Day: December 27, 2016

The Palestinians’ New Intifada

by Barry Shaw Originally posted  at https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6651/new-intifada  October 8, 2015  “I saw a mob of 40 to 50 masked Palestinians on the side of the road. They were holding rocks and cinder blocks. … I have no doubt that I would be dead now if I hadn’t used my gun. They were going to kill me.” – Josh […]

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The Rule of Law or the Rule of Lawyers?

by Malcolm Dash Originally published in  Algemeiner MARCH 15, 2016 To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to the written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the ends to the means. – Thomas Jefferson, September 20, […]

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Egypt, Ethiopia and the Nile

By MALCOLM DASH  – Originally published in The Jerusalem Post, March 14, 2016 The prospective deal is important because it marks a move away from Egypt’s historical insistence on maintaining colonial-era agreements on water rights. When Egypt’s then president Mohamed Morsi said in June 2013 that “all options” including military intervention were on the table if […]

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