A unification in the form of a confederation between the Palestinian Authority and the Jordanian government could create a central authority capable of establishing an order that the PA alone is unable to guarantee.
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A unification in the form of a confederation between the Palestinian Authority and the Jordanian government could create a central authority capable of establishing an order that the PA alone is unable to guarantee.
What are we to make of the argument that any requirement or even pressure to wear masks in the face of the Covid pandemic, a measure we are assured will save thousands of lives, is an impermissible intrusion on personal liberty?
The presidency of Donald Trump has renewed rare debates in American politics about the future of democracy, the constitutional state, and other elements of our country that we have been taking for granted for a long, long time.
I vividly remember talking to my younger brother Freddy about leaving Lebanon when I was ten years old. I could not explain why I had this gnawing feeling harrowing my heart about leaving the people and country that I loved. Couple of years later when the civil war broke out in 1975, this feeling became subliminally couched in the amplified socio-political and sectarian grievances that I, at one and the same time, rejected and embraced.
Attorney General WIlliam Barr finally testified before Congress this week, as he had previously refused to comply with his lawful duty to provide Congress with the opportunity to conduct oversight and, since July 2019, has been in contempt of the House for that conduct.
It is arguably the case that most people interested in the situation in the Middle East, including members of the media, the academic community, and those in the corridors of government, will hardly advise laypersons to view the current situation in Libya as anything like a useful guide to understanding the problems of the Middle East at large.
The end of the civil war, in principle, has been premised on an equitable redistribution of confessional power in the system. In practice, however, the end of the civil war marked Syrian occupation of the country until the withdrawal of its troops in 2005.
Benjamin Netanyahu is arguably Mr. Israel in the last eleven years, the longest-serving prime minister in the country’s history. Adore him or loathe him. Whatever has happened in the country in this long period is largely attributable to his achievements or failures, actions, or lack of them.
As the Trump administration spotlights the anti-fascist group Antifa as the source of chaos and anarchy engulfing the countrywide protests for equal rights and justice, little, if any, has been said about White nationalists who have infiltrated the protests with the objective of creating a popular pandemonium.
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