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Snyder names Nick Khouri Michigan state treasurer

Mar 18, 2015

LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday named utility executive and state government veteran Nick Khouri as the state's new(...)

The only democracy in the Middle East? 4.5m people can't vote in the Israeli elections

Mar 18, 2015

Today Israeli citizens are going to vote for their next government in a country often labeled as "the only democracy(...)

The Mukhabarat State: A Palestinian Woman's Testimony

Mar 18, 2015

Rosemary Sayigh America's recent veto of the Lebanese government's complaint to the Security Council regarding Israel's oppressive practices against civilians(...)

Reviews: Aasif Mandvi’s ‘No Land’s Man’ and Maz Jobrani’s ‘I’m Not a Terrorist, but I’ve Played One on TV’

Mar 18, 2015

There’s a loaded moment in Maz Jobrani’s new memoir, “I’m Not a Terrorist, but I’ve Played One on TV,” in(...)

UN officials accused of bowing to Israeli pressure over children's rights list

Mar 18, 2015

Senior UN officials in Jerusalem have been accused of caving in to Israeli pressure to abandon moves to include the(...)

Voters in Nazareth Cheer Gains by Arab Alliance

Mar 18, 2015

Choruses of beeping horns echoed through this Arab city in northern Israel as word spread that an alliance of Arab(...)

Abunimah: Why I'm relieved Netanyahu won

Mar 18, 2015

iMany had hoped that Benjamin Netanyahu would be defeated in yesterday’s Israeli election. I was not one of them.Many had(...)

The Storyteller of Jerusalem: the Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Mar 18, 2015

The Storyteller of Jerusalem is a remarkable and unique memoir of the life and times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, a talented(...)

US removes Iran and Hezbollah from list of terror threats

Mar 18, 2015

An annual security report submitted recently to the US Senate by James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, removed both Iran(...)

Why I'm relieved Netanyahu won

Mar 18, 2015

Many had hoped that Benjamin Netanyahu would be defeated in yesterday’s Israeli election. I was not one of them. Many(...)

U.S. seeks negotiated settlement in Syria that excludes Assad: envoy

Mar 18, 2015

The United States still wants a negotiated political settlement in Syria that excludes President Bashar al-Assad, and its position on(...)

Four years on, Syria’s refugees search for a future

Mar 18, 2015

The Syrian uprising began four years ago. On Sunday, thanks to the Korber Foundation, I was able to make a(...)