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...their economic security. It was supposed to be just another election, like many before and many to come. But on March 5, 1933, the German people put the last nail in the coffin of the Weimar Republic, overwhelmingly electing the National-Socialist Workers’ Party to their national parliament, the Reichstag...
...Gomes, Vice-Chairwoman of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defense, and the spearhead behind Lisbon's effort to lead the way on the issue, says resolving Guantanamo is in Europe's own interests. "It is important strategically to improve transatlantic relations," she says. "With Obama the attitude has changed so the allies now can get together. It is also important politically for the West to be championing human rights." And there's perhaps no country better to do that than one which understands what it means when human rights are trampled...
...that's from a moderate. For their part, some fundamentalist politicians think negotiating with the U.S. is pointless because, in their view, all American politicians are beholden to the Israeli lobby. "The difference between Republicans and Democrats is like the difference between Pepsi and Coke," says Member of Parliament Bijan Nobaveh, who spent five years in New York City as a reporter for Iranian state television...
Lieberman, leader and founder of Israel's surging right-wing Yisreal Beitenu party, will be the man everyone wants to talk to in the wake of Tuesday's election for Israel's 120-seat Knesset parliament. Israelis demanding security and stability helped his party earn 15 seats and finish a strong third to electoral stalwarts Likud and Kadima, even as detractors slammed Lieberman as a hardliner and a virulent anti-Arab racist. Since no party was able to claim a simple majority, either Likud or Kadima will likely need to form a governing coalition with Yisreal Beitenu, ensuring Lieberman...
...peace plan for which Obama recently expressed support. The terms of that plan call for a two-state solution on the basis of the 1967 borders and sharing Jerusalem. That Palestinian bottom line, however, is explicitly rejected by the bloc of parties now with a majority in Israel's parliament. And the consensus on the Palestinian side is moving toward a Fatah-Hamas unity government...