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Patrick Lawrence: Israel Runs the U.S. No, the U.S. Runs Israel. No, Wait …

Patrick Lawrence: Israel Runs the U.S. No, the U.S. Runs Israel. No, Wait …

August 10, 2024 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, ScheerPost

That deranged speech Bibi Netanyahu delivered to a joint session of Congress last month: I cannot get it entirely out of my mind. It did not change anything — neither the Israeli prime minister nor his hosts seem to desire…

Patrick Lawrence:  Gaza, We Cannot Remain Silent Any Longer

Patrick Lawrence:  Gaza, We Cannot Remain Silent Any Longer

July 25, 2024 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, ScheerPost

I do not know how it is in your household, but in mine we have developed the practice over the past nine months of reciting to one another the most appalling of the news bulletins from Gaza that come our…

Trump’s Jerusalem fumble: If the U.S. is out as a Mideast broker, who’s in?

Trump’s Jerusalem fumble: If the U.S. is out as a Mideast broker, who’s in?

December 17, 2017 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

If the White House hoped to coerce Palestinians (and the world) into a peace settlement, it faces a rude awakening Considering President Trump’s sales pitch when he recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital — “nothing more or less than a recognition…

Stand up and fight, Mr. President!

Stand up and fight, Mr. President!

September 28, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The moment requires courage, conviction — and presidential leadership. How will President Obama respond? Remarkable doings at the U.N. this week. Remember these days. They are going to change the way we understand the dynamic in the Middle East —…

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