Dual Citizens in Congress? We Need to Know
It’s important for citizens to know if their representatives have dual citizenship because both real and apparent conflicts of interest erode public trust.
Read MoreL. Michael Hager is cofounder and former Director General of the International Development Law Organization in Rome.
Posted by L. Michael Hager | Dec 10, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints |
It’s important for citizens to know if their representatives have dual citizenship because both real and apparent conflicts of interest erode public trust.
Read MorePosted by L. Michael Hager | Dec 9, 2017 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics |
US lawmakers have adopted anti-BDS resolutions while accepting travel gifts to Israel from a pro-Israel lobby.
Read MorePosted by L. Michael Hager | Aug 26, 2017 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints |
Trump had it right when he was calling for US armed forces to withdraw from Afghanistan.
Read MorePosted by L. Michael Hager | Jul 17, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints |
Why does the US mainstream media continue to participate in the government’s cover up of Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967?
Read MorePosted by L. Michael Hager | Jun 13, 2017 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US |
US politicians who routinely support pro-Israeli legislation cannot be unaware of Israel’s illegal and immoral actions against the Palestinians.
Read MorePosted by L. Michael Hager | Jan 13, 2017 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US |
John Bolton and the US Congress have demonstrated their contempt for international law in conveying their implicit support for Israeli settlement expansion.
Read MorePosted by L. Michael Hager | Sep 23, 2016 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints |
Americans should ask themselves why they should be financing the “largest pledge of U.S. military assistance made to any country.”
Read MorePosted by L. Michael Hager | May 9, 2016 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Palestine, US |
To “compensate” Israel with sophisticated arms that are likely to be used against Palestinians is to reinforce US complicity in Israel’s ongoing occupation.
Read MorePosted by L. Michael Hager | Apr 1, 2016 | US, Viewpoints |
Gitmo must be closed and its prisoners either released or tried in a real court of law.
Read MorePosted by L. Michael Hager | Mar 22, 2016 | US, Viewpoints |
For the sake of our democracy, the flow of interest group money that is buying off our elected lawmakers must be stopped.
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