Middle East
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Embassies are burning; an ambassador is dead; elite Marine units are being deployed to protect envoys; tear gas canisters are falling like rain droplets on belligerent and vociferous mobs; chants of “Obama, Obama—we are all Osama” pierce an already raucous Friday afternoon; and yet, this eerily seems a beginning. I welcome you to earth—where the
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President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to seek statehood recognition for Palestine at the United Nations this week has educed palpable emotions from parties on either side of the divide. Chief among them, the decision of the world’s sole superpower, the United States, to veto any such resolution at the Security Council. While it is widely noted
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