Tag: John Kerry
Condemning Israeli Settlement Expansion: UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and Secretary Kerry’s Speech
Jan 5, 2017 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US
Resolution 2334, and especially the Kerry speech, do not depart from fundamentally mistaken presentations of how to move diplomacy forward.
Read MoreAn American Original: John Kerry
May 13, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
From his remarkable recent commencement address at Northwestern University to the remarkable career that made it possible
Read MoreIf Syria Is to Fall, Others Will Follow: The Pandora’s Box of Federalism Â
Mar 26, 2016 | Viewpoints, Middle East
It is safe to say that after five years of war in Syria, the conflict is entering into a new phase.
Read More‘Plan B’—Not an Enigma: Why the West Is Keen on Dividing the Arabs
Mar 4, 2016 | Viewpoints, Middle East
The Arab world has always been seen in western eyes as a place of conquest, to be exploited, controlled and tamed.
Read MorePlease Don’t Attack Al-Qaeda
Mar 4, 2016 | News & Analysis, Middle East
It should be no wonder that it has been, and continues to be, official US policy to protect al-Qaeda.
Read MoreA Cease-Fire to Re-Load or to Build Peace?
Feb 26, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Middle East, US, Viewpoints
Peace would require both the US and Russia to end their policies of violent intervention.
Read MoreRemaking the Middle East: How the US Grew Tired and Less Irrelevant
Nov 13, 2015 | Middle East, US, Viewpoints
For now, the Middle East will continue to pass through this incredibly difficult and violent transition, for which the US is partly responsible.
Read MoreAlliance Blackmail: Israel’s Opposition to the Iran Nuclear Agreement
Jul 28, 2015 | Middle East, News & Analysis, US
What the Iran nuclear agreement means for the US-Israeli partnership.
Read MoreHow the West Helped Thailand Became a Dictatorship
Jun 26, 2015 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
Leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have been essentially condoning and silently supporting an illegal coup in Thailand.
Read MoreThe Good, Bad and Uncertain about Recognizing ‘Palestine’
Jun 5, 2015 | News & Analysis, Palestine
Will a capable Palestinian leadership emerge that will take advantage of the global shift that has occurred for the benefit of the Palestinian people?
Read MoreParodies of Parity: Israel and Palestine
May 15, 2015 | News & Analysis, Palestine, US
Attributing equal responsibility to the Palestinians as Israelis for the persisting conflict exhibits a fundamental misunderstanding about its true nature.
Read MoreIsrael & Palestine: Why the Peace Talks Collapsed—and Should Not Be Resumed
May 6, 2014 | News & Analysis, Palestine, US
There is hope for Palestinians of a just and sustainable peace through the actions of people rather than governments and their “peace” talks.
Read MoreMartin Indyk’s Galloping Horse: Moral Crisis at Heart of Obama’s ‘Peace Process’
Apr 25, 2014 | Palestine, US, Viewpoints
To understand how thoughtless the US latest ‘peace process’ drive has been, one only needs to consider some of the characters involved in this political theater.
Read MoreWhy Israeli Officials are Chuckling: The ‘Stable’ West Bank Dilemma
Apr 17, 2014 | News & Analysis, Palestine, US
The PA mission is not to liberate Palestine, but to ensure the subservience of the Palestinians while Israel carries on with a colonial project.
Read MoreNew American Reality: An Empire beyond Salvation
Apr 10, 2014 | Middle East, Palestine, US, Viewpoints
The neo-cons’ drunkenness with military power led to costly wars that have overwhelmed the American empire beyond salvation.
Read MoreKerry’s Looming Deadline and the Peace Process Industry
Apr 3, 2014 | News & Analysis, Palestine, US
Ultimately, the Americans are keen on maintaining the peace process charade.
Read MoreObama Off the Ukrainian Deep End
Mar 17, 2014 | Europe, US, Viewpoints
The neo-fascist coup d’état that overthrew the democratically elected government of Ukraine has the President of the United States firmly on board.
Read MoreCrimea: Obama Regime’s Hypocrisy Sets New World Record
Mar 13, 2014 | Asia Pacific, Europe, US, Viewpoints
Normal processes established in international law cannot be permitted to Crimeans, because the vote will not support Washington’s agenda.
Read MoreUS Policy Toward Ukraine: Hypocrisy of this Magnitude Has to Be Respected
Mar 8, 2014 | Asia Pacific, Europe, US, Viewpoints
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been surrounding Russia, building one base after another, ceaselessly looking for new ones, including in Ukraine.
Read MoreSyria: Prospects for Geneva-2
Jan 27, 2014 | Middle East, News & Analysis
With a view to end the bloodshed in Syria, the broad-based Geneva-2 United Nations peace conference opened at Montreux in Switzerland on January 22
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