of custody over the Levant, i.e. Lebanon and Palestine, especially as Damascus also previously prevented Lebanon from recognizing the Palestinian state. The Syrian recognition also indicat
hard nut. The mahatma and his cause, the freedom of India from the British empire, were real ideological items just before mid-century. For Rick, Gandhi is an inheritance from his father, Sidney, who was a journalist and a professional activist in a range of "good causes," from socialism to isolatio
ade him editor of TNR twice. We are friends—I would even say loving friends—but with a deep undercurrent of testy ideological distrust. His hero is Mahatma Gandhi. Mine is George Washington. Maybe there's the difference in a nutshell, one a nutcase and a pretentious nutcase at that, the other a hard nut. The
es that the Syrian recognition of the Palestinian state today means that the al- Assad regime may give up the idea of custody over the Levant, i.e. Lebanon and Palestine, especially as Damascus also previously prevented Lebanon from recognizing the Palestinian state. The Syrian recognition also indicat
ade him editor of TNR twice. We are friends—I would even say loving friends—but with a deep undercurrent of testy ideological distrust. His hero is Mahatma Gandhi. Mine is George Washington. Maybe there's the difference in a nutshell, one a nutcase and a pretentious nutcase at that, the other a hard nut. The
hard nut. The mahatma and his cause, the freedom of India from the British empire, were real ideological items just before mid-century. For Rick, Gandhi is an inheritance from his father, Sidney, who was a journalist and a professional activist in a range of "good causes," from socialism to isolatio
he just might rock our world. Quran is helping to coordinate a raft of Palestinian youth organizations—located in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria—all united around one goal: to create a Palestinian Tahrir Square. They organized the unity march that helped pressure Fatah and Hamas to r
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023534 →tter of principle, he admitted sheepishly. But they all believe it represents the right strategy. They’ve been studying the civil rights movement and Gandhi’s struggle against the British and the movement that peacefully brought down Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia. No one wants a second intifada, he insiste
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023534 →ge Initiative Act, 'H.R. 5586, Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act; 'H.R. 3331, Countering Hizballah in Lebanon's Military Act of 2019', 'H.R. 7703, Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act, 'H.R. XXXX, STOP Organ Trafficking, '11.R. 7623, Passpo
, 'H.R. 7276, East Africa Locust Eradication Act, 'H.R. 6334, Securing America From Epidemics Act; 'H.R. 4644, Libya Stabilization Act', 'H.R. 5517, Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act, 'H.R. 5586, Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act; 'H.R. 3331, C
ge Initiative Act, 'H.R. 5586, Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act; 'H.R. 3331, Countering Hizballah in Lebanon's Military Act of 2019', 'H.R. 7703, Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act, 'H.R. XXXX, STOP Organ Trafficking, '11.R. 7623, Passpo
'H.R. 7276, East Africa Locust Eradication Act', 'H.R. 6334, Securing America From Epidemics Act; 'H.R. 4644, Libya Stabilization Act', 'H.R. 5517, Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act, 'H.R. 5586, Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act; 'H.R. 3331, C
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