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...next hearing will be held on Feb. 11, and both sides of the conflict hope it will lead to some form of resolution...
...Iraq. An inquiry panel of career diplomats and academics was never likely to dent his composure. ("They're sitting there like chickens," squawked an exasperated audience member during a break from proceedings.) Yet Blair's light grilling still produced a major eye opener: as opponents of the Iraq conflict waited in vain for an apology or some gratifying symptom of inner regret, Blair instead used the platform to argue for opening a new battlefront - against Iran. (See a photo-essay of Saddam Hussein...
...popular imagination, there seem to be only two ways of viewing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One—that which Mr. Rashid espouses in his article—portrays Israel as an oppressive force that brutally persecutes the Palestinian people. The other, the one I was raised with, describes Israel as a peaceful place constantly under attack by terrorist groups dedicated to its utter annihilation. However, as a rational person, I can understand that neither of these discourses accurately describes the situation. Yet one-sided voices like Mr. Rashid’s (and certainly a plethora of others that...
...withdrawal from the West Bank! During his Kennedy school visit, Mr. Oren was simply defending Israel’s right to defend itself (a right Mr. Rashid would likely want stripped from Jewish state). Unlike Mr. Rashid, Mr. Oren is one of the foremost scholars on the Israeli-Arab conflict, and his account of the Six-Day War has been praised as erudite and even-handed by the New York Times and other leading publications. Yet, instead of embracing Mr. Oren and his largely moderate views, Rashid rips into him purely for his affiliation with the Jewish state of Israel?...
...fight, Rajapaksa easily beat his challenger, General Sarath Fonseka - a former ally in Sri Lanka's military victory over the separatist Tamil Tigers - with 57.9% of the vote. Though he was hailed by many members of Sri Lanka's ethnic Sinhalese majority for emerging victorious from the decades-long conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Rajapaksa's reputation was dented by international criticism of his headlong rush into the war's final battle. Dismissing calls for a last-minute cease-fire, Rajapaksa pushed to corner and crush the rebels, resulting in thousands of deaths among...