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not give voice to that concern. He told his staff during recent Situation Room meetings as American naval and air power was moved into the eastern Mediterranean that no United States intervention would alter the long-term balance of power in the Syrian civil war. That was the bitter lesson of the Iraq and A

president tries to pick and choose when this precedent should be applied? At best, the door is open to further acrimony. At worst, the paralysis of the U.S. Congress that has given us the current budget crisis and almost no meaningful recent legislation will soon be coming to a foreign policy decision near you.

ore its scheduled September 9 return to Washington than anyone in the administration has been thus far. Perhaps more importantly, what will future Congresses expect of future presidents? If Obama abides by this new approach for the next three years, will his successors lack the ability to act quickly and

al's Kumi Naidoo, Bill Moyers links Naidoo's cour=ge in speaking truth to power with an account of the recent visit by Pope Francis=to Sardinia, the Mediterranean island known for its beautiful beaches and pala=ial homes owned by the richest of the rich. Sardinia is now blighted by widespr=ad joblessness — 51

Washington, go to all the parties and fundraisers, write the checks instead=of taking the checks, and hobnob with all those other former members of Congre=s who, like you, decided not to go home. But even tha= little promise of nirvana is subject to the perpetuation of the world of alternative-reality

r veterans losing medication, or the elderly losing home nutrition, or any of hundreds of things the government of the United States, as ordered by Congr=ss, does every day. If you live in a vacuum-packed world=of talk radio, right-wing dominated town halls, and campaigns financed by anti-government bil

EGEL: That sounds like a very dark scenario. Nusseibeh: This is why I am proposing this plan. How many people are living between the Jordan and the Mediterranean? SPIEGEL: Around 11 million people. Nusseibeh: There are about 4 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and 1 million in Israel, and ther

uslims and Copts." Their goal, according to the dossier, was: "Bringing down the ruling regime in Egypt, no matter what it is," while "pandering to the U.S. Congress, Jewish lobbyists and American public opinion." Amazing. What Abul Naga is saying to all those young Egyptians who marched, protested and died in

n naval cooperation since the 1970s. In the past decade, the Russians have doubled down with improvements and investments in what is their primary Mediterranean toehold. In recent EFTA_R1_00230056 EFTA01842751 months, Russian and Iranian warships have docked in Tartus to show support for the Assad regime

is that conditions for a compromise on both sides in terms of the domestic politics in both countries are not ripe for negotiations. For example, the U.S. Congress is contemplating the possibility of demanding suspension of Iran's EFTA_R1_00230068 EFTA01842763 enrichment program as part of any negotiation.

d sitting on an estimated 25 trillion cubic meters of EFTA_R1_00230131 EFTA01842807 natural gas finds in its waters, Israel has also found a new Mediterranean partner, Cyprus, with which it is inching toward exploration of an estimated 230 billion cubic meters of gas in Cypriot waters. It is the same Cyp

TA01842835 business in Israel, and engagement with any company or individual that does business with firms on the Arab League blacklist. Although the U.S. Congress took measures to counteract this boycott, and the Damascus Bureau may be temporarily preoccupied on other fronts, the boycott momentum has been pi

rth rates, the incorporation of the West Bank's and Gaza's Arab population into Israel would mean an Arab majority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean—and continued rule over an occupied, antagonistic Palestinian population would result in Israel becoming a pariah state. These Israelis' declarati

n counter tales begin with an invitation from House Speaker John Boehner to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress on May 24. Boehner acts as if the idea of inviting "Bibi," as the prime minister is universally known, was his own. But the facts indicate that thi

an naval cooperation since the 1970s. In the past decade, the Russians have doubled down with improvements and investments in what is their primary Mediterranean toehold. In recent months, Russian and Iranian warships have docked in Tartus to show support for the Assad regime. Through it, they have reportedl

y is that conditions for a compromise on both sides in terms of the domestic politics in both countries are not ripe for negotiations. For example, the U.S. Congress is contemplating the possibility of demanding suspension of Iran's enrichment program as part of any negotiation. That is a condition that Iranians

aran Africa, India and China. And sitting on an estimated 25 trillion cubic meters of natural gas finds in its waters, Israel has also found a new Mediterranean partner, Cyprus, with which it is inching toward exploration of an estimated 230 billion cubic meters of gas in Cypriot waters. It is the same Cypr

ty that does business in Israel, and engagement with any company or individual that does business with firms on the Arab League blacklist. Although the U.S. Congress took measures to counteract this boycott, and the Damascus Bureau may be temporarily preoccupied on other fronts, the boycott momentum has been pic

EGEL: That sounds like a very dark scenario. Nusseibeh: This is why I am proposing this plan. How many people are living between the Jordan and the Mediterranean? SPIEGEL: Around 11 million people. Nusseibeh: There are about 4 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and 1 million in Israel, and ther

uslims and Copts." Their goal, according to the dossier, was: "Bringing down the ruling regime in Egypt, no matter what it is," while "pandering to the U.S. Congress, Jewish lobbyists and American public opinion." Amazing. What Abul Naga is saying to all those young Egyptians who marched, protested and died in