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deepening abyss that is today's Egypt. Those in the Obama administration and Congress who favor continued U.S. military aid to the dictatorship in Cairo insist that although such aid may run counter to American ideals, it does serve American interests. I would argue the contrary, that American inter

, 02 May 2014 14:15:32 +0000 2 May, 2014 Article I. The Weekly Standard Getting Ready for a Bad Deal - Israel's security establishment steps up Elliott Abrams Article 2. NYT Why Abbas Reconciled With llamas Ali Jarbawi Article 3. The Washington Post On Syria, reality-check time David Ignatius Article

wrote this op- ed -- Why we give foreign aid -- supporting the Obama Administration and in particular, Secretary of State John Kerry, traveling to Cairo and handing President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt, a cool $250 million in foreign aid during the current sequestration. Remember, Morsi's Muslim Brother

mnesty and amnesia about people's misjudgment on the most consequential decision of our times.... Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bremer, Rice, McCain, Abrams, and others including the pro-war press claque are still offering their judgments unfazed. One of my father's saying is, "history is always re-writ

st Ruy Teixeira), that was named one of the year's best by The Economist. Anicic 5. NYT Egypt's Ancient Snark Alaa Al Aswany March 13, 2014 -- Cairo — In 1798, after Napoleon Bonaparte occupied Egypt, some local grandees wanted to get close to him, so they gave him six slave girls. At that time,

ebel with a cause David Ignatius Article 3. The Washington Post Israel gets no credit from Obama for a year of moderate settlement construction Elliott Abrams and Uri Sadot Article 4. The New Republic Obama - Speak Loudly and Carry a Small Stick John B. Judis Article 5. NYT Egypt's Ancient Snark Ala

04 EFTA02681489 6 Fatah and end armed resistance against Israel. Hartwell writes that Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, in a meeting on November 24 in Cairo with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, accepted "in writing with a signature" the need to embrace peaceful activism. And if this is not controv

i 21 December, 2011 Article 1. Weekly Standard Blaming the Jews—Again Elliott Abrams Article 2. The National Interest A New Hamas in the Making? Bilal Y. Saab Article 3. NYT The End, for Now Thomas L. Friedman Article 4. The Wash

hat is after all the Bush/neocon/democracy activist line. Take U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's 2005 speech at the American University in Cairo or Bush's second inaugural address -- both reviled by "realists." It would be nice if some of the critics now admitted that such speeches were prop

le gains ground in Islamist politics Hassan Hassan Article 4. Foreign Policy The Arab Spring proves that neoconservatives were right all along Elliott Abrams Article 5. TIME The Challenge at Davos Ishaan Tharoor Article 6. Foreign Policy Grading Obama's Foreign Policy, Eight experts rate the presiden

could have been avoided had the Bush administration, in honoring its "Freedom Doctrine," engineered Mubarak's smooth departure several years before Cairo exploded. Obama inherited a dysfunctional relationship with Egypt from his predecessor. This is not to excuse the administration's faltering and so

Article 4 Atlantic Monthly No, President Obama Did Not Break the Middle East effrey Goldberg EFTA00665426 Jun 23 2014 -- A brief note on a new Elliott Abrams essay in Politico Magazine that appears under the eye-catching headline, "The Man Who Broke the Middle East." The man in question is not Sykes or P

Near East Policy — that the United States should withhold financial aid from Egypt if it violates the Camp David peace treaty with Israel (because Cairo is sending more military assets to the Sinai to combat terrorists attacking both Israel and Egypt). While world attention in our region focuses on

hington Post Seeking to cool war fever over Iran 1. David Ignatius Article The Weekly Standard Time to Authorize Use of Force Against Iran 2. Elliott Abrams Article Foreign Policy Everyone calm down: Israel is not going to bomb 3. Iran. Well, at least not in 2012 Aaron David Miller Article AL-MONI

Near East Policy — that the United States should withhold financial aid from Egypt if it violates the Camp David peace treaty with Israel (because Cairo is sending more military assets to the Sinai to combat terrorists attacking both Israel and Egypt). While world attention in our region focuses on

Post Seeking to cool war fever over Iran Article 1. David Ignatius The Weekly Standard Time to Authorize Use of Force Against Article 2. Iran Elliott Abrams Foreign Policy Everyone calm down: Israel is not going Article 3. to bomb Iran. Well, at least not in 2012 Aaron David Miller AL-MONITOR Eight

WHEN THESE LEADERS fell, the Western media joyously proclaimed the end of an era. When the demonstrations began in late January in Tahrir Square in Cairo, exhilaration grew by the hour not only among the participants but also among the journalists who had hastened to Egypt from all parts of the globe

political science at City University of New York EFTA00586645 14 The Weekly Standard How Did this Nakba Day Differ from All Other Nakba Days? Elliott Abrams May 16, 2011 -- This Nakba Day was different because it fell amidst the many recent developments in what we call the Arab Spring. It is probably c

long with Gaza, in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Palestinians view them as the key territorial elements of their future state. In a June 2009 address in Cairo, a speech that asked for a "new beginning" with the Islamic world, Obama said: "The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli

a time when it could have affected Israeli public opinion of him, and now, it has hardened against him to a point that I don't believe it can," said Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who served as a senior Middle East adviser to Bush. Obama's visit will coincide with growing con