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Netanyahu’s re-election threatens Israel’s identity as Jewish state

Because successive Israeli governments have obliterated the geographic separation between Israel and Palestine, we must look at the landscape as one population. Read More

File Photo: Italy's then Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looks on during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Chigi palace in Rome in this October 7, 2009 file photo.(Photo by Tony Gentile/Reuters/Files)

Berlusconi failed his country politically, economically and morally. So why does he think he should run again?

Politicians in Europe, like Italy's Berlusconi, behave as though they are above public morality and the law. Read More

Palestinians call for help as they stand next to a damaged building after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Sunday. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Why Israel and Hamas want to go to war

The escalation of violence in Gaza will have a predictable outcome. The winners of this war will be both Hamas and the Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. Playing a cynical game on both sides, Hamas and Netanyahu simply want to preserve the status quo and win the next round of elections. Read More

Romney’s foreign policy will once again alienate Arab world

Mitt Romney’s views on foreign policy are familiar flashbacks of rhetoric to the Bush years. The candidate's views on Syria and Iran reveal the same risky pattern we saw under Bush: a rigid ideology approach that transcends the national interest. Read More