The supposedly explosive report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) detailing that Iran is resuming its reputed nuclear weapons program has had a less than radioactive fallout. After Israeli officials threatened unilateral action against Iran’s nuclear sites for a few days, their hitherto heated rhetoric cooled. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak eventually downplayed the saber-rattling, [...]
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Palestinians face a lengthy wait to cross the Rafah-Egypt border, with only 400 allowed to cross each day [GALLO/GETTY] Any astute observer who has spent any substantial time in the Gaza Strip knows that Gazans desperately want and need freedom of movement and the right to export their products. This does not diminish the fact that [...]
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Quartet ‘concerned’ by Israeli settlement move Published today (updated) 16/08/2011 20:19 Israeli tractors working at a construction site in the West Bank settlement of Ariel in 2010. The United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations on Tuesday attacked Israel’s move to build new West Bank housing as a threat to peace [...]
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