Foreign Policy – Page 2 – Mark Silverberg

Palestinian Statehood Revisited

July 7, 2014July 7, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments

The mother of Amer Abu Aysha, one of the accused kidnapper/murderers of the Israeli teens, told Israel’s Channel 10 news:

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Speaking Truth to Power – The Ya’alon Controversy

March 30, 2014June 12, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments Controversy, John Kerry, Obama, Ya'alon

Former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and current Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon have much in common in terms of

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Unraveling the Middle East’s Zero-Sum Cultural Mindset

February 26, 2014June 2, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments dhimmitude, honor, jizya, Middle East culture, Oslo Accords, Oslo Peace Process, Palestinian statehood, pride, Richard Landes, shame, Two-State Solution, zero-sum

The Arab and Islamic worlds have been seething in anger and humiliation from the moment of Israel’s rebirth. They have

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The Turkish Betrayal – Global Implications

October 21, 2013June 12, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments Appeasement, Betrayal, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Enrichment, Obama, Tehran, Turkey

On October 16th, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reported that in 2012, Turkey, a NATO member, gave Iranian intelligence the

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When Fantasies Become Policies

July 30, 2013March 13, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments delegitimization, Israel, John Kerry, Negotiations, Obama, Prisoner release, Two-State Solution

In July 2013, Israel’s Ministry of Justice disclosed the names of Palestinian terrorists who will be released over the next

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Jonathan Pollard – The Case for Commutation of Sentence

March 31, 2013March 13, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments Anti-Semitism, CIA, Double standard, espionage, Freedom, Israel, Jonathan Pollard, Obama, Unjust

During the course of President Obama’s recent interview with Israel’s Channel 2 on March 21st, in response to whether he

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America’s Middle East Delusions

March 25, 2013March 13, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments Arab Spring, Arab Winter, Arab world, Egypt, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists, sharia, US Foreign Policy, Wahhabism

When Samuel Huntington wrote his 1996 book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, many in the

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Europe’s Hezbollah Dilemma

February 12, 2013March 13, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments Burgas, Dilemma, European Union, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Lebanon, Matthew Levitt, Middle East, Mideast, Naim Qassem

The long-awaited results of the Bulgarian investigation into the Burgas terrorist bombing last July 18th has placed enormous pressure on

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A Bridge too Far – The End of Oslo

December 17, 2012March 13, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments Abbas, Oslo Accords, palestine, UN

The Palestinians have spent the last twenty years converting a strong Israeli majority in favor of the peace process into

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A Leap of Faith: Analysis of the Israeli-Hamas Ceasefire Agreement

November 25, 2012March 13, 2014 Mark Silverberg 0 Comments Ceasefire, Gaza, Hamas, Haniyeh, Iran, Iron Dome, Pillar of Cloud, War

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman marked the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Gaza