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es the people agree to forego their desire to replace their leaders. (Truly, East Asian autocracies have not robbed people of their dignity the way Middle Eastern ones have.) But even as such growth rates continue unabated—to say nothing of if they collapse or even slow down—at higher income levels, this soci
activists aboard the ships, leading to international outrage and an easing of conditions. And it is five years since an Israeli soldier, Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit, was abducted and held in captivity without even visits from the Red Cross. In assessing the condition of the 1.6 million people who live in Gaza,
76195 survive war with Iran. In 2012, Mr Obama strikes a much flintier leader on the world stage. If he can build "strategic trust" with China in the Middle East, the habit could take hold elsewhere. One might say that the road to Xanadu goes through Tehran and Jerusalem. If he cannot, then he faces a tough
d under Mr. Jabari, adopting clear training regimens and chains of command. Last year he even negotiated with Israel to return an Israeli sergeant, Gilad Shalit — whose kidnapping he had engineered five years earlier — in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Yet Qassam remains a fundamentalist jihadi
e activists aboard the ships, leading to international outrage and an easing of conditions. And it is five years since an Israeli soldier, Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit, was abducted and held in captivity without even visits from the Red Cross. In assessing the condition of the 1.6 million people who live in Gaza, th
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032173 →cause they unquestioningly back Israel or support Arab autocrats. Should those policies be moderated and replaced by more even-handed postures toward the Middle East, newly liberated Arab citizens would probably be too busy building their new countries to allow themselves to be distracted by lingering resentments
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Barack Obama
PERSON
United States
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George W. Bush
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Bill Clinton
PERSON
Lebanon
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Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
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Department of Justice
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Tehran
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Jerusalem
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Hillary Clinton
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Yemen
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Michael Cohen
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Cairo
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Saddam Hussein
PERSON
John F. Kennedy
PERSON
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Damascus
LOCATION
Tunisia
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