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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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May 12, 2017
Israel
The British Royal Boycott of Israel Continues
I’v written before, in 2014 and 2016, about the remarkable failure of any British royal to visit Israel except briefly for a funeral. Prince Philip attended Rabin’s funeral and Prince Charles attende…
March 11, 2018
Israel
At Long Last, "The Crown" Will Visit Israel
Seventy years after Israel's founding, at long last a member of the British royal family will visit there. The summer visit of the Duke of Cambridge, HRH Prince William, has been announced. This v…
November 17, 2020
Israel
Biden Can Clean Up Trump's Israeli-Palestinian Policy Mess, But Can He Broker Peace?
The president-elect knows only too well the failures of all the presidents who preceded him, and the hardening of positions that's occurred on both sides.
February 3, 2015
Middle East and North Africa
Schabas Resigns....A Bit Late
How does this seem, for basic fairness: A judge presides over a trial. The defendant complains about his bias, but the judge does not recuse himself. He runs the trial, and at its end he writes his …
June 12, 2014
United States
This Week: Iraq’s Crisis, Syria’s Gloating, and Israeli-Palestinian Prayers
Significant Developments Iraq. Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki called on parliament today to impose a state of emergency in Iraq, but then failed to convene a quorum needed to approve it. Maliki’s mo…
