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...January, news surfaced that Israel secretly approached the Bush administration last year seeking flyover rights in Iraq and bunker-busting bombs to use in a preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear sites. This should be cause for grave concern, because, given America’s ties to Israel, if Israel were to launch a preemptive strike against Iran, America would almost certainly be drawn into an explosive conflict. Furthermore, a nuclear Iran poses a potential threat to its neighbors, particularly Saudi Arabia, with which it is jockeying for control of the region and has longstanding religious disagreements. A bomb in Tehran...
...Washington New Wiretap Scandal California Representative Jane Harman is disputing media reports that a 2005 National Security Agency wiretap recorded her agreeing to press for lenient treatment for two pro-Israel lobbyists accused of espionage in exchange for help securing a coveted committee post. Harman has denied the allegations--which TIME first reported in 2006--and urged the Obama Administration to release any relevant documents...
...Geneva It's a Walkout A U.N. conference on racism turned chaotic after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "cruel and repressive racist regime." His outburst confirmed fears of the U.S. and other nations, which boycotted the event on the assumption that it would be used to castigate Israel. As some attendees stormed out in protest, activists in rainbow wigs pelted the Iranian leader with red clown noses...
...Russell said in a phone interview from Israel, where is now on sabbatical, that he is now no longer planning on teaching the course as a freshman seminar—nor is he planning to teach any Gen Ed classes, House seminars, or freshman seminars. From now on, he said, he will simply teach Armenian studies...
...find it deeply unfair in all respects not only to Prof. Russell, but also to his students—to all of us,” said David Zuluaga ’12, who took the first half of the freshman seminar before Russell left for Israel...