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What about Israel-first Americans?

Mustafa Malik — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:50:11 +0000

What about the American citizens who skip military service in America but join the Israeli army to fight Israel's wars?

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Gaza, Pakistan and ignoble US legacy

Mustafa Malik — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:30:12 +0000

The anti-government protests now raging in Pakistan and the travails of Hamas in Palestine remind me of Nurul Amin, my mentor. He served, at different times, as prime minister of Pakistan and Bangladesh, which was then East Pakistan. In February 1972, in Rawalpindi, Amin was telling me about the political intrigues that had led to...

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Syria: Needed US-Islamist detente

Mustafa Malik — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:16:59 +0000

THE UNITED STATES has taken a welcome step to tackle the Syrian crisis. It has joined Russia in arranging a peace conference in Geneva next month, which, unfortunately, would also expose America’s diminished global standing. The end of Syria’s murderous Bashar al-Assad regime will come, however, from its eventual attrition from the uprising. A main...

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Abbas to U.S.: Go fly a kite!

Mustafa Malik — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:23:06 +0000

The Independent echoed the common Western views of Salam Fayyad’s resignation. The Palestinian prime minister’s exit had “thro[wn] into doubt the future of the Palestinian Authority and the peace process with Israel,” observed the liberal British newspaper. Has Fayyad’s parting really caused – or rather reflected – the crisis facing the Palestinian government and the...

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Back to old Palestine?

Mustafa Malik — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 15:06:29 +0000

Political columnist Pat Buchanan once described Capitol Hill as the third “Israeli-occupied territory” after the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Those days the White House frequently resisted Israeli pressure to support its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, while Congress routinely supported the Israeli stance. Thursday, the Obama administration voted against the U.N....

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